Battle of Nanri Island
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| Battle of Nanri Island | |||||||
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| Part of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
 Republic of China Army |
 People's Liberation Army |
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| Commanders | |||||||
| Wang Kuan-Yao (汪光堯) | Ye Fei (葉飛) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 6000+ men from 75th Division | 1,300 men+ | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| Less than 100 | 500+ killed 700+ captured 3 torpedo boats sunk |
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The Battle of Nanri Island (南日島戰役) was a conflict between the Republic of China Army and the People's Liberation Army, over PRC owned Nanri island near Mainland China. This conflict occured from April 11, 1952 to April 15, 1952 and resulted in a ROCA victory with complete destruction of PLA forces. However ROCA later fled from this island with all its captured prize and POW to Taiwan.
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