The Nationalist Party
Flag and symbol of the Kuomintang; also known as the Nationalist Party of China
Leaders
Sun Yat-sen
- Doctor Sun Yat-sen - circa 1917
- Key Leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party
- Led the Party to ally with its rival, the Communist Party of China, in effort to defend the country from an invading Japan
- Died in March of 1925
Chiang Kai-shek
- Generalissimo Chaing Kai-shek
- Nationalist Party leader ~ 1925-1949*
- Had a strong dislike of communist ideals
- Ordered the Shanghai Massacre
- Initiated the New Life Movement with his wife in 1934
- Retreated to the island-country of Taiwan in 1949, after communists overran China
Chiang in Taiwan
~As leader of Taiwan in the 1960's
- Chinese Nationalist match set