Kammala wannan jumlar: Japan ta kwace tsibirin Penghu a lokacin Yaƙin Sino-Japan na Farko kuma ta mallaki Taiwan a ƙarshen ta a 1895. An yi amfani da iko da gabashin gabashin gabar teku don kafa iko da kudancin kasar Sin a lokacin yakin duniya na biyu. Ruwa ya kare sansanonin Japan da masana'antu a Taiwan daga harin China da lalata, amma yaƙin iska ya isa tsibirin a shekarar 1943. Yaƙin Jirgin Sama na Formosa na 1944 ya baiwa Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka Pacific fifiko na iska daga rukunin masu jigilar kayayyaki da sansanonin Philippine; daga baya, harin bam ya ci gaba har zuwa
Japan ta mika wuya a shekara ta 1945. Saurin ci gaban kwaminisanci na PLA a cikin 1949 ya haifar da koma baya na gwamnati a ƙetaren Taiwan Strait.