Guangzhou Uprising
| Guangzhou Uprising | |||||||
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| Part of Chinese Civil War and the Northern Expedition | |||||||
Communist casualties | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Canton Soviet of Workers, Soldiers, and Peasant Deputies Supported by:Soviet Union Comintern | Nationalist government | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Zhang Tailei † Ye Ting Ye Jianying Xu Xiangqian Heinz Neumann | Zhang Fakui | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Red Guard Communist cadet regiment | National Revolutionary Army (NRA) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 20,000 armed workers and soldiers | 15,000 soldiers; later reinforced by 5 divisions | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5,700 | Heavy | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 廣州起義 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 广州起义 | ||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Gwóngjàu Héiyih | ||||||||||
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The Guangzhou Uprising, also known as the Canton Uprising or Canton Riots of 1927, was a short-lived communist uprising in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) in southern China. Communist forces briefly seized much of the city and proclaimed a Soviet of Workers, Soldiers, and Peasant Deputies before being defeated by Kuomintang (Nationalist) troops.