[POLITICAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT, MILITARY AFFAIRS COMMISSION OF THE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT]. 國民政府軍事委員會政治訓練部.

歡迎蕩平孫軍的凱旋之將. [Huan ying dang ping Sun jun de kai xuan zhi jiang].
[Chinese Kuomintang Propaganda Poster - Welcome the Returning Triumphant Troops Who Crushed Sun's Army].

[China]. 國民政府軍事委員會政治訓練部. [Guo min zheng fu jun shi wei yuan hui zheng zhi xun lian bu]. (circa 1926- 1928). Stock ID #170205

Chinese Kuomintang propaganda poster screen print in blue. Issued by the Political Training Department of the Military Affairs Commission, party emblem "Blue Sky with a White Sun" of the Kuomintang at upper edge, text in Traditional Chinese. Some light creasing, a little offsetting of ink at margins, very good. Text in traditional Chinese. Sheet measures 78.6 x 27.3cm.

The reference to Sun's Army in the title of this poster refers to the army of Chinese warlord 孙传芳 [Sun Chuanfang] whose strong military presence was felt in Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi in the years between 1922 and 1926. Sun, together with other major warlords 冯国璋 [Feng Guozhang], 曹锟 [Cao Kun], 吴佩孚 [Wu Peifu] and 齐燮元 [Qi Xieyuan] were part of the Zhili Clique. Sun had been Chiang Kai-shek’s second military target when the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) took over Hunan from Wu Peifu’s control. The official confrontation between the NRA and Sun's army began in August 1926 in Jiangxi Province, later another battlefield opened between them in Fujian Province in September of the same year. The wars between Sun's Army and NRA lasted until April 1928 when Sun faced complete defeat.

The text on this poster reads "Welcome the Returning Triumphant Troops Who Crushed Sun's Army." The text suggests that the poster was probably issued after Sun's defeat in 1928. However, 國民政府軍事委員會政治訓練部 "Political Training Department, Military Affairs Commission of the Nationalist Government" only existed for only three months between March - June 1926. Possible explanations for the contradictory dates are that the slogans were published prior to the defeat in an effort to wish military success against Sun; or possibly given the chaotic situation in China at the time the publication details were not updated to reflect the new agency in charge.

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