Project National Glory

Project National Glory
Cihu, now the tombsite of Chiang Kai-shek, was designated the command post of Project National Glory.
Traditional Chinese	國光計劃
Simplified Chinese	国光计划
Literal meaning	國光計畫 Project National Glory
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin guóguāngjìhuà

Project National Glory or Project Guoguang (Chinese: 國光計劃) was a military attempt by the Kuomintang-led Republic of China located on Taiwan to try to recapture mainland China held by the People's Republic of China (PRC). Preparatory operations began in 1965, but were mostly failures. The project was abandoned in July 1972.

The idea of counterattacking the Mainland started out as a slogan in 1950, after the KMT's expulsion to Taiwan. It was a bid to bolster morale on the island, which now consisted of homesick soldiers and refugees, along with the native Taiwanese.

After the PRC's disastrous Great Leap Forward, the outbreak of the Vietnam War and the prospect of the PRC having a nuclear weapon, ROC President Chiang Kai-shek launched planning for a counterattack to recover mainland China.

On April 1, 1961 the Project National Glory office was established by the Republic of China Armed Forces together with the Ministry of National Defense in Taipei County in the town of Sanxia. Army Lieutenant General Zhu Yuancong took charge as director and officially launched the project to formulate a plan of operations for retaking Mainland China. Other military members at Xindian and Bitan established Project Juguan offices to discuss and work out an alliance with American troops to attack mainland China. Another office was established for counterintelligence operations, specifically to avoid the US side learning about Project National Glory. In 1962, the People's Republic of China was carrying out the Great Leap Forward and failing. Therefore, the whole country was in poor condition and Republic of China President Chiang Kai-shek was in a hurry and wished to take advantage of the golden opportunity to retake mainland China at once. During this time, he started active ideological military education to prepare the entire ROCAF on this mission of recovering the lost territories in the Chinese mainland proper.