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The Battle of Dachen Archipelago (大陈等岛之战) was a struggle between the nationalists and the communists for the control of several archipelagos just off the coast of Zhejiang, China during the Chinese Civil War in the post-World War II era, and it was part of the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. The communists targeted and eventually took the Dachen Archipelago, and the other two smaller archipelagos from nationalists: the Southern Muntjac Archipelago (Nan Ji Shan Lie-Dao, 南麂山列岛) and the Southern Deer Mountain Archipelago (Nan Lu Shan Lie-Dao, 南鹿山列岛). Combatants Nationalist Party of China Communist Party of China Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War...
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The National Revolutionary Army (NRA) (Chinese: 國民革命軍; pinyin: guo2 min2 ge2 ming4 jun1) was the national army of the Republic of China. ...
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The Dachen Archipelago or Dachen Islands (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), formerly known as Tachen Islands is an archipelago of Jiaojiang District of Taizhou, Zhejiang strategically located in the Gulf of Taizhou, Zhejiang, off the coast of Zhejiang, the Peoples Republic of China. ...
The Kuomintang of China (abbreviation KMT) (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Hanyu Pinyin: ; Tongyong Pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chung1-kuo2 Kuo2-min2-tang3)[1], also often translated as the Chinese Nationalist Party, is a political party in the Republic of China, now on Taiwan, and is currently the largest political party in...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ...
Zhejiang (also spelled Chehkiang or Chekiang) is an eastern coastal province of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Combatants Nationalist Party of China Communist Party of China Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War...
Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
Taiwan Strait The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also called the 1954-1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis or the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis) was a short armed conflict that took place between the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) governments. ...
The Dachen Archipelago or Dachen Islands (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), formerly known as Tachen Islands is an archipelago of Jiaojiang District of Taizhou, Zhejiang strategically located in the Gulf of Taizhou, Zhejiang, off the coast of Zhejiang, the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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The Mergui Archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...
The Mergui Archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ...
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The communists had already targeted Dachen Archipelago when they attacked Yijiangshan Islands, but the communists were incapable of simultaneously taking both. When the communists bombed Dachen Archipelago during the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands, it was mainly to prevent nationalist garrison of Dachen Archipelago from reinforcing Yijiangshan Islands. In fact, from November 1, 1954 thru November 4, 1954, the communist air force flew 49 sorties to bomb Dachen Archipelago, but none of the 721 bombs dropped hit their intended targets. On November 10, 1954, the communist bombers flew 28 sorties and communist fighters flew 46 sorties in support of the bombers to strike nationalist warships in Dachen Archipelago, but only resulted in minor damages of a mere five warships. The unsuccessful communist strikes were due to the fact that the experienced aircrew was busy preparing for the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands and missions against Dachen Archipelago were performed by inexperience aircrew. However, after experiencing the two rather unsuccessful bombing, the nationalists mistakenly believed that this was all the communist air force was capable of and relaxed, and they would pay a heavy price later on after the end of the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands, when the combat hardened aircrew with experience struck the archipelago again. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...
Combatants National Revolutionary Army Peoples Liberation Army Commanders Wang Shen-Ming (王生明) Zhang Aiping Strength 1000+ men 5,000 men+ 137 warship 184 planes Casualties 567 killed 519 taken as prisoners 393 killed 1024 wounded The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島戰役) was a conflict between forces of the Republic of China...
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Combatants National Revolutionary Army Peoples Liberation Army Commanders Wang Shen-Ming (王生明) Zhang Aiping Strength 1000+ men 5,000 men+ 137 warship 184 planes Casualties 567 killed 519 taken as prisoners 393 killed 1024 wounded The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島戰役) was a conflict between forces of the Republic of China...
Combatants National Revolutionary Army Peoples Liberation Army Commanders Wang Shen-Ming (王生明) Zhang Aiping Strength 1000+ men 5,000 men+ 137 warship 184 planes Casualties 567 killed 519 taken as prisoners 393 killed 1024 wounded The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島戰役) was a conflict between forces of the Republic of China...
The Battle After the main battle of the Battle of Yijiangshan Islands had subsided, the communists immediately turned their attentions to Dachen Archipelago before declaring Yijiangshan Islands were secured. On January 19, 1955, the first communist bombing mission specifically targeting Dachen was carried out by combat hardened aircrew with experience. Due to the previous two unsuccessful communist bombing missions carried out by inexperienced aircrew which resulted only in minor damages, the nationalists believed that this third air raid would be equally inept and was not fully prepared. As a result, the infrastructures on the islands, especially those for communication were severely damaged despite the casualties was minimum, and the local nationalist garrison was forced to use unencrypted radios to communicate with Taiwan and among themselves. Since the communists used the captured nationalist equipment during the Chinese Civil War, they were able to intercept nationalist communications since both sides used the radios made in USA. Combatants National Revolutionary Army Peoples Liberation Army Commanders Wang Shen-Ming (王生明) Zhang Aiping Strength 1000+ men 5,000 men+ 137 warship 184 planes Casualties 567 killed 519 taken as prisoners 393 killed 1024 wounded The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (一江山島戰役) was a conflict between forces of the Republic of China...
