Commentary On Military Consultant Groups' Activities In China In The National Revolution

The National Revolution in 1920's had profound influence on Contemporary History of China. The Soviet Union was the only country which gave China active help.On one hand, The Soviet Union and Chinese Revolutionary Power established a close relations in the sphere of organization; on the other hand, the Soviet Union gave great support on Chinese Revolutionary in supplies. And the Soviet dispatched a host of military advisers who exercised direct leadership on military work. The military advisers Consist of three military consultant groups in China, including Guangzhou military consultant group, Kaifeng military consultant group and Zhangjiakou military consultant group. In the face of complex Chinese Revolutionary situation, Carrying on work in China, the military consultants involved a considerable risk, but situation also provided very favourable conditions. The activities of military consultant groups made a great difference and even influenced the mass movements and the upper class. They helped to established military academies and schools and trained and fostered a large number of high-quality military personnel of a new type. All of this created favorable conditions for Chinese Revolutionary. As the defeat of the first great revolution, the activities of military consultants also came to an end. To a certain degree, they were responsible to the defeat of the first great revolution.Military consultants of the Soviet Union had held many important offices and undertook a wide range of responsibilities. This is a problem deserving of study. From the relevant research related to military consultants, there is lack of the study of the military consultant groups' whole activities. It is necessary to make an intensive study of the military consultants activities in China and their influence to Chinese Revolutionary. We can get much understanding the position and starting point of the Soviet Union's aim to break the surround by the imperialists. This is an inescapable tension faced by the Soviet Union in the interests of the revolutionary people of the world and the interests of the state.