Nakdong River line

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defensive line military front

The Nakdong River line was a critical defensive front held by United Nations and South Korean forces in southeast Korea during the early stages of the Korean War.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Naktong River line	2
Nakdong River front	1
Nakdong River line canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	defensive line ⓘ military front ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nakdong River line ⓘ surface form: Naktong River line
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
consequence	enabled Inchon Landing counteroffensive ⓘ
countryInvolved	North Korea ⓘ South Korea ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
defendedByUnit	ROK I Corps ⓘ ROK II Corps ⓘ 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) ⓘ surface form: U.S. 1st Cavalry Division 24th Infantry Division (United States) ⓘ surface form: U.S. 24th Infantry Division 2nd Infantry Division ⓘ surface form: U.S. 2nd Infantry Division
endTime	1950-09 ⓘ
follows	Nakdong River ⓘ
geographicalFeatureUsed	river line ⓘ
hasPart	Battle of Pusan Perimeter ⓘ surface form: Battle of Yongsan Battle of the Bowling Alley ⓘ First Battle of Naktong Bulge ⓘ surface form: Battle of the Naktong Bulge First Battle of Naktong Bulge ⓘ Second Battle of Naktong Bulge ⓘ
heldBy	Republic of Korea Armed Forces (operationally associated) ⓘ surface form: South Korean forces United Nations forces ⓘ
language	Korean ⓘ
locatedIn	southeastern Korea ⓘ
militaryTactic	elastic defense ⓘ
near	Busan ⓘ Daegu ⓘ
notableCommanderAttacker	Kim Chaek ⓘ
notableCommanderDefender	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ Walton H. Walker ⓘ
opposedBy	Korean People's Army ⓘ surface form: North Korean forces
opposedByUnit	Korean People's Army 3rd Division ⓘ Korean People's Army 4th Division ⓘ Korean People's Army 6th Division ⓘ
partOf	Busan Perimeter ⓘ surface form: Pusan Perimeter UN multinational military presence in Korea ⓘ surface form: UN defensive operations in Korea
primaryAttacker	Korean People's Army ⓘ
primaryDefender	United Nations Command ⓘ
result	UN defensive success ⓘ
significance	critical to survival of South Korean state in 1950 ⓘ
startTime	1950-08 ⓘ
strategicRole	last major defensive line before Busan ⓘ prevented North Korean capture of all Korea ⓘ
supportedBy	U.S. air power ⓘ U.S. naval gunfire ⓘ
timePeriod	early phase of Korean War ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Battle of Pusan Perimeter → location → Nakdong River line ⓘ

Battle of Pusan Perimeter → front → Nakdong River line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nakdong River front

Nakdong River line → alsoKnownAs → Nakdong River line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naktong River line

Battle of Taegu → defensiveLine → Nakdong River line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Naktong River line