August 23 Artillery Battle

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis
gptkbp:artilleryShellsFired over 40,000 shells fired by ROC
over 470,000 shells fired by PRC
gptkbp:casualties over 400 ROC soldiers killed
unknown PRC casualties
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:People's_Republic_of_China
gptkb:Republic_of_China
gptkbp:endDate 1958-10-05
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label August 23 Artillery Battle
gptkbp:location gptkb:Kinmen
gptkb:Taiwan_Strait
gptkbp:notableCommander gptkb:Song_Shilun
Peng Dehuai
Hu Lien
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Cross-Strait_conflict
gptkbp:result Stalemate
gptkbp:significance heightened US-ROC military cooperation
intensified Cold War tensions in East Asia
gptkbp:startDate 1958-08-23
gptkbp:supports United States provided military aid to ROC
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:August_23_Artillery_Battle_Museum
gptkb:Kinmen_artillery_bombardment
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7