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119th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic Of China)
The 119th Division was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the 40th Army, consisting of the 355th, 356th, and 357th Regiments. Current The unit is now a maneuver element of the 79th Group Army in the Northern Theater Command The Northern Theater Command (is) one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chines ... Ground Force, as the 119th Light Combined Arms Brigade. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
40th Army (People's Republic Of China)
The 40th Group Army was a military formation of the People's Liberation Army, active in various forms from 1949 to 2017. It was last located in the Shenyang Military Region and the Northern Theater Command. History Korean War During the Korean War, the 40th Army was part of the People's Volunteer Army. It was composed of the 118th, 119th, and 120th Divisions. In the morning of Oct. 25, the 118th Division of the 40th Army ambushed the 3rd Infantry Battalion of ROK 6th Division, destroying the ROK unit as an organized force. The 40th Army attacked the 9th and 38th Infantries of the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division about eighteen miles northeast of Kunu-ri along the Chongchon River. Tiananmen Square Protests of 1989 In May 1989, the 40th Army's 118th Infantry Division and Artillery Brigade were deployed to Beijing to enforce martial law and suppress the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 The Tiananmen Square protests, known in Chinese as the June Fourth Incident (), w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
355th Regiment (People's Republic Of China)
355th may refer to: Aviation *355th Fighter Squadron, an inactive United States Air Force unit *355th Fighter Wing, a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command's Twelfth Air Force * 355th Tactical Airlift Squadron, a U.S. Air Force squadron based at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base * 355th Troop Carrier Squadron, an inactive United States Air Force unit * 355th Operations Group, a United States Air Force unit, assigned to the 355th Wing * 355th Aviation Company, of the United States Army * No. 355 Squadron RAF, WWII long range bombing squadron of the British Royal Air Force * 355th Reconnaissance Aviation Squadron, a Cold War era unit of the Yugoslav Air Force Ground forces * 355th Infantry Regiment (United States), an infantry regiment of the United States Army * 355th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a WWII home defence infantry division ** 355th Infantry Regiment (Imperial Japanese Army), part of the 355th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 355th Rif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
356th Regiment (People's Republic Of China)
356th may refer to: *356th Airlift Squadron (356 AS), part of the 433d Airlift Wing at Kelly Field Annex, Texas * 356th Fighter Group, inactive United States Air Force organization *356th Tactical Fighter Squadron, inactive United States Air Force fighter squadron See also *356 (number) 300 (three hundred) is the natural number following 299 and preceding 301. Mathematical properties The number 300 is a triangular number and the sum of a pair of twin primes (149 + 151), as well as the sum of ten consecutive primes (13 + 17 ... * 356, the year 356 (CCCLVI) of the Julian calendar * 356 BC {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
357th Regiment (People's Republic Of China)
357th may refer to: *357th Air & Missile Defense Detachment, brigade level Air Defense unit of the United States Army *357th Airlift Squadron (357 AS), part of the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama *357th Fighter Group, air combat unit of the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War *357th Fighter Squadron (357 FS), part of the 355th Fighter Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona See also *357 (number) *357 __NOTOC__ Year 357 ( CCCLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Constantius and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year ..., the year 357 (CCCLVII) of the Julian calendar * 357 BC {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Volunteer Army
The People's Volunteer Army (PVA) was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. Although all units in the PVA were actually transferred from the People's Liberation Army under the orders of Chairman Mao Zedong, the PVA was separately constituted in order to prevent an official war with the United States. The PVA entered Korea on 19 October 1950, and completely withdrew by October 1958. The nominal commander and political commissar of the PVA was Peng Dehuai before the ceasefire agreement in 1953, although both Chen Geng and Deng Hua served as the acting commander and commissar after April 1952 due to Peng's illness. The initial (25 October – 5 November 1950) units in the PVA included 38th, 39th, 40th, 42nd, 50th, 66th Corps; totalling 250,000 men. About 3 million Chinese civilian and military personnel had served in Korea throughout the war. Background Although the United Nations Command (UN) forces were under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean War
, date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950) , place = Korean Peninsula, Yellow Sea, Sea of Japan, Korea Strait, China–North Korea border , territory = Korean Demilitarized Zone established * North Korea gains the city of Kaesong, but loses a net total of {{Convert, 1506, sqmi, km2, abbr=on, order=flip, including the city of Sokcho, to South Korea. , result = Inconclusive , combatant1 = {{Flag, First Republic of Korea, name=South Korea, 1949, size=23px , combatant1a = {{Plainlist , * {{Flagicon, United Nations, size=23px United Nations Command, United Nations{{Refn , name = nbUNforces , group = lower-alpha , On 9 July 1951 troop constituents were: US: 70.4%, ROK: 23.3% other UNC: 6.3%{{Cite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Army Center Of Military History
The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command. The Institute of Heraldry remains within the Office of the Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army. The center is responsible for the appropriate use of history and military records throughout the United States Army. Traditionally, this mission has meant recording the official history of the army in both peace and war, while advising the army staff on historical matters. CMH is the flagship organization leading the Army Historical Program. CMH is also in charge of the National Museum of the United States Army, which was recently completed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Mission The center traces its lineage back to historians under the Secretary of War who compiled the ''Official Records of the Rebellion'', an extensive history of the American Civil War begun in 1874. A similar work on World War I was prepared by the Historical Section o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
79th Group Army
The 79th Group Army (), formerly the 39th Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Forces (PLAGF). The 79th Group Army is one of twelve total group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the People's Republic of China, and one of three assigned to the nation's Northern Theater Command. History The army was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (People's Volunteer Army (PVA) or Chinese Communist Forces (CCF)) during the Korean War. It comprised the 115th, 116th, and 117th Divisions. In April 1953, the corps returned from North Korea and redeployed at Liaoyang, Liaoning Province. In April 1960, the corps was redesignated as the 39th Army Corps(). Since then the structure of the corps was: *Corps Headquarters * 115th Army Division **343rd Regiment **344th Regiment **345th Regiment **395th Artillery Regiment **320th Tank Self-Propelled Artillery Regiment * 116th Army Division **346th Regiment **347t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Theater Command
The Northern Theater Command (is) one of the five theater commands of the People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five service branches: the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, ..., founded on 1 February 2016. Its predecessor is the Shenyang Military Region and Beijing Military Region. Its headquarters is in the Heping District, Shenyang, Heping District of Shenyang, Liaoning, Liaoning Province. The Northern Theater Command shares borders with North Korea, Russia and Mongolia. Area of responsibility The Northern Theater Command's Area of Responsibility (AOR) consists of Mongolia, Russian Siberia, Korea and Japan, as well as the Bohai Bay, Yellow Sea and Sea of Japan. Organizational structure The Northern Theater Command consists of the following components: * Northern Theater Command Ground Force (North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
