Battle of Wonju

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The Battle of Wonju was a key engagement of the Korean War in early 1951, where United Nations forces halted Chinese and North Korean advances in central South Korea.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Wonju canonical 2
Second Battle of Wonju 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Korean War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Second Battle of Wonju ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Wonju
belligerent Chinese People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Korean People's Army ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea

United Nations Command ⓘ
United States ⓘ
combatantStrength multiple Chinese and North Korean corps ⓘ
multiple UN divisions ⓘ
commander Edward Almond ⓘ
Kim Il Sung ⓘ
Matthew B. Ridgway ⓘ
linked to: Matthew Ridgway

Peng Dehuai ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
countryInvolved South Korea ⓘ
date 1951 ⓘ
endDate 1951-01-12 ⓘ
followedBy Fourth Battle of Seoul ⓘ
Operation Thunderbolt ⓘ
front central Korean front ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1950s ⓘ
Cold War ⓘ
location Gangwon Province ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
Wonju ⓘ
notableUnit Chinese 40th Army ⓘ
Chinese 42nd Army ⓘ
ROK II Corps ⓘ
X Corps (United States) ⓘ
partOf Chinese Third Phase Campaign ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
precededBy Chinese Third Phase Offensive ⓘ
result United Nations victory ⓘ
startDate 1951-01-07 ⓘ
strategicImportance halted Chinese and North Korean advances in central South Korea ⓘ
stabilized the UN defensive line in central Korea ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Chinese and North Korean forces failed to break UN central front ⓘ
UN forces held Wonju area ⓘ
theater Korean Peninsula ⓘ
typeOfEngagement land battle ⓘ

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Battle of Wonju → alsoKnownAs → Second Battle of Wonju ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Wonju