The Dachen Archipelago or Dachen Islands (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), formerly known as Tachen Islands is an archipelago of Jiaojiang District of Taizhou, Zhejiang strategically located in the Gulf of Taizhou, Zhejiang, off the coast of Zhejiang, the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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Combatants Nationalist Party of China Communist Party of China Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War...
The second wave of attack also occurred on the same day on January 19, 1955. As the local nationalist garrison regrouped and set up more effective air defense, the effort was futile because the second wave of attack struck the place completely unexpected by the local defenders: the reservoir, which was considered not a military target with any significance. The reservoir was completely destroyed and without any fresh water supply readily available, it was nearly impossible to defend the archipelago. On February 2, 1955, the communist air force bombed the Southern Deer Mountain Archipelago (Nan Lu Shan Lie-Dao, 南鹿山列岛). January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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After much debates, the Republic of China (the government of which was based in Taiwan since 1949) controlling the Dachen and adjacent archipelagos finally agreed with Americans to hold out until an evacuation by the American Navy in February 1955 to Taiwan more than 200 miles to the south. The decision was made to withdraw on February 5, 1955, and the U.S. Seventh Fleet used 132 boats and 400 aircraft to move 14,500 civilians, 10,000 Republic of China servicemen, and 4,000 guerrilla fighters, along with 40,000 tons of military equipment and supplies from the island. After the evacuation, the Northern Muntjac Island (Bei Ji Shan Dao, 北麂山岛) was the first to be taken by the People's Liberation Army on February 8, 1955, and by February 12, 1955, the entire Dachen Archipelago had fallen into the enemy hands. On February 13, 1955, the entire Southern Muntjac Archipelago (Nan Ji Shan Lie-Dao, 南麂山列岛) was taken by the communists. Today, the Republic of China is commonly known as Taiwan or Chinese Taipei. Not to be confused with the Peoples Republic of China. ...
Combatants Nationalist Party of China Communist Party of China Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War...
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The nationalists had left a single regiment to garrison the Southern Deer Mountain Archipelago (Nan Lu Shan Lie-Dao南鹿山列岛) to the south of Dachen Archipelago for a symbolic struggle, and the regiment held out until late February, 1955. The local commander realized the struggle was futile and was unwilling to waste troops in the lost cause, and thus asked and received permission to withdraw. On February 26, 1955, People's Liberation Army took the Southern Deer Mountain Archipelago (Nan Lu Shan Lie-Dao, 南鹿山列岛) and the battle concluded. British regiment A regiment is a military unit, consisting of a variable number of battalions - commanded by a colonel. ...
The Dachen Archipelago or Dachen Islands (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), formerly known as Tachen Islands is an archipelago of Jiaojiang District of Taizhou, Zhejiang strategically located in the Gulf of Taizhou, Zhejiang, off the coast of Zhejiang, the Peoples Republic of China. ...
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Outcome For the communists, the gaining of these archipelagos had eliminated the nationalist threat to the vital coastal shipping line, and the nationalist bases to strike coastal regions, but as Chiang Kai-shek grudgingly allowed the archipelagos to fall to the Communists so that the other offshore island groups, Kinmen and Matsu, could be successfully defended with American help, the result of the battle is therefore a draw. Chiang Kai-shek (Chinese: 蔣介石 or 蔣ä¸æ£, October 31, 1887 – April 5, 1975) was a Chinese military and political leader who assumed the leadership of the Kuomintang (KMT) after the 1925 death of Sun Yat-sen. ...
The Communist Party of China (CPC) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys constitution. ...
Kinmen (Traditional Chinese: 金門; Hanyu Pinyin: Jīnmén; Tongyong Pinyin: Jinmén; Wade-Giles: Chin-men; POJ: Kim-mn̂g; also romanized Quemoy from Southern Min (in early Spanish romanization); literally Golden Door or Golden Gate), located at 24. ...
The Matsu Islands (馬祖列島 or less frequently, 馬祖群島 Pinyin: MÇŽzÇ”) are a minor archipelago of 19 islands and islets in the Taiwan Strait administered as Lienchiang County (連江 Pinyin: LiánjiÄng), Fukien Province of the Republic of China (ROC, now based on Taiwan). ...
See also The following is a list of Chinese wars and battles, organized by date. ...
The National Revolutionary Army (NRA) (Chinese: 國民革命軍; pinyin: guo2 min2 ge2 ming4 jun1) was the national army of the Republic of China. ...
PLA flag The History of the Peoples Liberation Army is that of the military of mainland China. ...
Combatants Nationalist Party of China Communist Party of China Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong Strength 4,300,000 (July 1946) 3,650,000 (June 1948) 1,490,000 (June 1949) 1,200,000 (July 1946) 2,800,000 (June 1948) 4,000,000 (June 1949) The Chinese Civil War...
Yigianshan Island (一江山島) is a small island eight miles from the Tachen group, located between Shanghai and Keelung in the Taiwan Strait. ...
External links - BBC - 1955: US evacuates Pacific islands
- Tachen Islands Evacuation History
- Pictures of the evacuation
- Bank notes and brief history of Tachen between 1949 and 1955 (in Traditional Chinese)
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