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Second Taiwan Strait Crisis

August 23 – December 2, 1958 · Kinmen and the Taiwan Strait

1958 conflict between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China, also called the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis. The PRC shelled the ROC-held islands of Kinmen and Matsu in an attempt to take them and to probe the extent of American commitment to defend Taiwan. The conflict also involved air, naval, and amphibious operations.

On the map Contemporaries

Key people

Dwight D. Eisenhower head of state/government · Republic of China and allies Mao Zedong head of state/government · People's Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek head of state/government · Republic of China and allies Peng Dehuai belligerent leader · People's Republic of China Chiang Ching-kuo belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies Xu Xiangqian belligerent leader · People's Republic of China Nathan F. Twining belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies Ji Xingwen belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies Hu Lian belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies Ye Fei military commander · People's Republic of China

Participants

Strength and losses

People's Republic of ChinaTotal
Strength 215,000
Killed c. 1,800

Before and after

Followed from
Chinese Civil War August 1, 1927 – May 1, 1950

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