Battle of White Horse

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The Battle of White Horse was a major Korean War engagement in 1952 in which United Nations and South Korean forces fiercely defended a strategically vital hill against repeated Chinese assaults.

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Generate an image of the Battle of White Horse (The Battle of White Horse was a major Korean War engagement in 1952 in which United Nations and South Korean forces fiercely defended a strategically vital hill against repeated Chinese assaults.)

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Battle of White Horse canonical 7
Battle of White Horse Tavern 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Baengma-goji Battle ⓘ
Battle of Baengma-goji ⓘ
attacker Chinese People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
belligerent Chinese People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Republic of Korea Army ⓘ
United Nations Command ⓘ
casualties heavy on both sides ⓘ
characterizedBy heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ
intense close-quarters combat ⓘ
repeated Chinese assaults ⓘ
commanderForAttackers Chinese People's Volunteer Army corps-level commanders ⓘ
commanderForDefenders officers of Republic of Korea 9th Infantry Division ⓘ
commemoratedBy memorials at Baengma-goji in South Korea ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryInvolved France ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea

United States ⓘ
date 1952 ⓘ
defender Republic of Korea Army ⓘ
duration 10 days ⓘ
endDate 1952-10-15 ⓘ
followedBy continued static warfare near Cheorwon ⓘ
front western front of the Korean War ⓘ
frontLine Jamestown Line ⓘ
location Hill 395 ⓘ
White Horse Hill ⓘ
near Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, South Korea ⓘ
namedAfter White Horse Hill ⓘ
notableFor high casualty rate relative to limited territorial gains ⓘ
notableUnit French Battalion of the United Nations Forces ⓘ
Republic of Korea 9th Infantry Division ⓘ
partOf Korean War ⓘ
precededBy positional battles along the Jamestown Line ⓘ
relatedTo Iron Triangle (Korean War) ⓘ
result Republic of Korea Army retained control of White Horse Hill ⓘ
United Nations victory ⓘ
startDate 1952-10-06 ⓘ
strategicImportance commanded observation over the Iron Triangle area ⓘ
dominated approaches to Cheorwon ⓘ
tacticalOutcome front line remained largely unchanged ⓘ
terrain rugged hill mass ⓘ
typeOfWarfare attrition warfare ⓘ
trench warfare ⓘ
weaponUsed artillery ⓘ
mortars ⓘ
small arms ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Heartbreak Ridge → followedBy → Battle of White Horse ⓘ
Eastern Front of the Korean War → notableBattle → Battle of White Horse ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern front of the Korean War
Battle of the Clouds → alsoKnownAs → Battle of White Horse Tavern ⓘ
linked to: Battle of White Horse
Hill 395 → wasFocalPointOf → Battle of White Horse ⓘ
Battle of Baengma-goji → alsoKnownAs → Battle of White Horse ⓘ
Yeoncheon → hasHistoricalSignificance → Battle of White Horse ⓘ