Battle of Taegu

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battle military engagement

The Battle of Taegu was a major early engagement of the Korean War in August 1950, in which United Nations and South Korean forces fought to halt the North Korean advance near the critical southeastern city of Daegu.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Daegu	1
Battle of P’ohang-dong	1
Battle of Taegu canonical	1
Battle of the Bowling Alley north of Taegu	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military engagement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Taegu ⓘ surface form: Battle of Daegu
belligerent	North Korea ⓘ South Korea ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea United Nations forces ⓘ
campaign	Battle of Pusan Perimeter ⓘ surface form: Pusan Perimeter campaign
commander	Kim Chaek ⓘ Walton H. Walker ⓘ
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
countryInvolved	South Korea ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
date	August 1950 ⓘ
defensiveLine	Nakdong River line ⓘ surface form: Naktong River line
endDate	1950-08-20 ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
followedBy	UN counteroffensive in Korea ⓘ
front	Busan Perimeter ⓘ surface form: Pusan Perimeter
involves	river line defenses ⓘ urban combat near Daegu ⓘ
location	Daegu ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
militaryTheater	Korean Peninsula ⓘ
opponent	Korean People's Army ⓘ surface form: North Korean People’s Army Republic of Korea Army ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Pusan Perimeter ⓘ UN multinational military presence in Korea ⓘ surface form: UN defense of southeastern Korea
precededBy	North Korean advance across South Korea ⓘ
result	North Korean advance halted near Daegu ⓘ United Nations defensive victory ⓘ
significance	critical in maintaining UN foothold in Korea ⓘ major early engagement of the Korean War ⓘ
startDate	1950-08-05 ⓘ
strategicObjective	defend southeastern Korean city of Daegu ⓘ prevent collapse of Pusan Perimeter ⓘ
year	1950 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Busan Perimeter → notableEngagement → Battle of Taegu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of P’ohang-dong

Battle of Taegu → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Taegu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Daegu

Battle of the Bowling Alley → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Taegu ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of the Bowling Alley north of Taegu