The **Kuomingtang** (sometimes called the **Guomindang**, **KMT**,
**Nationalist Party of China**, **Chinese Nationalist Party** or
**Whites**) are a [political party](Political_Party "wikilink") in
Taiwan and formerly a major force in mainland
[China's](China "wikilink") politics, leading the [Xinhai
Revolution](Xinhai_Revolution "wikilink"), fighting in the [Chinese
Civil War](Chinese_Civil_War "wikilink") and leading the resistance to
the [Japanese Empire](Japanese_Empire "wikilink") during their [invasion
of China](Second_Sino-Japanese_War "wikilink").

## History

### Origins

### Formation

### Xinhai Revolution

### Chinese Civil War

### Japanese Invasion

The Kuomingtang made several military blunders, including destroying
several dams (leading to the worst natural disaster in the 20th century
that killed between 400,000 and 4,000,000 people and wiped out 15% of
the countries agricultural output) burning down the city of Changsha
(killing 30,000 people and destroying 56,000 buildings) to prevent the
Japanese taking the cities wealth.

### Fighting Communism

### Taiwan

### Taiwanese Democracy