Battle of White Horse

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The Battle of White Horse was a major Korean War engagement in 1952 in which United Nations and South Korean forces fiercely defended a strategically vital hill against repeated Chinese assaults.

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Battle of White Horse canonical 2
Battle of White Horse Tavern 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battle
engagement
alsoKnownAs Battle of Baengma-goji
surface form: Baengma-goji Battle

Battle of Baengma-goji
attacker Chinese People's Volunteer Army
belligerent Chinese People's Volunteer Army
Republic of Korea Army
United Nations Command
casualties heavy on both sides
characterizedBy heavy artillery bombardment
intense close-quarters combat
repeated Chinese assaults
commanderForAttackers Chinese People's Volunteer Army corps-level commanders
commanderForDefenders Republic of Korea military units
surface form: officers of Republic of Korea 9th Infantry Division
commemoratedBy memorials at Baengma-goji in South Korea
conflict Korean War
countryInvolved France
China
surface form: People's Republic of China

South Korea
surface form: Republic of Korea

United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1952
defender Republic of Korea Army
duration 10 days
endDate 1952-10-15
followedBy continued static warfare near Cheorwon
front western front of the Korean War
frontLine Jamestown Line
location Hill 395
White Horse Hill
near Cheorwon, Gangwon Province, South Korea
namedAfter White Horse Hill
notableFor high casualty rate relative to limited territorial gains
notableUnit French Battalion of the United Nations Forces
Republic of Korea 9th Infantry Division
partOf Korean War
precededBy positional battles along the Jamestown Line
relatedTo Iron Triangle (Korean War)
result Republic of Korea Army retained control of White Horse Hill
United Nations victory
startDate 1952-10-06
strategicImportance commanded observation over the Iron Triangle area
dominated approaches to Cheorwon
tacticalOutcome front line remained largely unchanged
terrain rugged hill mass
typeOfWarfare attrition warfare
trench warfare
weaponUsed artillery
mortars
small arms

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Referenced by (3)

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Battle of Heartbreak Ridge followedBy Battle of White Horse
eastern front of the Korean War notableBattle Battle of White Horse
subject surface form: Eastern Front of the Korean War
Battle of the Clouds alsoKnownAs Battle of White Horse
this entity surface form: Battle of White Horse Tavern