Military offensive conducted the Chinese PVA during the Korean War
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Chinese spring offensive of 1951
Part of the Korean War
Map of the offensive, showing the PVA/KPA gains
Date
22 April – 22 May 1951
Location
near the 38th Parallel, Korea
Result
United Nations victory
Chinese forces fail to recapture Seoul
UN launches a counteroffensive in May
Belligerents
United Nations (UNC)
United States
South Korea
Belgium
Philippines
United Kingdom
Canada
Luxembourg
Turkey
Australia
New Zealand
China North Korea
Commanders and leaders
Matthew Ridgway James Van Fleet
Peng Dehuai Choi Yong-kun
Units involved
Eighth Army
People's Volunteer Army
Korean People's Army
Strength
418,500[1]
245,000
152,000
1,500
11,500
10,000 from other UN countries
700,000[1]
337,000 heading to Seoul[2]
Casualties and losses
UN sources: 15,769 total casualties[3]
1200+ killed[4] 10 missing
unknown
12 killed
16 killed 6 missing
141 killed 522 captured
12 killed
32 killed 3 captured
2 killed
Chinese estimate: 82,769 total causalties[5]
Chinese sources: 85-90,000 casualties (Chinese only)[6][7][8]
UN estimate: 110,000 to 160,609 total casualties (both Chinese and North Korean)[9][3]
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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
For further information, see also: Korean War (template)
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The Chinese spring offensive (Chinese: 中国春季攻势), also known as the Chinese Fifth Phase Offensive (Chinese: 第五次战役), was a military operation conducted by the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) during the Korean War. Mobilizing three field armies totaling 700,000 men for the operation, the Chinese command conducted their largest offensive operation since their Second Phase Offensive in November and December 1950. The operation took place in the summer of 1951 and aimed at permanently driving the United Nations Command (UN) forces off the Korean peninsula.
The offensive's first thrust fell upon the units of US I Corps and US IX Corps on 22 April but was halted at the No-Name Line north of Seoul by 30 April. On 15 May 1951, the PVA and Korean People's Army (KPA) commenced the second impulse of the spring offensive and attacked the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) and US X Corps in the east. Although initially successful, they were halted by 22 May. On 20 May, perceiving that the enemy were overextended the US Eighth Army counterattacked the exhausted PVA/KPA forces, inflicting heavy losses.[10]
^ abO'Neill 1985, p. 132.
^Mossman, Billy (1988). United States Army in the Korean War: Ebb and Flow November 1950-July 1951. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 379. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ abClodfelter, M. (2017). Warfare and Armed Conflicts: A Statistical Encyclopedia of Casualty and Other Figures, 1492-2015 (4th ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. Page 659.
^Sobieski, Anthony J. 1127 Days of Death – a Korean War Chronology – Part II, 1951. https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Korea/KoreanWarPartII . Retrieved 25 July 2021
^王树增 (2009). 《朝鲜战争》. 北京: 人民文学出版社. ISBN 9787020069200.
^Zhang 1995, p. 152.
^Li, Xiaobing. "A History of the Modern Chinese Army". Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2009. Pages 101-102.
^王树增 (2009). 《朝鲜战争》. 北京: 人民文学出版社. ISBN 9787020069200.
^Millett 2010, pp. 441, 452.
^Chinese Question Role in Korean War, from POW-MIA InterNetwork Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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