National Revolutionary Army
| National Revolutionary Army 國民革命軍 | |
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War Ensign of the NRA Land Forces (1935–1946) | |
| Active | 16 June 1924 – 1 June 1946 |
| Country | China |
| Allegiance | Chinese Nationalist Party |
| Branch | Ground Forces Military Police Air Force Air Defense Troops Naval Component (Limited) |
| Type | Standing Military |
| Role | Ground warfare and aerial warfare |
| Size | ~14,000,000 |
| Part of | Chinese Nationalist military |
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| Headquarters | Canton (1924-1928) Nanking (1928–1937, 1946–1947) Chungking (1937–1946) |
| Ideology | Three Principles of the People Chinese nationalism Conservatism (Chinese) Anti-communism Anti-Imperialism 1939–1945: Anti-fascism (de jure) Anti-Japanese sentiment |
| Allies | Soviet Union (-1927, 1937-1941) Nazi Germany (-1938) United States United Kingdom |
| Opponents | East Turkestan |
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| Traditional Chinese | 國民革命軍 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 国民革命军 | ||||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Guómín Gémìng Jūn | ||||||||||||||
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The National Revolutionary Army (NRA; 國民革命軍) served as the military arm of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, or KMT) from 1924 until 1947.
From 1928, it functioned as the de facto national armed forces of the Republic of China during the period of Nationalist rule. Following the promulgation of the 1947 Constitution — which established civilian control over the military on a de jure basis — it was formally reorganised as the Republic of China Armed Forces.
Initially formed from pro-nationalist faction troops after 1917, with assistance from the Soviet Union, the NRA was created as an instrument for the Nationalist government to unify China during the Warlord Era. It went on to fight major military conflicts, including the Northern Expedition against the Beiyang warlords, the encirclement campaigns against the Chinese Red Army, the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) against Imperial Japan, and the Chinese Civil War against the Chinese Communist Party's People's Liberation Army.