Hungnam evacuation

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The Hungnam evacuation was a massive 1950 Korean War operation in which United Nations forces and tens of thousands of Korean civilians were withdrawn by sea from the port of Hungnam under enemy pressure.

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Label Occurrences
Hungnam evacuation canonical 2
Evacuation from Hungnam 1
Evacuation of Hungnam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Korean War battle
amphibious operation
military evacuation
alsoKnownAs Hungnam evacuation
surface form: Evacuation of Hungnam

Hungnam evacuation
surface form: Hungnam redeployment
civilianImpact large-scale displacement of Korean civilians
commander Edward M. Almond NERFINISHED
conflict Korean War
coordinatedBy X Corps
countryInvolved South Korea
United Kingdom
United Nations Command
United States of America
surface form: United States
endDate 1950-12-24
evacuatedUnit 1st Marine Division (United States)
surface form: 1st Marine Division

3rd Infantry Division
7th Infantry Division (United States)
surface form: 7th Infantry Division

Republic of Korea I Corps
legacy symbol of humanitarian evacuation during war
location Hungnam
North Korea
method sealift
militaryOperationType retrograde operation
notableEvent mass evacuation of Korean refugees on SS Meredith Victory
notableFor one of the largest sealift evacuations in military history
notableShip SS Meredith Victory
USS Missouri
USS Mount McKinley
USS Rochester
numberOfEvacuatedCivilians approximately 98000
numberOfEvacuatedMilitaryPersonnel approximately 105000
numberOfEvacuatedTonsOfCargo approximately 350000
numberOfEvacuatedVehicles approximately 17000
opposingForce North Korea
China
surface form: People's Republic of China
partOf Korean War
precededBy Battle of Chosin Reservoir
result successful evacuation of UN forces and Korean civilians
startDate 1950-12-10
strategicObjective withdraw X Corps to Pusan for redeployment
supportedBy South Korean Navy
surface form: Republic of Korea Navy

Royal Navy
United States merchant marine
surface form: U.S. Merchant Marine

United States Navy
surface form: U.S. Navy
theater Korean Peninsula
underFire true
year 1950

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Battle of Chosin Reservoir followedBy Hungnam evacuation
Hungnam evacuation alsoKnownAs Hungnam evacuation
this entity surface form: Hungnam redeployment
Hungnam evacuation alsoKnownAs Hungnam evacuation
this entity surface form: Evacuation of Hungnam
X Corps participatedIn Hungnam evacuation
this entity surface form: Evacuation from Hungnam
X Corps notableEvacuation Hungnam evacuation