People's Volunteer Army

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The People's Volunteer Army was the Chinese military force deployed by the People's Republic of China to fight alongside North Korea during the Korean War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation ⓘ
airSupportFrom Soviet Air Forces (in part) ⓘ
linked to: Soviet Air Forces
allyOf North Korea ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chinese People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Chinese People's Volunteers ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
controlledBy Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
country People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China
demobilization late 1950s ⓘ
endTime 1958 ⓘ
engagement Battle of Heartbreak Ridge ⓘ
Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Battle of Triangle Hill ⓘ
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ⓘ
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir ⓘ
Chinese Spring Offensive (1951) ⓘ
Third Battle of Seoul ⓘ
firstMajorDeploymentDate 1950-10-19 ⓘ
firstMajorDeploymentLocation across the Yalu River into North Korea ⓘ
headquartersLocation Shenyang ⓘ
ideology Chinese communism ⓘ
languageOfCommand Chinese ⓘ
logisticalSupportFrom Soviet Union ⓘ
militaryBranch air force ⓘ
ground forces ⓘ
notableCommander Deng Hua ⓘ
Han Xianchu ⓘ
Hong Xuezhi ⓘ
Peng Dehuai ⓘ
Yang Dezhi ⓘ
operationalArea Korean Peninsula ⓘ
opposedTo United Nations Command ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf People's Liberation Army ⓘ
peakTroopStrength over one million personnel at various times ⓘ
politicalObjective prevent a unified, US-aligned Korea on China's border ⓘ
primaryOpponents Commonwealth forces ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
purpose support North Korea against United Nations forces ⓘ
reasonForName to present Chinese forces as volunteers rather than regular PLA units ⓘ
role intervention force in Korean War ⓘ
startTime 1950-10 ⓘ
subordinateTo Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
successor People's Liberation Army units stationed in North Korea after the war ⓘ
troopStrength hundreds of thousands of soldiers ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

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

Mao Anying → militaryBranch → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Anying
Deng Hua → militaryBranch → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Second Battle of the Punchbowl → combatantsSide → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Battle of Kapyong → belligerent → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Battle of Kapyong → participant → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
subject linked to: Kapyong
Battle of the Hook → belligerent → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Battle of the Hook → attackingForce → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Battle of Shangganling → combatant → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Korean War U.S. Army infantry veterans → faced → People's Volunteer Army of China ⓘ
linked to: People's Volunteer Army
West-Central Korea → conflictInvolved → People’s Volunteer Army ⓘ
linked to: People's Volunteer Army
Han Xianchu → partOf → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
ROK 6th Division → opponent → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Battle of Gapyeong → belligerent → People's Volunteer Army ⓘ