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
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
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
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
…of state Christian Herter reportedly described it as the "first serious nuclear crisis". The conflict was a continuation of the Chinese Civil War and First Taiwan Strait Crisis. The Republic of China (ROC) had begun to build military installations on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu archipelago. The Chinese People's…
Chinese Nationalist soldiers load artillery aboard an LCM as ships at anchor await their arrival, 6 February 1955.
Battle of the Yijiangshan Islands