The 117th Division was a military formation of the
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 order ...
(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
39th Army, consisting of the
349th,
350th, and
351st Regiments.
The division participated in the
Battle of Unsan
The Battle of Unsan (), also known as the Battle of Yunshan (), was a series of engagements of the Korean War that took place from 25 October to 4 November 1950 near Unsan, North Pyongan province in present-day North Korea. As part of the Peop ...
during the
Korean War in the 1950s.
References
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Units and formations of the People's Armed Police