First Taiwan Strait Crisis
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The First Taiwan Strait Crisis was a brief armed conflict between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China focused on several ROC-held islands a few miles from the Chinese mainland in
Chinese Nationalist soldiers load artillery aboard an LCM as ships at anchor await their arrival, 6 February 1955.
Battle of the Yijiangshan Islands
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
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The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen and
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
…discussions between China and the U.S. began in Geneva in August 1955. The fundamental issues of the conflict remained unresolved, which led to another crisis three years later. The United States recognized Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang government as the sole legitimate government for all of China. On 5 January 1950, United…
The U.S. carrier USS Lexington (top) with a supply ship and USS Marshall (bottom) off Taiwan during the crisis
F-104As of the 83rd Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Taoyuan Air Base in September 1958.
MIM-14 Nike Hercules of the 71st Air Defense Artillery Regiment, U.S Army, at Tamsui, Taipei County, on 20 October 1958
August 23 Artillery Battle Museum in Kinmen