<Dl> <Dt> Island campaigns </Dt> <Dd> Quemoy </Dd> <Dd> Denbu </Dd> <Dd> Nan'ao </Dd> <Dd> Hainan Island </Dd> <Dd> Dongshan </Dd> <Dd> Wanshan </Dd> <Dd> Nanpeng </Dd> <Dd> Nanri </Dd> <Dd> Nanpeng </Dd> <Dd> Dalushan </Dd> <Dd> Dongshan </Dd> <Dd> Yijiangshan </Dd> <Dd> Dachen </Dd> <Dd> Dong - Yin </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> Dong - Yin </Dd> <P> The Second United Front was the alliance between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang, or KMT) and Communist Party of China (CPC) to resist the Japanese invasion during the Second Sino - Japanese War, which suspended the Chinese Civil War from 1937 to 1941 . </P> <P> In 1927 the Chinese Communists revolted against Kuomintang following a purge of its members in Shanghai by National Revolutionary Army commander Chiang Kai - shek, which marked the end of the KMT's four - year alliance with Soviet Union and its cooperation with the CPC during the Northern Expedition to defeat warlords and unify China . </P>

Who did the nationalists and communists in china form an alliance against