Dongshan Island Campaign
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Dongshan Island Campaign | |||||||
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Part of the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Republic of China | People's Republic of China | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hu Lien |
Ye Fei You Meiyao | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Republic of China Army | People's Liberation Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
2,000 paratroopers |
100-200 marines | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2,664+ killed 715 captured 2 tanks destroyed 3 landing ships sunk 2 aircraft lost Several wounded | 1,250+ killed |
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The Dongshan Island Campaign (traditional Chinese: 東山島戰役; simplified Chinese: 东山岛战役; pinyin: Dōngshān Dǎo Zhànyì) was a battle fought on Dongshan Island, Fujian between the Nationalists and the Communists during the Chinese Civil War when the Nationalists unsuccessfully attempted to retake the island from the Communists. The campaign was the last and largest battle between the two sides after the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan. After this defeat, the Nationalists realized that it would never be practical to launch a large scale counterattack against the mainland on a similar scale again. Instead, the Nationalist strikes against mainland China were reduced to limited infiltration and skirmishes.