Chiang Kai-shek was born in 1887 in an province of China. His father was a merchant. At the age of 18 he went to military training college in Japan. He returned to China in 1911 just in time for the uprising that overthrew the Qing Dynasty and established a Chinese republic. Chiang became a member of the Chinese Nationalist Party.
Chiang was appointed commandant of a military academy in Canton in 1924, where he built up the Nationalist army. After the emperor's death in 1925, Chiang became leader of the Chinese Nationalists Pary. He led the Northern Expedition which united most of China under a National Government based in Nanjing. In 1928, he led the suppression of the Chinese Communist Party.
This is a picture of the Chinese Nationalist Party's flag.
In 1937, Japan launched a all out invasion of China. When the United States entered the war against Japan in 1941, China became one of the Allied Powers.
This is a picture of the powers in WWII. The light green are the Allies.
