Battle of Pusan Perimeter

Troops of the U.S. 27th Infantry await North Korean attacks across the Naktong River from positions on the Pusan Perimeter, September 4, 1950.

Date	August 4 – September 18, 1950
Location	Pusan, South Korea
Result	United Nations victory

Belligerents

United Nations

North Korea

Commanders and leaders

Choi Yong-kun
Kim Chaek
Kim Ung
Kim Mu Chong

Units involved

ROK Navy
(Main article)

People's Army
People's Navy
People's Air Force

(Main article)

Strength

141,808 total (92,000 combat)

98,000 (70,000 combat)

Casualties and losses

South Korea: 40,000?+
United States:
4,599 killed
12,058 wounded
2,701 missing
401 captured
60 tanks
United Kingdom: 5 killed, 17 wounded
India: 1 killed
2 war correspondents
60,504 total casualties

63,590 total casualties
3,380 captured
239 T-34 tanks
74 SU-76 guns

United Nations

People's Army
People's Navy
People's Air Force

The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was a large-scale battle between United Nations and North Korean forces lasting from August 4 to September 18, 1950. It was one of the first major engagements of the Korean War. An army of 140,000 UN troops, having been pushed to the brink of defeat, were rallied to make a final stand against the invading North Korean army, 98,000 men strong.

UN forces, having been repeatedly defeated by the advancing North Koreans, were forced back to the "Pusan Perimeter", a 140-mile (230 km) defensive line around an area on the southeastern tip of the Korean Peninsula that included the port of Pusan. The UN troops, consisting mostly of forces from the Republic of Korea (ROK), United States and United Kingdom, mounted a last stand around the perimeter, fighting off repeated North Korean attacks for six weeks as they were engaged around the cities of Taegu, Masan, and P'ohang, and the Naktong River. The massive North Korean assaults were unsuccessful in forcing the United Nations troops back further from the perimeter, despite two major pushes in August and September.

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