Shanghai Massacre (apr 12, 1927 – apr 12, 1927)
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The Shanghai Massacre occured when Nationalist Party leader Chiang Kai-shek commanded millions of deaths by execution to Communists. The murder of Communists was an attempt to "silence and discourage them" This ironically causing the creation of the Communist Red Army by doing so. It is also known as the April 12th Purge.
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