Battle of Nanri Island

Part of the Chinese Civil War

Date	October 11–15, 1952
Location	Nanri Island, off Putian, Fujian
Result	ROC victory

Belligerents

Republic of China Army

United States

People's Liberation Army

Commanders and leaders

Wang Kuan-Yao

Hu Lien

Ye Fei

Strength

6000+ men from 75th Division
3 Landing Vehicle Tracked
10 Landing Craft
8 Aircraft

1,300 men+ from 83rd Division of 28th army regiment

Casualties and losses

PRC claims: 150+
ROC claim:Less than 80

500+ killed
800+ captured
3 torpedo boats sunk
3 boats sunk
Civilian losses:
11 Killed
43 wounded
5 abducted to Taiwan

Coordinates: 25°14′24″N 119°30′00″E / 25.240°N 119.500°E / 25.240; 119.500

Wang Kuan-Yao

The Battle of Nanri Island (Chinese: 南日島戰役; pinyin: Nánrì Dǎo Zhànyì) was a conflict between the Republic of China Army (ROCA) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), over People's Republic of China owned Nanri island near Mainland China. This conflict occurred from October 11, 1952, to October 15, 1952, and resulted in a ROCA victory with complete destruction of PLA forces. However ROCA later abandoned this island and retreated, with all its captured prizes and POWs, to Taiwan.

During the 1950s Korean War erupted, USA resumed military and financial support for ROC military. ROCA acquired training and equipment from USA. One of the most breakthrough change for ROCA is more advanced amphibious warfare skills and more advanced mechanized armed forces.

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