Yijiangshan Islands Explained

Psp:Yikiangshan Islands
S:一江山岛
T:一江山島
P:Yījiāngshān Dǎo

The Yijiangshan Islands are two small islands from the Dachen Islands, located off the coast of Taizhou, Zhejiang, in the East China Sea.

During the First Taiwan Strait crisis the islands were captured in January 1955 by the People's Liberation Army (PLA) from Republic of China (ROC) Nationalist forces in the Battle of Yijiangshan even as the U.S. Seventh Fleet was patrolling nearby.[1] [2] [3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. J.P.D. Dunbabin. The Cold War: The Great Powers and Their Allies
  2. Web site: The Free Lance-Star – Google News Archive Search.
  3. Mark A. Ryan, David Michael Finkelstein, Michael A. McDevitt. Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949