Guangzhou Uprising

Guangzhou Uprising
Guangzhou Uprising
Traditional Chinese	廣州起義
Simplified Chinese	广州起义
Cantonese Yale	Gwóngjàu Héiyih
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Gǔangzhōu Qǐyì
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Gwóngjàu Héiyih

Guangzhou Uprising
	Part of Chinese Civil War
	; Communist casualties
Date	11–13 December 1927
Location	Guangzhou, Republic of China
Result	Government victory; the uprising is crushed but encourages further uprisings across China.
Belligerents
Chinese Communist Party "Soviet of Workers, Soldiers and Peasant Deputies"; Supported by:; Soviet Union; Comintern	Republic of China
Commanders and leaders
Zhang Tailei †; Ye Ting; Ye Jianying; Xu Xiangqian; Heinz Neumann	Zhang Fakui
Units involved
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

The Guangzhou Uprising, Canton Uprising or Canton Riots of 1927 was a failed communist uprising in the city of Guangzhou (Canton) in southern China.

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