Third Battle of Seoul

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The Third Battle of Seoul was a major Korean War engagement in early 1951 in which United Nations forces recaptured the South Korean capital from Chinese and North Korean troops after its earlier loss.

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Third Battle of Seoul canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Operation Ripper ⓘ
belligerent Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
China ⓘ
France ⓘ
North Korea ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

South Korea ⓘ
Turkey ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations Command ⓘ
United States ⓘ
campaign Operation Ripper ⓘ
cityInvolved Seoul ⓘ
commander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Matthew B. Ridgway ⓘ
linked to: Matthew Ridgway

Peng Dehuai ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
countryInvolved Democratic People's Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: North Korea

Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea
endDate 1951-03-15 ⓘ
followedBy Fourth Battle of Seoul ⓘ
front Western front of the Korean War ⓘ
location Seoul ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
objective retake Seoul from Chinese and North Korean forces ⓘ
opponent Chinese People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Korean People's Army ⓘ
partOf Chinese Spring Offensive phase of the Korean War ⓘ
Korean War ⓘ
precededBy Second Battle of Seoul ⓘ
result United Nations victory ⓘ
recapture of Seoul by UN forces ⓘ
startDate 1951-01-25 ⓘ
strategicSignificance halted Chinese and North Korean advance south of Seoul ⓘ
restored South Korean control of its capital ⓘ
theater Korean Peninsula ⓘ
typeOfWarfare land warfare ⓘ
year 1951 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Second Battle of Seoul → followedBy → Third Battle of Seoul ⓘ
People's Volunteer Army → engagement → Third Battle of Seoul ⓘ