Battle of Guningtou

When

25 Oct 1949 – 27 Oct 1949

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

24.48° N, 118.31° E

Description

1949 battle during the Chinese civil war

1949 battle of the Chinese Civil War

The Battle of Guningtou (古寧頭之役), also known as the Battle of Kuningtou or the Battle of Kinmen, was fought in October 1949 on the island of Kinmen (Quemoy), located in the Taiwan Strait, during the final stages of the Chinese Civil War.

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• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Battle of Kuningtou: Chinese communist troops fail to take Quemoy; their advance towards Taiwan is halted”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “金門縣爆發古寧頭戰役，中華民國國軍全殲登陸的中国人民解放军。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page

• Chinese Civil War (resumed phase)1 Apr 1946 · Civil war · Deaths 3,000,000