Chinese Second Phase Offensive

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campaign military offensive

The Chinese Second Phase Offensive was a major Chinese People's Volunteer Army campaign during the Korean War that pushed United Nations forces southward in late 1950, including the fighting at the Chosin Reservoir.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Chinese Spring Offensive (1951)	1
Second Phase Campaign	1
Second Phase Offensive	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	campaign ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ surface form: Second Phase Campaign Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ surface form: Second Phase Offensive
belligerent	Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group ⓘ surface form: Chinese People's Volunteer Army Korean People's Army ⓘ surface form: Korean People's Army units United Nations Command ⓘ surface form: United Nations Command forces
commander	Peng Dehuai ⓘ
commanderSide	Peng Dehuai ⓘ surface form: Peng Dehuai commanded Chinese People's Volunteer Army forces
conflict	Korean War ⓘ
endDate	1950-12-24 ⓘ
followedBy	Chinese Third Phase Offensive ⓘ
front	eastern front in Korea ⓘ western front in Korea ⓘ
includedBattle	Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ⓘ fighting in east-central Korea ⓘ
location	Battle of Chosin Reservoir ⓘ surface form: Chosin Reservoir East-Central Korea ⓘ Korean Peninsula ⓘ North Korea ⓘ West-Central Korea ⓘ
notableFeature	large-scale night attacks by Chinese infantry ⓘ use of infiltration tactics by Chinese forces ⓘ
objective	to destroy UN forces advancing toward the Yalu River ⓘ to push United Nations forces southward ⓘ
opponent	South Korea ⓘ surface form: Republic of Korea United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
participant	Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group ⓘ surface form: Chinese People's Volunteer Army China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Republic of Korea Army ⓘ United Nations Command ⓘ United States Army ⓘ United States Marine Corps ⓘ
partOf	Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River ⓘ surface form: Chinese People's Volunteer Army campaigns in the Korean War Korean War ⓘ surface form: Chinese intervention in the Korean War
precededBy	Chinese First Phase Offensive ⓘ
result	Chinese victory ⓘ UN forces retreat to the south ⓘ abandonment of UN advance to the Yalu River ⓘ
scale	major Chinese offensive ⓘ
startDate	1950-11-25 ⓘ
strategicImpact	forced UN withdrawal from much of North Korea ⓘ halted UN drive toward the Yalu River ⓘ shifted initiative to Chinese forces ⓘ
timePeriod	December 1950 ⓘ November 1950 ⓘ
weatherCondition	extreme cold at Chosin Reservoir ⓘ harsh winter conditions ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Chinese Second Phase Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Phase Campaign

Chinese Second Phase Offensive → alsoKnownAs → Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Phase Offensive

Chinese People's Volunteer Army 9th Army Group → engagement → Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ

Chinese People's Volunteer Army infantry units → engagement → Chinese Second Phase Offensive ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chinese Spring Offensive (1951)

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