People's Volunteer Army

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The People's Volunteer Army was the Chinese military force deployed by the People's Republic of China to fight alongside North Korea during the Korean War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation
airSupportFrom Soviet Air Forces (in part) NERFINISHED
allyOf North Korea NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Chinese People's Volunteer Army NERFINISHED
Chinese People's Volunteers NERFINISHED
conflict Korean War
controlledBy Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
country China
surface form: People's Republic of China
demobilization late 1950s
endTime 1958
engagement Battle of Heartbreak Ridge NERFINISHED
Battle of Kapyong NERFINISHED
Battle of Triangle Hill NERFINISHED
Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River NERFINISHED
Battle of the Chosin Reservoir NERFINISHED
Chinese Spring Offensive (1951) NERFINISHED
Third Battle of Seoul NERFINISHED
firstMajorDeploymentDate 1950-10-19
firstMajorDeploymentLocation across the Yalu River into North Korea
headquartersLocation Shenyang NERFINISHED
ideology Chinese communism
languageOfCommand Chinese
logisticalSupportFrom Soviet Union NERFINISHED
militaryBranch air force
ground forces
notableCommander Deng Hua NERFINISHED
Han Xianchu NERFINISHED
Hong Xuezhi NERFINISHED
Peng Dehuai NERFINISHED
Yang Dezhi NERFINISHED
operationalArea Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
opposedTo United Nations Command NERFINISHED
United States Armed Forces NERFINISHED
partOf People's Liberation Army NERFINISHED
peakTroopStrength over one million personnel at various times
politicalObjective prevent a unified, US-aligned Korea on China's border
primaryOpponents Commonwealth forces NERFINISHED
South Korea NERFINISHED
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
purpose support North Korea against United Nations forces
reasonForName to present Chinese forces as volunteers rather than regular PLA units
role intervention force in Korean War
startTime 1950-10
subordinateTo Central Military Commission of the People's Republic of China NERFINISHED
successor People's Liberation Army units stationed in North Korea after the war
troopStrength hundreds of thousands of soldiers

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Anying militaryBranch People's Volunteer Army
subject surface form: Mao Anying
Deng Hua militaryBranch People's Volunteer Army
Second Battle of the Punchbowl combatantsSide People's Volunteer Army
Battle of Kapyong belligerent People's Volunteer Army
Kapyong participant People's Volunteer Army
subject surface form: Battle of Kapyong
Battle of the Hook belligerent People's Volunteer Army
Battle of the Hook attackingForce People's Volunteer Army
Battle of Shangganling (Triangle Hill) combatant People's Volunteer Army
subject surface form: Battle of Shangganling
Korean War U.S. Army infantry veterans faced People's Volunteer Army
this entity surface form: People's Volunteer Army of China
West-Central Korea conflictInvolved People's Volunteer Army
this entity surface form: People’s Volunteer Army