Dongshan Island Campaign

Dongshan Island Campaign
	Part of the aftermath of the Chinese Civil War
Date	16–18 July 1953
Location	Dongshan Island, Fujian, China
Result	Communist victory
Belligerents
Republic of China	People's Republic of China
Commanders and leaders
Hu Lien	Ye Fei; You Meiyao
Units involved
Republic of China Army	People's Liberation Army
Strength
Initial strength:; 8,000+ infantry; 2,000 paratroopers	Initial strength:; 1,200 militiamen; 100–200 marines; Reinforcements:; 9,000+ infantry
Casualties and losses
2,664+ killed; 715 captured; 2 tanks destroyed; 3 landing ships sunk; 2 aircraft lost; Several wounded	1,250+ killed

23°41′58″N 117°25′13″E / 23.699453°N 117.420397°E / 23.699453; 117.420397

The Dongshan Island Campaign (traditional Chinese: 東山島戰役; simplified Chinese: 东山岛战役; pinyin: Dōngshān Dǎo Zhànyì) was a battle fought on Dongshan Island, Fujian between the Nationalists and the Communists during the Chinese Civil War when the Nationalists unsuccessfully attempted to retake the island from the Communists. The campaign was the last and largest battle between the two sides after the Nationalists retreated to Taiwan. After this defeat, the Nationalists realized that it would never be practical to launch a large scale counterattack against the mainland on a similar scale again. Instead, the Nationalist strikes against mainland China were reduced to limited infiltration and skirmishes.