List of wars involving Taiwan


This is a list of wars involving Taiwan.

Taiwan has been ruled by various regimes throughout its history. Since 1945, the Republic of China controls the island.

Wars involving Taiwan

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  Military victory
  Defeat
  Indecisive or unclear outcome
  Ongoing conflict
War Combatant 1 Combatant 2 Result
Japanese colonial rule (1895–1945)
Japanese invasion of Taiwan
(1895)
  Formosa   Japan Defeat
Beipu uprising
(1907)
Hakka
Saisiyat
  Japan Defeat
  • Marked a new phase in armed Taiwanese resistance.
Tapani incident
(1915)
Tai Republic
Han Taiwanese
Taiwanese aborigines
  Japan Defeat
  • The incident was the last major armed resistance organised by Han Taiwanese militia during the Japanese rule. The transition of Taiwanese resistance turned into the peaceful political movement demanding a devolved Taiwanese parliament.
Musha Incident
(1930)
Tkdaya   Japan
Toda
Truku (Taroko)
Defeat
  • Seediq land was given to the Truku (Taroko) and Toda by the Japanese after the incident.
Second Sino-Japanese War
(1937–1945)
  China

  United States
  Soviet Union
  Britain

  Japan

  Reorganized National Government
  Manchukuo
  Mengjiang
  Provisional Government
  Reformed Government
  East Hebei

Victory
Republic of China (1945–present)
Chinese Civil War
(second phase)

(1945–1949)
  Republic of China   Chinese Communist Party Defeat
First Taiwan Strait Crisis
(1954–1955)
  Taiwan
  United States
  China Ceasefire
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis
(1958)
  Taiwan
  United States
  China Ceasefire
  • China ceases bombardment.
  • 440 troops killed[1]
Communist insurgency in Thailand
(1965–1983)
  Thailand
  Taiwan[2] (until July 1967)
  United States[3]
  Malaysia
  Communist Party of Thailand
  Pathet Lao[3][4]
  Khmer Rouge (until 1978)[3][4]
  Malayan Communist Party
Withdrawal before war's conclusion
  • Thai government victory
  • Amnesty declared on 23 April 1980 by the Thai government
  • Order 66/2523 signed by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda
  • Communist insurgency is defeated in 1983
Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
(1995–1996)
  Taiwan
  United States
  China Stalemate
  • China ceases bombardment.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Maritime Taiwan: Historical Encounters with the East and the West by Shih-Shan Henry Tsai. Page 189. Published 2009
  2. ^ "Thailand" (PDF). Stanford University. 19 June 2005. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Communist Insurgency In Thailand" (PDF). CIA Report. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency Victory" (PDF). January 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2010. Retrieved 1 December 2014.