WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
Videos
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
The U.S. carrier USS Lexington (top) with a supply ship and USS Marshall (bottom) off Taiwan during the crisis
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.
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
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
August 23 Artillery Battle Museum in Kinmen
Kinmen
Videos
Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of the Republic of China, only 10 km east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's
Kinmen Military Headquarters of the Qing Dynasty
Kinmen Military Headquarters of the Qing Dynasty
Attack in Quemoy (1663)
Attack in Quemoy (1663)
Jiangong Islet, with a Koxinga monument, in Kinmen Harbor
Jiangong Islet, with a Koxinga monument, in Kinmen Harbor
Chin-men Tao (Quemoy Island, Greater Kinmen), Lieh Hsü (Lesser Kinmen), Tung-ting Hsü (Dongding Island), Wu-ch'iu Hsü (Daqiu), and Hsia Hsü (Xiaoqiu)
Chin-men Tao (Quemoy Island, Greater Kinmen), Lieh Hsü (Lesser Kinmen), Tung-ting Hsü (Dongding Island), Wu-ch'iu Hsü (Daqiu), and Hsia Hsü (Xiaoqiu) "The Nationalist-held islands off the Chinese mainland are nominally a part of Fukien Province, but are presently under military administration." (1962)