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Kunu-ri
Kunu-dong (Kunuri) is a village located in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. A key battle of the Korean War, the Battle of Kunu-ri, took place there in November 1950. Kunu-ri was mainly a communication center and a railroad station at the time, and it contains the lateral east-west road which runs from Sinanju on the west coast and Hungnamon the east coast. It is located at the eastern bank of the Chongchon River which parallels the Kunu-ri—Huichon road, and it is also situated at the northern end of the Taedong River valley and on the western slopes of the northern Taebaek Mountains range, generally known as the "Spine of Korea". Kunu-ri is one of the most northern point UN forces managed to reach during the Korean War, which is very near the Chinese border before the massive Chinese attack drove them all the way south. The village was near the location where the US Army 2nd Engineer Battalion burned its colors to prevent their capture by Chinese forces. Kunu-ri is currentl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Wawon
The Battle of Wawon( ko, 군우리 전투; hanja: 軍隅里戰鬪; Revised Romanization of Korean, rr: ''Gunuri Jeontu''; tr, Kunu-ri Muharebesi), also known as the Battle of Wayuan (), was a series of delay actions of the Korean War that took place from 27–29 November 1950 near Wawon in present-day North Korea. After the collapse of the US Eighth United States Army, Eighth Army's right flank during the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) 38th Army (People's Republic of China), 38th CorpsIn Chinese military nomenclature, the term "Army" (军) means Corps, while the term "Army Group" (集团军) means Field Army, Army. advanced rapidly towards the critical road junction at Kunu-ri in an effort to cut off United Nations forces' retreat route. In what was considered to be Turkey's first real combat action since the Turkish War of Independence, aftermath of World War I, the Turkish Brigade attempted to delay the Chinese advances at Wawon. Alth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |