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Battle Of The Ch'ongch'on 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 that 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean War
The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations Command (UNC) led by the United States. The conflict was one of the first major proxy wars of the Cold War. Fighting ended in 1953 with an armistice but no peace treaty, leading to the ongoing Korean conflict. After the end of World War II in 1945, Korea, which had been a Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese colony for 35 years, was Division of Korea, divided by the Soviet Union and the United States into two occupation zones at the 38th parallel north, 38th parallel, with plans for a future independent state. Due to political disagreements and influence from their backers, the zones formed their governments in 1948. North Korea was led by Kim Il S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahsin Yazıcı
Tahsin Yazıcı () (1892 in Monastir – February 11, 1971 in Ankara) was an 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 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 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 was then sent to France to learn cavalry warfare. After returni ... [...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) The 118th ''Jäger'' Division () was a light infantry division of the German Army in World War II. It was formed in April 1943, by the redesignation of the 718th Infantry Division which had itself been formed in April 1941. It was transferred t ... * 118th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) * 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 Mechanized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China), 118th, 119th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China), 119th, and 120th Armed Police Mobile Division (People's Republic of China), 120th Divisions. In the morning of Oct. 25, the 118th Division of the 40th Army ambushed the 3rd Infantry Battalion of 6th Infantry Division (South Korea), ROK 6th Division, destroying the ROK unit as an organized force. The 40th Army attacked the 9th Infantry Regiment (United States), 9th and 38th Infantry Regiment (United States), 38th Infantry Regiments of the 2nd Infantry Division (United States), U.S. 2nd Infantry Division about eighteen miles no ... [...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) * 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 (People's Republic of China), 39th Army, consisting of the 346th Regiment (People's Republic of China), 346th, 347th Regiment (People's Republic of China), 347th, and 348th Regiment (People's Republic of China), 348th Regiments. Korean War The 116th Division was one of the first Chinese divisions to attack the United Nations Command (Korea), UN forces at the Battle of Unsan, Unsan where it inflicted heavy casualties on the 8th Cavalry Regiment (United States), 8th Cavalry Regiment. Stephen Gammons from the United States Army Center of Military History said this: ''The enemy [Chinese] force that brought tragedy to the 8th Cavalry at Unsan was the CCF’s 116th Division. Elements of the 116th’s 347th Regiment (People's Republic of China), 34 ... [...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) * 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 (), Unit 31671, formerly the 39th Group Army (第三十九集团军), is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 79th Group Army is one of thirteen 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 79th Group Army can trace it's lineage to the Chinese Red Army's 15th Legion. It was involved in the Chinese Civil War, most notably the Liaoshen campaign and Pingjin campaign. In 1949 the 15th Legion was renamed to the 39th Army Corps( Chinese: 陆军第39军) The army corps was a military formation of the People's Volunteer Army (People's Volunteer Army (PVA) during the Korean War. It comprised the 115th, 116th, and 117th Divisions. The 39th Army Corps was deployed to the Korean War in 1950. After the ceasefire, it was placed under the command of the Shenyang Military Region ... [...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) The was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was . It was formed on 12 October 1937 in Utsunomiya, Tochigi as a B-class square division. The nucleus for the formation was the 14th Division headquarters. It was ori ..., 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 in 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 Group Army, 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 (People's Republic of China), 38th Army, consisting of the 337th Regiment (People' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
