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Battle Of The Chongchon River
The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River (), also known as the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on, was a decisive battle in the Korean War, and it took place from November 25 to December 2, 1950, along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley in the northwestern part of North Korea. In response to the successful Chinese First Phase Campaign against the United Nations (UN) forces, General Douglas MacArthur launched the Home-by-Christmas Offensive to expel the Chinese forces from Korea and to end the war. Anticipating this reaction, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) Commander Peng Dehuai planned a counteroffensive, dubbed the " Second Phase Campaign", against the advancing UN forces. Hoping to repeat the success of the earlier First Phase Campaign, the PVA 13th ArmyIn Chinese military nomenclature, the term "Army" (军) means Corps, while the term "Army Group" (集团军) means Army. first launched a series of surprise attacks along the Ch'ongch'on River Valley on the night of November 25, 1950 at t ... [...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] |
Tahsin Yazıcı
Tahsin Yazıcı () (1892 in Bitola, Monastir – February 11, 1971 in Ankara) was an Ottoman Army (1861–1922), Ottoman Army officer and later a Turkish Army general and politician. Biography He was born to his father Ali Bey and his mother Ganimet Hanım in Bitola, Monastir, Ottoman Empire (present-day Bitola, North Macedonia) in 1892. He was recorded in Kefçedede wards, Üsküdar District of Istanbul Province. He entered the Ottoman Military Academy in Istanbul, Turkey on November 1, 1909, and graduated from the academy as second lieutenant on March 1, 1912. After graduation, he served during the First World War in Gallipoli Campaign, Gallipoli and he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on March 1, 1916. He then served during the Turkish War of Independence and was promoted to the rank of captain on October 10, 1920. In 1925, he participated in quelling the Sheikh Said rebellion. He married Nezahat Hanım (1904–1996) in 1929. They had a son, Ahmet Bali (1931–). He wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
120th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 120th Division or 120th Infantry Division may refer to: * 120th Division (People's Republic of China) * 120th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 120th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
119th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 119th Division or 119th Infantry Division may refer to: * 119th Division (People's Republic of China) * 119th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 119th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) {{mil-unit-dis sl:Seznam divizij po zaporednih številkah (100. - 149.)#119. divizija ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
118th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 118th Division or 118th Infantry Division may refer to: * 118th Division (People's Republic of China) * 118th Jäger Division (Wehrmacht) * 118th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 10 July 1944 in Datong as a type-C(hei) security division, simultaneously with the 114th, 115th and 117th divisions. The nucleus for the format ... * 118th Guards Rifle Division (Soviet Union) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...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] |
117th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 117th Division or 117th Infantry Division may refer to: ; Infantry divisions : * 117th Division (People's Republic of China) * 117th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 117th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the . It was formed 10 July 1944 in Xinxiang as a type-C(hei) security division, simultaneously with the 114th, 115th and 118th divisions. The nucleus for the forma ... * 117th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) {{mil-unit-dis sl:Seznam divizij po zaporednih številkah (100. - 149.)#117. divizija ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
116th Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 116th Division was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) during the Korean War with a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. History The 116th Division was part of the 39th Army, consisting of the 346th, 347th, and 348th Regiments. Korean War The 116th Division was one of the first CCF divisions to attack the UN forces as they approached the Yalu River. It effectively reduced the 8th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division to a combat ineffective unit, after inflicting severe losses on them at Unsan. In all, over eight hundred men of the 8th Cavalry were killed or captured—almost one-third of the regiment's strength. ''The enemy hineseforce that brought tragedy to the 8th Cavalry at Unsan was the CCF’s 116th Division. Elements of the 116th’s 347th Regiment were responsible for the roadblock south of Unsan. Also engaged in the Unsan action was the 115th Division.'' Current The formation appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
115th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 115th Division or 115th Infantry Division may refer to: * 115th Division (People's Republic of China) * 115th Infantry Division (German Empire) * 115th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was . It was formed 10 July 1944 in Henan as a type-C(hei) security division, simultaneously with the 114th, 117th and 118th divisions. The nucleus for the formation wa ... * 115th Guards Motor Rifle Division (Soviet Union, post World War II) {{mil-unit-dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
39th Army (People's Republic Of China)
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 **347 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
114th Division (People's Republic Of China)
In military terms, 114th Division or 114th Infantry Division may refer to: * 114th Armed Police Mobile Division, a former unit of the Chinese Army, currently a unit of the People's Armed Police * 114th Jäger Division, a unit of the German Army * 114th Division (Imperial Japanese Army), a unit of the Imperial Japanese Army See also * 114th Squadron (other) {{mil-unit-dis sl:Seznam divizij po zaporednih številkah (100. - 149.)#114. divizija ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
113th Division (People's Republic Of China)
The 113th Mechanized Infantry Division, now the 113th Medium Combined Arms Brigade, is a military formation of the People's Liberation Army of the People's Republic of China. The 113th Division () was created on November 1948 under ''the Regulation of the Redesignations of All Organizations and Units of the Army'', issued by Central Military Commission on November 1, 1948, basing on the 2nd Division, 1st Column of the Northeastern Field Army. Its history can be traced to the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army taking part in the Pingjiang uprising in 1928. Under the command of 38th Corps it took part in the Chinese civil war. Since 1950 it became 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 38th Army, consisting of the 337th, 338th, and 339th Regiments. The 113th Division captured Samso-ri o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
