Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago

The Battle of Nanpeng Archipelago was fought between the Chinese nationalists and the communists over the islands of the Nanpeng Archipelago off the Cantonese coast. The Nanpeng Archipelago is a small island chain in Nan'ao County off the coast of Shantou, and is named after the largest island, Nanpeng island, home to a fishing community of more than 400 people. The archipelago was deemed not important for most of the Chinese Civil War and the nationalists therefore did not deploy any troops on the island, and when Guangdong fell into the communist hands, the archipelago also fell. The communists believed the same thing the nationalists had believed and did not deploy any troops to the archipelago either after the nationalists withdrew, but small patrol teams of 2 to 3 were regularly sent to many of the islands.

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1952  Wikidata
battle, People's Republic of China, 

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Location: 23.2668, 117.297, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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1952 Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago

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1950 Battle of Nan'ao Island

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1950	Battle of Nan'ao Island	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1952	Battle of Nanpēng Archipelago	battle	Wikidata