major wars of 20th century

Years 1947 1947 Battle deaths 1,250 The 228 Incident, also known as the 228 Massacre, was an anti government uprising in Taiwan that began on February 27, 1947 and was violently suppressed by the Kuomintang (KMT) government. Estimates of the number of deaths vary from ten thousand to thirty thousand or more. The Incident marked the beginning of the Kuomintangs White Terror period in Taiwan, in which thousands more Taiwanese vanished, were killed, or imprisoned. The number 228 refers to the day the massacre began February 28, or 02 28.