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Second Taiwan Strait Crisis

United States of America · Warfare / China War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1958

Dwight David Eisenhower23 August 1958

Taiwan Strait · Warfare / China War

The shelling of Quemoy and Matsu begins a new Taiwan Strait crisis requiring major American military and diplomatic attention.

Names involved

Dwight David Eisenhower

Provenance

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