Question

Why did the nationalists and communists unite forces in 1926?

Answer 1

The Chinese Nationalists and the Chinese Communists united forces in 1926 to defeat the various war lords throughout the countryside of China who were keeping China in a state of semi-feudal anarchy.

One year later, Jiang Jie-Shi (CKS) and the Nationalists would stab the communists in the back in Shanghai, starting what would be a 20+ year-long civil war.