Battle of Gorangpo
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Korean War
- North Korean offensive
(25 June – 15 September 1950)
- Pokpung
- Chuncheon
- 1st Seoul
- Gorangpo
- Kaesong–Munsan
- Ongjin
- Uijeongbu
- Suwon Airfield
- Air Campaign
- Andong
- Chumonchin Chan
- Osan
- Pyongtaek
- Chonan
- Chochiwon
- Taejon
- Sangju
- Yongdong
- Hwanggan
- Hadong
- Notch
- Pusan Perimeter
- United Nations Command counteroffensive
(15 September – 30 October 1950)
- Inchon
- Pusan Perimeter offensive
- 2nd Seoul
- UN September 1950 counteroffensive
- UN offensive into North Korea
- Sariwon
- Pyongyang
- Yongyu
- Kujin
- Chongju
- Sunchon tunnel
- Chinese Intervention
(25 October 1950 – January 1951)
- Onjong
- Unsan
- Pakchon
- Second Phase Offensive
- Ch'ongch'on River
- Wawon
- Chosin Reservoir
- Task Force Faith
- UN retreat from North Korea
- 3rd Seoul
- Uijeongbu
- 1st and 2nd Wonju
- Pohang
- Fighting around the 38th parallel
(January – June 1951)
- Happy Valley
- Thunderbolt
- Twin Tunnels
- Roundup
- Hoengsong
- Chipyong-ni
- 3rd Wonju
- Chuam-ni
- Wonsan
- Killer
- 4th Seoul (Operation Ripper)
- Maehwa-san
- Courageous
- Tomahawk
- Rugged
- Dauntless
- Spring offensive
- UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive
- Stalemate
(July 1951 – 27 July 1953)
- Bloody Ridge
- Minden
- Punchbowl
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Commando
- Haktang-ni
- Polecharge
- 2nd Maryang-san
- Rat Killer
- Hill Eerie
- Old Baldy
- Blaze
- Bunker Hill
- Outpost Kelly
- White Horse Hill
- Arrowhead Hill
- Triangle Hill
- Jackson Heights
- Noris
- 1st Hook
- 2nd Hook
- Chatkol
- Outpost Vegas
- Pork Chop Hill
- Little Switch
- Nevada Complex
- 3rd Hook
- Outpost Harry
- Kumsong
- Berlin Outposts and Boulder City
- Samichon River
- Korean Armistice Agreement
- Big Switch
- Panmunjom Declaration
- Air operations
(1950 – 1953)
- Air Campaign
- MiG Alley
- Sunchon
- Strangle
- Sui-ho Dam
- Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953
- Naval operations
(1950 – 1953)
- Naval engagements of the Korean War
For further information, see also:
Korean War (template)
Korean War (template)
The Battle of Gorangpo was one of a series of coordinated attacks beginning on 25 June 1950 that marked the beginning of the Korean War.[1]
Order of battle
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 1st Infantry Division - Brigadier General Choe Kwang
- 1st Infantry Regiment - Colonel Hwang Seok
- 2nd Infantry Regiment - Colonel Kim Yang-choon
- 3rd Infantry Regiment - Senior Colonel Lee Chang-kwon
- Artillery Regiment - Colonel Hyun Hak-bong
- 6th Infantry Division - Brigadier General Bang Ho-san
- 13th Infantry Regiment - Colonel Kim Hoo-jin
- 14th Infantry Regiment - Colonel Han Il-rae
- 15th Infantry Regiment - Colonel Kim Hyun-ki
- Artillery Regiment - Senior Colonel Lim Hae-min
Republic of Korea
- 1st Infantry Division - Colonel Paik Sun-yup
- 11th Infantry Regiment - Colonel Choe Kyung-rok
- 12th Infantry Regiment - Lieutenant Colonel Kim Jeom-gon
- 13th Infantry Regiment - Colonel Kim Ik-ryeol
- 15th Infantry Regiment - Colonel Choe Young-hee
References
- ^ Keegan, John (1979). World armies. Facts on File. p. 407. ISBN 978-0-87196-407-6. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
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