The
First Taiwan Strait Crisis (also called the
1954–1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis, the
Formosa Crisis, the
Offshore Islands Crisis or the
1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis) was a short
armed conflict that took place between the governments of the
People's Republic of China (PRC) and the
Republic of China (ROC). The PRC seized the
Yijiangshan Islands, forcing the ROC to abandon the
Tachen Islands. The United States and the ROC Navies joined forces to evacuate ROC military personnel and civilians from the Tachen Islands to
Taiwan. Though the Tachen Islands changed hands during the crisis, American news reports focused almost exclusively on the
Kinmen and
Matsu islands, which were the sites of frequent artillery duels.