Battle of the Hook

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The Battle of the Hook was a series of fierce defensive actions during the Korean War in which United Nations forces, particularly British and Commonwealth troops, repelled major Chinese assaults on a strategically vital ridge position.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Korean War ⓘ
attackingForce Chinese forces ⓘ
People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
belligerent China ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea

United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations Command ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
date 1952 ⓘ
1953 ⓘ
defendedByUnit 1st Battalion, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) ⓘ
1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment ⓘ
1st Battalion, The King's Regiment ⓘ
linked to: King's Regiment

1st Commonwealth Division ⓘ
defendingForce British forces ⓘ
Commonwealth forces ⓘ
engagement First Battle of the Hook (October 1952) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Hook

Fourth Battle of the Hook (July 1953) ⓘ
Second Battle of the Hook (November 1952) ⓘ
Third Battle of the Hook (May 1953) ⓘ
front static phase of the Korean War ⓘ
location Jamestown Line ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
near Panmunjom ⓘ
western sector of the UN line in Korea ⓘ
natureOfAction defensive battle ⓘ
series of engagements ⓘ
notableFor close-quarters fighting in trenches and bunkers ⓘ
heavy artillery support ⓘ
high casualty rates ⓘ
intense infantry combat ⓘ
prominent role of British and Commonwealth units ⓘ
repeated night assaults ⓘ
partOf Korean War ⓘ
relatedTo armistice negotiations at Panmunjom ⓘ
result Chinese attacks repelled ⓘ
United Nations defensive victory ⓘ
strategicImportance dominated approaches to the Samichon and Imjin valleys ⓘ
key feature in the Jamestown Line ⓘ
supportedBy United States artillery units ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Army units

tank units ⓘ
tacticsUsed defensive firepower concentration by UN forces ⓘ
mass infantry assaults by Chinese forces ⓘ
use of minefields and barbed wire ⓘ
terrain hook-shaped spur ⓘ
ridge position ⓘ

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

Eastern Front of the Korean War → notableBattle → Battle of the Hook ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern front of the Korean War
Battle of the Hook → engagement → First Battle of the Hook (October 1952) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of the Hook
Gloucester Point, Virginia → siteOf → Battle of the Hook ⓘ