Yijiangshan Islands
| Yijiangshan Islands | |||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 一江山島 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 一江山岛 | ||||||||
| Postal | Yikiangshan Islands | ||||||||
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The Yijiangshan Islands are two small islands 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) 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]: 215 [2][3]: 279
See also
28°37′N 121°49′E / 28.61°N 121.82°E
References
- ^ J.P.D. Dunbabin. The Cold War: The Great Powers and Their Allies
- ^ "The Free Lance-Star – Google News Archive Search".
- ^ Mark A. Ryan, David Michael Finkelstein, Michael A. McDevitt. Chinese Warfighting: The PLA Experience Since 1949 ISBN 9780765610874