Map of Battle of Unsan on the night of 1 – 2 November 1950
Date
25 October – 4 November 1950
Location
Unsan, North Korea
Result
Chinese victory
Belligerents
China
United Nations
United States
South Korea
Commanders and leaders
Peng Dehuai Wu Xinquan[1] Wen Yucheng[1]
Frank W. Milburn Hobart R. Gay Raymond D. Palmer[2] Paik Sun Yup
Units involved
39th Corps[nb 1]
115th Division
116th Division
117th Division
40th Corps
120th Division
1st Cavalry Division
5th Cavalry Regiment
8th Cavalry Regiment
1st Infantry Division
15th Infantry Regiment
Casualties and losses
UN estimation: 600+[3]
449 killed 1,149 total casualties[4] 530 killed and wounded[5]
Chinese estimation: 2,000[6]
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Korean War
North Korean offensive (25 June – 15 September 1950)
Pokpung
Chuncheon
1st Seoul
Gorangpo
Kaesong–Munsan
Ongjin
Uijeongbu
Suwon Airfield
Air Campaign
Andong
Chumonchin Chan
Osan
Pyongtaek
Chonan
Chochiwon
Taejon
Sangju
Yongdong
Hwanggan
Hadong
Notch
Pusan Perimeter
Masan
P'ohang-dong
Taegu
1st Naktong Bulge
Bowling Alley
Battle Mountain
Kyongju
Haman
Nam River
Ka-san
Tabu-dong
Yongsan
2nd Naktong Bulge
United Nations Command counteroffensive (15 September – 30 October 1950)
Inchon
Pusan Perimeter offensive
2nd Seoul
UN September 1950 counteroffensive
Hill 282
UN offensive into North Korea
Sariwon
Pyongyang
Yongyu
Kujin
Chongju
Sunchon tunnel
Chinese Intervention (25 October 1950 – January 1951)
Onjong
Unsan
Pakchon
Second Phase Offensive
Ch'ongch'on River
Wawon
Chosin Reservoir
Task Force Faith
UN retreat from North Korea
Hungnam evacuation
3rd Seoul
Uijeongbu
1st and 2nd Wonju
Pohang
Fighting around the 38th parallel (January – June 1951)
Happy Valley
Thunderbolt
Twin Tunnels
Roundup
Hoengsong
Chipyong-ni
3rd Wonju
Chuam-ni
Wonsan
Killer
4th Seoul (Operation Ripper)
Maehwa-san
Courageous
Tomahawk
Rugged
Dauntless
Spring offensive
Imjin River
Yultong
Hwacheon
Kapyong
Soyang River
UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive
Stalemate (July 1951 – 27 July 1953)
Bloody Ridge
Minden
Punchbowl
Heartbreak Ridge
Commando
1st Maryang-san
Haktang-ni
Polecharge
2nd Maryang-san
Rat Killer
Hill Eerie
Old Baldy
Blaze
Bunker Hill
Outpost Kelly
White Horse Hill
Arrowhead Hill
Triangle Hill
Jackson Heights
Noris
1st Hook
2nd Hook
Chatkol
Outpost Vegas
Pork Chop Hill
Little Switch
Nevada Complex
3rd Hook
Outpost Harry
Kumsong
Berlin Outposts and Boulder City
Samichon River
Korean Armistice Agreement
Big Switch
Panmunjom Declaration
Air operations (1950 – 1953)
Air Campaign
MiG Alley
Sunchon
Strangle
Sui-ho Dam
Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953
Naval operations (1950 – 1953)
Naval engagements of the Korean War
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The Battle of Unsan (Korean: 운산전투; Hanja: 雲山戰鬪; RR: Unsan jeontu; MR: Unsan chŏnt'u), also known as the Battle of Yunshan (Chinese: 云山战斗; pinyin: Yún Shān Zhàn Dòu), was a series of engagements of the Korean War that took place from 25 October to 4 November 1950 near Unsan, North Pyongan province in present-day North Korea. As part of the People's Republic of China's First Phase Campaign, the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) made repeated attacks against the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) 1st Infantry Division near Unsan beginning on 25 October, in an attempt to take advancing United Nations Command (UNC) forces by surprise. In an encounter with the United States military,[7] the PVA 39th Corps attacked the unprepared U.S. 8th Cavalry Regiment in Unsan on 1 November, resulting in one of the most devastating U.S. losses of the war.
^ abChinese Military Science Academy 2000, p. 359.
^Applemen, Roy (1992). South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu. Center of Military History, United States Army. ISBN 0160359589.
^McMichael 1987, p. 69.
^Ecker 2005, p. 47
^Chae, Chung & Yang 2001, p. 124.
^Chinese Military Science Academy 2000, p. 35.
^Ryan, Finkelstein & McDevitt 2003, p. 127.
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