This article may be too long to read and navigate comfortably. Consider splitting content into sub-articles, condensing it, or adding subheadings. Please discuss this issue on the article's talk page.(August 2022)
UN offensive into North Korea
Part of the Korean War
Date
30 September – 25 November 1950 (1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days)
Location
North Korea
Result
United Nations victory
Chinese intervention
Belligerents
United Nations
United States
South Korea
United Kingdom
North Korea China
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Walton Walker Frank W. Milburn John B. Coulter Edward Almond Earle E. Partridge Chung Il-Kwon Shin Sung-Mo
Choi Yong-kun Kim Chaek † Kim Ung Kim Mu Chong Peng Dehuai
Units involved
Eighth Army
I Corps
1st Cavalry Division
24th Infantry Division
1st Infantry Division
27th Commonwealth Brigade
IX Corps
2nd Infantry Division
25th Infantry Division
Republic of Korea Army
I Corps
3rd Infantry Division
Capital Division
II Corps
6th Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
8th Infantry Division
Fifth Air Force X Corps
1st Marine Division
3rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division
1st Marine Air Wing
Korean People's Army
1st Division
2nd Division
3rd Division
4th Division
6th Division
7th Division
8th Division
13th Division
15th Division
19th Division
27th Division
41st Division
43rd Division
17th Armored Division
105th Armored Division
People's Volunteer Army
40th Army
118th Division
119th Division
120th Division
42nd Army
124th Division
125th Division
126th Division
Strength
423,000[1]
~97,000[1]: 49 ~300,000[1]: 53–5
Casualties and losses
1,732 killed[2]
v
t
e
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 UN offensive into North Korea was a large-scale offensive in late 1950 by United Nations (UN) forces against North Korean forces during the Korean War.
On 27 September near Osan, UN forces coming from Inchon linked up with UN forces that had broken out of the Pusan Perimeter and began a general counteroffensive. The North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA) had been shattered, and its remnants were fleeing back towards North Korea. The UN Command then decided to pursue the KPA into North Korea, completing their destruction and unifying the country. On 30 September Republic of Korea Army (ROK) forces crossed the 38th parallel, the de facto border between North and South Korea on the east coast of the Korean peninsula, and this was followed by a general UN offensive into North Korea. Within one month UN forces were approaching the Yalu River, prompting Chinese intervention in the war. Despite the initial Chinese attacks in late October-early November, the UN renewed their offensive on 24 November before it was abruptly halted by massive Chinese intervention in their Second Phase Offensive starting on 25 November.
^ abcMossman, Billy (1988). United States Army in the Korean War: Ebb and Flow November 1950-July 1951. United States Army Center of Military History. p. 23. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^Sobieski, Anthony J. 1127 Days of Death – a Korean War Chronology – Part I, 1950. https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Korea/KoreanWarPartI . Retrieved 13 May 2021.
and 24 Related for: UN offensive into North Korea information
The UNoffensiveintoNorthKorea was a large-scale offensive in late 1950 by United Nations (UN) forces against NorthKorean forces during the Korean War...
"Home-by-Christmas Offensive", to complete the conquest of NorthKorea began.: 774 Most of NorthKorea was then occupied by UN forces, and the Korean War seemed...
followed by a general UNoffensiveintoNorthKorea to pursue the shattered NorthKoreanKorean People's Army (KPA). Within one month UN forces were approaching...
crossed the Yalu and entered the war. UN forces retreated from NorthKorea following PVA's first and second offensive. Communist forces captured Seoul again...
Perimeter offensive was a large-scale offensive by United Nations Command (UN) forces against NorthKorean forces commencing on 16 September 1950. UN forces...
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...
The UN Forces September 1950 counteroffensive was a large-scale offensive by United Nations Command (UN) forces against NorthKorean forces commencing...
Un (English: /ˌkɪm dʒɒŋˈʊn, -ˈuːn/; Korean: 김정은; born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a NorthKorean politician who has been supreme leader of North...
essentially leaving NorthKorea and the UN Command as the only participants in the armistice agreement. In 2011, South Korea stated that NorthKorea had violated...
UN air force, which was able to destroy the small NorthKorean People's Air Force. On the morning of 25 June 1950, ten divisions of the NorthKorean People's...
Nations Command (UN) and NorthKorean forces lasting from August 4 to September 18, 1950. It was one of the first major engagements of the Korean War. An army...
Korea (DPRK) that triggered the Korean War. The DPRK military began the offensive by crossing the 38th parallel north and entering ROK territory at 04:00...
anniversary of the Chinese Spring Offensive, a monument was erected to commemorate the battle in Yeoncheon, South Korea. Villahermosa 2009, p. 104. Li 2019...
NorthKorea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula...
Australian armies in Korea, and the most famous battle fought by the Canadian Armed Forces since WWII. The UN counter-offensive between February and April...
redeployment (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 NorthKorean civilians...
Following the Soviet-backed NorthKorean invasion of South Korea on 25 June 1950, a UN counter-offensive had reached the NorthKorean border with China. On...
new phase. To prevent NorthKorea from falling under UN control after the UNoffensiveintoNorthKorea, the PVA entered NorthKorea and launched their Second...
the UN September 1950 counteroffensive, Second Battle of Seoul, UNoffensiveintoNorthKorea and the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. "This is Korea". Turner...
" The UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis stated, "I am shocked and deeply dismayed by the news of an Israeli military offensiveinto the south...
death march followed by a massacre of American POWs during the UNoffensiveintoNorthKorea. The death march began in October 1950 when around 180 prisoners...
Global Information
North Korea
China
Douglas MacArthur
Walton Walker
Chung Il-Kwon
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
