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UN September 1950 counteroffensive | |||||||
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Part of the Korean War | |||||||
Map of the UN Counteroffensive | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
North Korea | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Douglas MacArthur Walton Walker Frank W. Milburn John B. Coulter Chung Il-Kwon Shin Sung-Mo Earle E. Partridge |
Choi Yong-kun Kim Chaek Kim Ung Kim Mu Chong | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Fifth Air Force | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
160,000 | 70,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
955 killed[1] |
The UN Forces September 1950 counteroffensive was a large-scale offensive by United Nations Command (UN) forces against North Korean forces commencing on 23 September 1950.
Following the UN counterattack at Inchon on 15 September, on 16 September UN forces within the Pusan Perimeter broke out of the perimeter, driving back the North Koreans and moved north linking up with the UN forces coming from Inchon near Osan on 27 September.