Battle of Yijiangshan Islands

Communist troops assaulting Nationalist positions

Date	January 18–20, 1955
Location	Yijiangshan Islands, Zhejiang
Result	PLA victory

Belligerents

National Revolutionary Army

People's Liberation Army

Commanders and leaders

Wang Shen-Ming †

Zhang Aiping

Strength

1000+ men

5,000 men+
137 warships
184 aircraft

Casualties and losses

567 killed
519 POWs

393 killed
1024 wounded

The Battle of Yijiangshan Islands (simplified Chinese: 一江山岛战役; traditional Chinese: 一江山島戰役) was a conflict between forces of the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China and the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the People's Republic of China, over one of the last strongholds of Nationalist (ROC) forces near mainland China on the Yijiangshan Islands. The conflict occurred from January 18 to January 20, 1955, during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis, and resulted in a PLA victory and the complete destruction of the ROC garrison.

The Yijiangshan Islands consist of two islands, the Northern Yijang (Chinese: 北一江) Island and the Southern Yijiang (Chinese: 南一江) Island, and the region is approximately 1.2 square kilometers (0.46 square miles) in area. Due to its strategic location near the coast of Zhejiang, it had become a forward base for the Nationalist defense of Chinese coastal islands centered on Dachen Island, as well as a base for launching guerrilla attacks on mainland China.

The Nationalist defense force consisted of the following units and totaled more than 1000: Yijiangshan Regional Headquarters

In addition, the Nationalist defenders had access to air and naval support.

The Communist attackers totaled more than 5,000, with the landing force totaling one regiment and one battalion from the following units:

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