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25 June |
North
Korean People's Army crosses the 38th parallel and invades
South Korea (Republic of Korea). North Korean radio proclaims
that the South Korean army had tried to invade North Korea
(People's Democratic Republic of Korea) and that they had been
forced to invade the south. |
|
25 June |
UN
Security Council calls for a withdrawal of North Korean
troops.
UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie comments "This is war
against the United Nations". |
|
27 June |
UN
Security Council calls for its member states to support South
Korea. |
|
27 June |
South
Korean forces abandon Seoul. |
|
27 June |
US
president Harry S. Truman orders US Air Force and US
Navy to help South Korea. US Seventh Fleet is ordered to
"neutralize" the Formosa strait. |
|
28 June |
North
Korean forces capture Seoul. |
|
28 June |
British Far Eastern Fleet is ordered to help South Korea. |
|
28 June |
First
combat missions over Korea flown by the US Air Force. |
|
30 June |
American ground troops are sent to Korea and the Air Force is
authorized to bomb targets in North Korea. |
|
1 July |
The
first american ground troops arrive in Korea (Task Force
Smith), commanded by General William F. Dean. |
|
2 July |
The
North Korean navy is destroyed Off Chumunjin. |
|
3 July |
South
Korean troops are attacked by american places who mistake them
for North Koreans. |
|
3 July |
North
Korean troops capture Inchon. |
|
5 July |
The
first battle between US ground forces and North Korean forces
near Osan ends with a US withdrawal. |
|
7 July |
General Douglas MacArthur is appointed Supreme
Commander of United Nations Command in Korea. |
|
13 July |
Lieutenant General Walton H. Walker is placed in charge
of all ground operations in Korea. |
|
15 July |
North
Korean troops cross the Kum River after heavy fighting with US
troops. |
|
20 July |
North
Korean troops capture Taejon. Major General William Dean
is taken prisoner. |
|
29 July |
Chian Kai-shek offer
to send 33.000 soldiers to Korea, but the United Nations
decline the offer. |
|
30 July |
The
defense of the Pusan Perimeter begin. |
|
1 Aug |
Soviet Union ends it boycott of the UN Security Council.
|
|
4 Aug |
Jacob Malik, UN
delegate from the Soviet Union, calls the Korean War a
"civil war" and demands with withdrawal of "all foreign
troops from Korea". |
|
4 Aug |
North
Korean troops establish a bridgehead across the Naktong River. |
|
6 Aug |
North
Korean offensive threaten the US headquarter at Taegu. |
|
10 Aug |
Warren Austin, UN
delegate from the USA, states that the goal of the United
Nations in the unification of Korea. |
|
17 Aug |
US
Marines attack No-Name Ridge, gaining the first military
victory of the UN forces. |
|
29 Aug |
British forces arrive in Korea. |
|
1 Sep |
North
Korean troops begin offensive against Pusan |
|
15 Sep |
UN
forces land at Inchon (Operation Chromite). |
|
16 Sep |
UN
forces begin offensive from the Pusan Perimeter. |
|
25 Sep |
North
Korean troops break and run with UN forces in pursuit. |
|
28 Sep |
UN
forces recapture Seoul. |
|
30 Sep |
Chou En-lai, foreign
minister of China, warns "the Chinese people will not
supinely tolerate seeing their neighbors being savagely
invaded by the imperialists". |
|
1 Oct |
South
Korean troops cross the 38th parallel. |
|
1 Oct |
MacArthur calls upon
North Korea to surrender. |
|
2 Oct |
Chou En-lai informs
the Indian ambassador to Beijing that China will intervene in
the Korean War if US forces cross the 38th parallel. |
|
7 Oct |
UN
General Assembly authorizes UN forces to cross the 38th
parallel. |
|
7 Oct |
US
forces cross the 38th parallel. |
|
8 Oct |
Mao Tse Tung orders
Chinese "volunteers" to cross the Korean border. |
|
9 Oct |
UN
forces cross the 38th parallel. |
|
10 Oct |
South
Korean troops capture Wonsan. |
|
16 Oct |
The
Chinese troops cross the Yalu and enters Korea. |
|
19 Oct |
UN
forces capture Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. |
|
25 Oct |
Chinese forces begin their offensive in Korea. |
|
26 Oct |
US
forces land at Wonsan. |
|
1 Nov |
Chinese forces begin a massive offensive. |
|
5 Nov |
MacArthur informs the
UN that Chinese forces are fighting in Korea. |
|
16 Nov |
President Truman declares that the US has not intention
to invade China. |
|
21 Nov |
American troops reach the Yalu. |
|
24 Nov |
General MacArthur announces the "win-the-war"
offensive. |
|
26 Nov |
Chinese troops begin a counter-offensive. |
|
27 Nov |
Chinese troops encircle US 1st Marine Division at Chosin
Reservoir. |
|
5 Dec |
Chinese troops capture Pyongyang. |
|
10 Dec |
1st
Marine Division breaks out of the Chosin Reservoir. |
|
11 Dec |
UN
forces begin evacuating from Hungnam. |
|
25 Dec |
Chinese troops cross the 38th parallel. |
|
27 Dec |
General Walton Walker is killed in a
road accident and is replaced by General
Matthew B. Ridgway |
