Hungnam evacuation

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Korean War battle amphibious operation military evacuation

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was a massive 1950 Korean War operation in which United Nations forces and tens of thousands of Korean civilians were withdrawn by sea from the port of Hungnam under enemy pressure.

Aliases (2)

Evacuation of Hungnam ×1
Hungnam redeployment ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Korean War battle → amphibious operation → military evacuation →
alsoKnownAs	Evacuation of Hungnam → Hungnam redeployment →
civilianImpact	large-scale displacement of Korean civilians →
commander	Edward M. Almond NERFINISHED →
conflict	Korean War →
coordinatedBy	X Corps →
countryInvolved	South Korea NERFINISHED → United Kingdom → United Nations Command → United States →
endDate	1950-12-24 →
evacuatedUnit	1st Marine Division NERFINISHED → 3rd Infantry Division → 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 NERFINISHED → People's Republic of China →
partOf	Korean War →
precededBy	Battle of Chosin Reservoir NERFINISHED →
result	successful evacuation of UN forces and Korean civilians →
startDate	1950-12-10 →
strategicObjective	withdraw X Corps to Pusan for redeployment →
supportedBy	Republic of Korea Navy → Royal Navy → U.S. Merchant Marine → U.S. Navy →
theater	Korean Peninsula →
underFire	true →
year	1950 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Hungnam evacuation ("Hungnam redeployment") → Hungnam evacuation ("Evacuation of Hungnam") →	alsoKnownAs
Battle of Chosin Reservoir →	followedBy