Battle of Chosin Reservoir

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battle military campaign

The Battle of Chosin Reservoir was a brutal 1950 Korean War campaign in freezing conditions where United Nations forces, primarily U.S. Marines, fought their way out of encirclement by vastly larger Chinese forces.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Chosin Reservoir canonical	22
Chosin Reservoir campaign	8
Chosin Reservoir	4
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir	2
Battle of Changjin Lake	1
Changjin Lake Campaign	1
Chosin Campaign	1
Chosin Reservoir Campaign	1
Chosin Reservoir operations	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Battle of Changjin Lake Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Changjin Lake Campaign Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Chosin Reservoir Campaign
belligerent	China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China South Korea ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations Command ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualties	thousands killed, wounded, and missing on both sides ⓘ
climate	mountainous winter conditions ⓘ
codename	Battle of Chosin Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chosin Campaign
commander	Edward Almond ⓘ Mao Anying ⓘ Oliver P. Smith ⓘ Song Shilun ⓘ
conflictOf	Korean War ⓘ
country	North Korea ⓘ
endDate	1950-12-13 ⓘ
followedBy	Hungnam evacuation ⓘ
front	eastern front of Korean War ⓘ
involves	Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group ⓘ Republic of Korea Army ⓘ Royal Marines ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
location	Battle of Chosin Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chosin Reservoir North Korea ⓘ
notableFeature	UN forces fought out of encirclement ⓘ heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ large-scale Chinese intervention in Korean War ⓘ logistical withdrawal to Hungnam ⓘ
notableFor	heroic defense and breakout by vastly outnumbered UN forces ⓘ
opponent	Chinese People's Volunteer Army infantry units ⓘ surface form: Chinese People's Volunteer Army United States X Corps ⓘ
partOf	Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ Korean War ⓘ
primaryForce	1st Marine Division (United States) ⓘ 41 (Independent) Commando Royal Marines ⓘ 7th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ ROK I Corps ⓘ
result	Chinese strategic victory ⓘ United Nations forces successful breakout ⓘ
startDate	1950-11-27 ⓘ
strategicConsequence	halt of UN advance into North Korea ⓘ
strategicObjective	advance to Yalu River ⓘ
temperatureCondition	extreme cold ⓘ sub-zero temperatures ⓘ
theater	Korean Peninsula ⓘ
year	1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (41)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Korean War → majorBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

1st Marine Division (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Blue Diamond → notableBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

subject surface form: 1st Marine Division

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

The Old Breed → notableBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

5th Marine Regiment → battleHonors → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

7th Marine Regiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

11th Marine Regiment → notableOperation → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

1st Tank Battalion → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

1st Marine Regiment → notableBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Battle of Chosin Reservoir → location → Battle of Chosin Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir

Battle of Chosin Reservoir → codename → Battle of Chosin Reservoir self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Campaign

Battle of Chosin Reservoir → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir Campaign

Battle of Chosin Reservoir → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Changjin Lake Campaign

Battle of Chosin Reservoir → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Changjin Lake

Mao Anying → placeOfDeath → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir

7th Infantry Division (United States) → notableBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

3rd Battalion, 5th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

1st Battalion, 7th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

2nd Battalion, 7th Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Chinese People's Volunteer Army infantry units → engagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Lewis B. Puller → conflict → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

3rd Battalion, 1st Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

1st Battalion, 1st Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Chinese Second Phase Offensive → location → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir

Chinese Second Phase Offensive → includedBattle → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

2nd Battalion, 1st Marines → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Hungnam evacuation → precededBy → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group → engagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Chosin Reservoir

ROK I Corps → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

United States X Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

United States X Corps → locationOfOperation → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir

U.S. 9th Infantry Regiment → battleHonorsInclude → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir operations

Hampton Sides → hasWrittenAbout → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

Hourglass Division → KoreanWarEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

subject surface form: 7th Infantry Division

2nd Infantry Division → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign

Oliver P. Smith → notableEvent → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

3/5 → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

subject surface form: 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines

1/7 → notableEngagement → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River → followedBy → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Chosin Reservoir

Chesty → participatedIn → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

subject surface form: Chesty Puller

X Corps → notableOperation → Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chosin Reservoir campaign