Battle of Pusan Perimeter

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was a crucial early Korean War engagement in 1950 in which United Nations and South Korean forces halted the North Korean advance in southeast Korea, preventing their defeat and enabling a later counteroffensive.

Aliases (5)

Battle of the Pusan Perimeter ×3
Pusan Perimeter ×2
Defense of the Pusan Perimeter ×1
North Korean advance across South Korea ×1
North Korean offensive of June–July 1950 ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle → military engagement →
alsoKnownAs	Busan Perimeter → Pusan Perimeter →
belligerent	North Korea → Republic of Korea → United Nations Command → United States →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
commander	Choe Yong-gon → Douglas MacArthur → Kim Chaek → Walton H. Walker →
conflict	Korean War →
country	South Korea →
endDate	1950-09-18 →
followedBy	Inchon Landing → UN breakout from Pusan Perimeter →
front	Nakdong River front →
involvedForce	North Korean People’s Army → Republic of Korea Army → U.S. Eighth Army → UN air forces → UN naval forces →
location	Nakdong River line → around Busan → southeastern Korea →
militaryOperationType	defensive perimeter battle →
objective	defend last major UN foothold in Korea →
opponent	North Korean People’s Army →
opponentObjective	capture Pusan and destroy UN forces →
partOf	Korean War →
precededBy	North Korean advance across South Korea →
result	North Korean offensive halted → United Nations defensive victory →
significance	prevented complete conquest of South Korea by North Korea → turning point in early Korean War →
startDate	1950-08-04 →
strategicOutcome	UN and South Korean forces prevented defeat → enabled later UN counteroffensive → stabilization of the front in southeast Korea →
supportedBy	U.S. Air Force → U.S. Navy →
theater	Korean Peninsula →
timePeriod	August 1950 → September 1950 →
typeOfWarfare	combined arms operations → land warfare →
year	1950 →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Battle of Pusan Perimeter ("North Korean advance across South Korea") → Busan Perimeter ("North Korean offensive of June–July 1950") → Inchon Landing ("Battle of the Pusan Perimeter") → Operation Chromite ("Battle of the Pusan Perimeter") →	precededBy
Battle of Pusan Perimeter ("Pusan Perimeter") →	alsoKnownAs
Korean War →	majorBattle
United States 2nd Infantry Division ("Pusan Perimeter") →	notableBattle
1st Tank Battalion →	notableEngagement
Walton H. Walker ("Defense of the Pusan Perimeter") →	notableWork
Walton H. Walker ("Battle of the Pusan Perimeter") →	participatedIn