In 1924, the KMT and the CPC to work together for the first time, surging national revolution, Dr. Sun Yat-sen far-sighted man of the century, as "the sacred cause of education, founded as a great talent," personally set up in Guangzhou, a text of a two-wu school -- - National Guangdong University (today's Sun Yat-sen University) and the Whampoa Military Academy. When school is formally known as the "Chinese Kuomintang Military Academy", because of their school in south-east of Guangzhou Huangpu Island, known as the Whampoa Military Academy.
Whampoa Military Academy was established for the purpose of the National Revolutionary Army officer training, and then the Nationalist government of the Northern Expedition to unify China's major military power. In 1946 the transfer of the Chinese Kuomintang army in the country later renamed "Republic of China Military Academy," up to now. Whampoa Military Academy is the Dr. Sun Yat-sen in the Communist Party of China and the Soviet Union's active support and help of the founder, is the first product of cooperation between the Kuomintang. China's modern history as the first train cadres of the revolutionary new military-political school, their far-reaching effects of the huge reputation of prominent are the only expectation.
Since the establishment of the Whampoa Military Academy, Dr. Sun Yat-sen so as to "create a revolutionary army to save China's peril" for the purpose; "Dear absolute sincerity" as its school motto; to the training of military and political personnel, so as to composition of the Whampoa students as the backbone of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of the implementation of Armed overthrow of imperialism and feudal warlord rule in China, for the purpose of the completion of the National Revolution. On the one hand, actively carry out Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Three Principles of the People Revolution education; on the one hand, instilling the idea of Marxism-Leninism. Military use of military and political equal emphasis on theory and practice of teaching and learning, the Chinese revolution has trained a large number of military and political talent. Huangpu majority of the teachers and students against imperialism and feudalism in the fight for national independence and national unity in the struggle to set up military exploits hehe, as China made a significant contribution to the revolution.
Since the Whampoa Military Academy in June 1924 to set up in Guangzhou by the end of 1949 moved to Fengshan City, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan, the mainland has done a total of 23 in Taiwan has continued to do 73, on the mainland during its graduates, including Gefen Xiao, training courses, including 41,386 people. Who come forth in large numbers, a prominent military exploits, winning Chinese and foreign, far-reaching impact on the modern history of China occupies a prominent position. The former site of the Whampoa Military Academy in 1988, was the third of the National People's Republic of China as a key cultural unit.
