Demolition charges destroy Hŭngnam port on 24 December 1950; USS Begor is in the foreground.
Date
15–24 December 1950
Location
South of Hamhung, Hamhung, North Korea
Result
Successful United Nations withdrawal
Belligerents
United Nations
United States
South Korea
North Korea China
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Edward Almond Shin Sung-Mo Earle E. Partridge James H. Doyle
Choi Yong-kun Kim Chaek Kim Ung Kim Mu Chong Peng Dehuai
Units involved
X Corps
1st Marine Division
3rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
1st Marine Air Wing
I Corps
3rd Infantry Division
Capital Division
Fifth Air Force
Korean People's Army
1st Division
3rd Division
People's Volunteer Army
27th Army
79th Division
80th Division
81st Division
94th Division
Strength
100,000
Unknown
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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
For further information, see also: Korean War (template)
The Hungnam evacuation[1] or Heungnam redeployment[2][3] (Korean: 흥남 철수 작전; Hanja: 興南撤收作戰), also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations (UN) forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, Hamhung, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War. As part of the fighting withdrawal of UN forces against the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir (27 November to 13 December), they abandoned some 59,000 square kilometers of North Korean territory to enemy forces and retreated to Hungnam from where they were evacuated to South Korea.[1]
^ ab"The Refugee Evacuation from Hungnam: 9-24 December 1950". arsof-history.org. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
^UN Forces used this title in action report
^"[다큐온] 6.25한국전쟁 사상 가장 위대한 작전으로 손꼽히는 대규모 해상철수작전 '흥남철수작전' "1950년 흥남철수의 비밀 1부" (KBS 210619 방송)" – via www.youtube.com.
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