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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

  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

References

  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. 1 2 3 "Communist Insurgency In Thailand" (PDF). CIA Report. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Anatomy of a Counterinsurgency Victory" (PDF). January 2007. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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