The First and Second Battles of Wonju (French: Bataille de Wonju), also known as the Wonju Campaign or the Third Phase Campaign Eastern Sector (Chinese:...
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Three battles of the Korean War fought in and around the town of Wonju are known as the Battle of Wonju: First and Second Battles of Wonju, North Korean...
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United States Marine Corps (redirect from Improvise, adapt and overcome)
the most important battles of the war until the signing of the armistice in 1953. These included the First and second battles of Wonju, Operation Ripper...
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1st Marine Division (redirect from U.S. First Marine Division)
of various combat outposts along the MLR, including the Battles of Bunker Hill, First Hook and Outpost Vegas. Fighting continued until the Armistice took...
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Matthew Ridgway (category United States Army Command and General Staff College alumni)
leadership, the Chinese offensive was slowed and finally brought to a halt at the battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju. He then led his troops in Operation Thunderbolt...
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Choe Hyon (category Members of the 5th Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea)
troops into battle in Musan and Gansanbong. The army led by Choe was one of the main targets of the Japanese during a phase of the Pacification of Manchukuo...
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some of the most important battles of the war until the signing of the armistice in 1953. These included the First and second battles of Wonju, Operation...
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7th Infantry Division (South Korea) (category Military units and formations established in 1949)
SPHs) During the Korean War, the 7th Infantry Division served a total of 28 battles. In particular, the Yeongcheon at the time to perform on the defense...
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2nd Infantry Division (United States) (redirect from US Second Infantry Division)
a powerful PVA counter-offensive in the epic battles of Chipyong-ni and Wonju. The UN front was saved and the general offensive continued.[citation needed]...
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The Third Battle of Wonju, was a series of engagements between North Korean and United Nations (UN) forces during the Korean War. The battle took place...
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chronological list of the battles involving France in modern history. These lists do not include the battles of the French civil wars (as the Wars of Religion,...
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rest of the III Corps were retreating to the town of Wonju. On January 5, the PVA 42nd and 66th Corps were relieved by the KPA II and V Corps, and the...
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French Battalion (category Military units and formations of the First Indochina War)
participated in the First and Second Battle of Wonju where it stopped the North Korean advance.: 221–2 It was followed by the Battle of the Twin Tunnels...
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Pang Ho-san (category Communist University of the Toilers of the East alumni)
the anti-Kuomintang battles of the Chinese Communist Party.[citation needed] In July 1949, as the commander of the 166th Division of the People's Liberation...
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Korean War (redirect from Battles of the Korean War)
concluding with the UN forces reaching the Han River and recapturing Wonju. Following the failure of ceasefire negotiations in January, the United Nations...
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Greek Expeditionary Force (Korea) (category Military units and formations of Greece in the Korean War)
majority of the officers and NCOs of this first mission were experienced airmen, being veterans of the Mediterranean and Middle East Theatre of World War...
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III Corps (North Korea) (category Military units and formations established in 1950)
1950). For the First and Second Battles of Wonju, it was planned that the corps would act as casualty replacement pool for the KPA II and V Corps. But like...
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1st Ranger Infantry Company (United States) (redirect from First Ranger Company)
Wonju, where the Chinese advanced against the division in the First and Second Battles of Wonju. The 1st Ranger Company fought in this battle, first conducting...
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Chipyong-ni, Wonju and Heartbreak Ridge. It had already suffered a defeat at the Siege of Đắk Đoa in February 1954. In addition, anxious to avoid a second disaster...
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Infantry Division. In June and July 1953, there was a second battle that involved the ROK Army 2nd Infantry Division and CPVA. From April 2019 to June...
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Command victory. The battle, along with the Third Battle of Wonju, has been called "the Gettysburg of the Korean War". After Chinese forces entered Korea...
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Kim Ung (category Use of the text parameter in Infobox Korean name)
Korean general and vice-minister of defence. He was a member of the Yan'an faction. Kim fled China to avoid the Japanese occupation, and was trained at...
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Gapyeong. The Battle of Hill 187 was one of the last major battles of the Korean War. On 2 May 1953, Lieutenant Gerard Balfour Meynell of the 3rd Battalion...
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The Second Battle of Maryang-san (4–6 November 1951) was fought during the Korean War, in which British forces, possessing a Maryang-san (Hill 317, a.k...
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Operation Killer (category Battles and operations of the Korean War in 1951)
by Operation Ripper. After their defeats at the Battle of Chipyong-ni and the Third Battle of Wonju, it became apparent that the PVA/KPA forces were...
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Corps and ROK III Corps in the Third Battle of Wonju from 13 to 18 February. Ridgway initially considered the high equipment losses evidence of weak leadership...
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Imjin War (redirect from Battles of Bunroku and Keicho)
turned inward to capture Jeongseon, Yeongwol, and Pyeongchang, and settled down at the provincial capital of Wonju. There, Mōri Yoshinari established a civil...
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operations during the Second Battle of Wonju. The Marines returned to regular and heavy action on 21 February in Operation Killer. The battle ended the UN force's...
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Gangwon Province, South Korea (redirect from Province of Gangwon)
cities of Gangneung (강릉; 江陵) and the provincial capital Wonju (원주; 原州). In 1895 Gangwon Province was replaced by the Districts of Chuncheon (Chuncheon-bu;...
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First Battle of Seoul (Korean: 제1차 서울 전투), known in North Korean historiography as the Liberation of Seoul (서울 해방), was the North Korean capture of the...
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