Second Taiwan Strait Crisis

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
Part of the Chinese Civil War and the Cold War

Taiwan Strait
Date23 August – 2 December 1958
(3 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location
Result Inconclusive
Territorial
changes
Status quo ante bellum
Belligerents
 Republic of China
 United States
 People's Republic of China
Commanders and leaders
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Ching-kuo
Hu Lien
Ji Xingwen 
Zhao Jiaxiang 
Zhang Jie 
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nathan Farragut Twining
Wallace M. Beakley
Benjamin O. Davis Jr.
Roland N. Smoot
Mao Zedong
Peng Dehuai
Ye Fei
Xu Xiangqian
Strength
192,000
Naval and air support
215,000
Casualties and losses
  • 460 PRC troops killed and wounded
  • Several ships sunk and several more damaged in the naval battle of Dongding Island
  • 31 fighter jets shot down[3]
  • Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
    Traditional Chinese八二三炮戰
    Simplified Chinese八二三炮战
    Literal meaningAugust 23 shelling war
    Transcriptions
    Standard Mandarin
    Hanyu Pinyinbā èr sān pào zhàn[4]
    Bopomofoㄅㄚ ㄦˋ ㄙㄢ ㄆㄠˋ ㄓㄢˋ
    Wade–GilesPa1-erh4-san1 P'ao4-chan4
    Alternative Chinese name
    Traditional Chinese金門炮戰
    Simplified Chinese金门炮战
    Literal meaningKinmen shelling war
    Transcriptions
    Standard Mandarin
    Hanyu Pinyinjīn mén páo zhàn
    Bopomofoㄐㄧㄣ ㄇㄣˊ ㄆㄠˊ ㄓㄢˋ
    Wade–GilesChin1-mên2 P'ao4-chan4

    The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands along the east coast of mainland China in an attempt to take them from the Chinese Nationalist Party, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), and to probe the extent of American commitment to defend the Republic of China. The conflict also involved air, naval, and amphibious operations. Then U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter reportedly described it as the "first serious nuclear crisis".[5]

    1. ^ "Anniversaire de la bataille de Kinmen : l'Unité nationale au cœur de la défense de Taiwan, selon Tsai Ing-wen". 24 August 2021. Archived from the original on 26 August 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
    2. ^ Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West by Shih-Shan Henry Tsai. Page 189. Published 2009
    3. ^ "The Meaning of the Taiwan Strait Crisis". www.airforcemag.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2021. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
    4. ^ 教育部重編國語辭典修訂本 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2019. 字詞 【八二三炮戰】 注音 ㄅㄚ ㄦˋ ㄙㄢ ㄆㄠˋ ㄓㄢˋ 漢語拼音 bā èr sān pào zhàn
    5. ^ M.H. Halperin (December 1966). The 1958 Taiwan Straits Crisis: A Documented History. Daniel Ellsberg. pp. i–xvii.

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