Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River
| Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River | |||||||||
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| Part of the Korean War | |||||||||
 Chinese forces overrun a U.N. position. |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 China
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Douglas MacArthur Walton H. Walker John B. Coulter Laurence B. Keiser Yu Jai Hung Paik Sun Yup Tahsin Yazıcı Basil Aubrey Coad
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Mao Zedong Peng Dehuai Han Xianchu |
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| Units involved | |||||||||
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| 254,571 | 230,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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US: 676 killed 813 missing 3,034 wounded 2,055 captured Turkey: 218 killed 94 missing 455 wounded Total UN casualties: 11,000+ Chinese estimation: 23,000 |
Official data: ~20,000 battle casualties ~20,000 non-battle casualties |
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Coordinates: 39°42′N 125°53′E / 39.700°N 125.883°E
The Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River, also known as the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on (Chinese: 清川江战役) or the Second Phase Campaign Western Sector (Chinese: 第二次战役西线; pinyin: Dì Èr Cì Zhàn Yì Xī Xiàn), was a decisive battle in the Korean War, and it 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 forces, General Douglas MacArthur launched the Home-by-Christmas Offensive to evict the Chinese forces from Korea and to end the war. Anticipating this reaction, the Chinese People's Volunteer Army Commander Peng Dehuai planned a counteroffensive, dubbed the "Second Phase Campaign", against the advancing UN forces.
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