Wanshan Archipelago Campaign

Wanshan Archipelago Campaign
	Part of the Chinese Civil War
Date	25 May – 7 August 1950; (2 months, 1 week and 6 days)
Location	Wanshan Archipelago
Result	People's Republic of China victory
Territorial; changes	People's Republic of China captures the Wanshan Archipelago
Belligerents
Republic of China (Taiwan)	People's Republic of China
Commanders and leaders
Qi Hongzhang;	Hong Xuezhi;
Strength
4,000; 40+ naval vessels;	10,000; 24+ naval vessels;
Casualties and losses
700+; 1 gunboat sunk; 1 gunboat severely damaged; 11+ naval vessels captured or scuttled;	300+; 1 landing ship sunk; 1 gunboat severely damaged;

The Wanshan Archipelago Campaign (Chinese: 万山群岛战役) was a campaign fought between nationalist and communist forces for the control of Wanshan Archipelago (Wanshan Qundao, 万山群岛), and resulted in communist victory. The archipelago consists of 48 islands strategically located at the mouth of the Pearl River, a chokepoint on the communication lines to Hong Kong and Macau. The largest island is the Laurel Mountain (Guishan, 桂山) Island, which was formerly known as Trash Tail (Lajiwei, 垃圾尾) Island. Other major islands include Outer Linding (Wailinding, 外伶仃) Island, Dong'ao (东澳) Island, Tri-gate (Sanmen, 三门) Island, Greater Ten-thousand Mountain (Da Wanshan, 大万山) Island, Lesser Ten-thousand Mountain (Xiao Wanshan, 小万山) Island, Burden Pole (Dangan, 担杆) Islands, and Jianpeng (佳蓬) Islands.