The First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also known as the Formosa Crisis, the 1954–1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the Offshore Islands Crisis, the Quemoy-Matsu Crisis, and the 1955 Taiwan Strait …

The first Taiwan Strait crisis occurred in 1954–55, when the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the armed forces of the P.R.C., shelled three islands under R.O.C. control: first Quemoy (Jinmen) …

Tensions between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in the 1950s resulted in armed conflict over strategic islands in the Taiwan Strait. On two separate …

That dangerous ratcheting of tensions—the First Taiwan Strait Crisis—cost two American lives, was the opening round of a struggle that continues to this day, and may yet end in superpower …

Presents a comprehensive and detailed account of the 1958 military action between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China over the offshore island of Quemoy and …

2020年3月18日 · In March 1955, President Eisenhower publicly threatened to launch nuclear strikes against China. He was hoping to deter an attack on Taiwan and to stop the shelling of …

2025年1月4日 · The First Taiwan Strait Crisis was a significant conflict that erupted between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in the mid-1950s. This …

The resulting clashes came to be known as the First Taiwan Strait Crisis (1954-1955) and the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis (1958). A mutual defense treaty between Washington and Taipei …

2023年4月10日 · The First Taiwan Strait Crisis broke out in August 1954 when the Nationalists placed thousands of troops on Taiwan-ruled Kinmen and Matsu, two small islands just a few …

On September 3, 1954, the PRC began bombing the Tachen Islands, 200 miles north of Taiwan. On January 20, 1955, the PRC seized the Yijiangshan Islands, eight miles from the Tachens; …