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Events on Friday 9 July 1926 1
1926Northern Expedition begins in ChinaNationalist campaign to unify China against the warlordsOn 9 July 1926, Chiang Kai-shek launched the Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the Kuomintang's National Revolutionary Army to defeat regional warlords and unify China under the Nationalist government. The campaign marked the rise of Chiang as China's dominant military and political leader.