The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) ( Taiwan)
Next Date
August 23rd, 2026
The memorial day for the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis(the August 23 shelling war) ( Taiwan)
The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, also known as the 1958 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC). The PRC shelled the islands of Kinmen (Quemoy) and the Matsu Islands along the east coast of mainland China in an attempt to take them from Taiwan, governed by the Kuomintang (KMT), and to probe the extent of American commitment to defend the Republic of China. The conflict also involved air, naval, and amphibious operations. Then U.S. secretary of state Christian Herter reportedly described it as the "first serious nuclear crisis".
Source: Wikipedia Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis