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Pusan Perimeter offensive
Part of the Korean War

Map of the Pusan Perimeter breakout
Date16–22 September 1950
Location
Pusan, South Korea
Result United Nations victory
Belligerents

Pusan Perimeter offensive United Nations

  • Pusan Perimeter offensive United States
  • Pusan Perimeter offensive South Korea
  • Pusan Perimeter offensive United Kingdom
Pusan Perimeter offensive North Korea
Commanders and leaders
United Nations Douglas MacArthur
United States Walton Walker
United States Frank W. Milburn
First Republic of Korea Chung Il-Kwon
First Republic of Korea Shin Sung-Mo
United States Earle E. Partridge
North Korea Choi Yong-kun
North Korea Kim Chaek
North Korea Kim Ung
North Korea Kim Mu Chong
Units involved

United States Eighth Army

    • United States 2nd Infantry Division
    • United States 25th Infantry Division
  • United States I Corps
    • United States 1st Cavalry Division
    • United States 24th Infantry Division
    • United States 5th Regimental Combat Team
    • First Republic of Korea 1st Infantry Division
    • United Kingdom 27th Infantry Brigade

First Republic of Korea Republic of Korea Army

  • I Corps
    • 3rd Infantry Division
  • II Corps
    • 6th Infantry Division
    • 8th Infantry Division
United States Fifth Air Force

North Korea Korean People's Army

  • 1st Division
  • 2nd Division
  • 3rd Division
  • 4th Division
  • 5th Division
  • 6th Division
  • 7th Division
  • 8th Division
  • 13th Division
  • 15th Division
  • 27th Division
  • 105th Armored Division
Strength
140,000 70,000

The Pusan Perimeter offensive was a large-scale offensive by United Nations Command (UN) forces against North Korean forces commencing on 16 September 1950.

UN forces, having been repeatedly defeated by the advancing North Koreans, were forced back to the "Pusan Perimeter", a 140-mile (230 km) defensive line around an area on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula that included the port of Pusan. The UN troops, consisting mostly of forces from the South Korea and the United States (US) mounted a last stand around the perimeter, fighting off repeated North Korean attacks for six weeks as they were engaged around the cities of Taegu, Masan, and Pohang and the Naktong River. The massive North Korean assaults were unsuccessful in forcing the UN forces back further from the perimeter, despite two major pushes in August and September. Following the UN counterattack at Inchon on 15 September, on 16 September UN forces within the Pusan Perimeter mounted an offensive to drive back the North Koreans and link up with the UN forces at Inchon.

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