The 120th Division was a
division deployed by the
People's Republic of China.
History
The 120th Division was a military formation of the Chinese
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, ...
as part of the
Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) during the
Korean War. It had a standard strength of approximately 10,000 men. It was a component of the
40th Army
The 40th Army (, ''40-ya obshchevoyskovaya armiya'', "40th Combined Arms Army") of the Soviet Ground Forces was an army-level command that participated in World War II from 1941 to 1945 and was reformed specifically for the Soviet–Afghan War fro ...
, and consisted of the
358th,
359th, and
360th Regiments.
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References
{{People's Liberation Army Divisions
Units and formations of the People's Armed Police