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1 Jan |
Chinese and North Korean forces begin a massive offensive.
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4 Jan |
Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul. |
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7 Jan |
Chinese and North Korean forces capture Wonju. |
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14 Jan |
UN
forces halt the offensive along the 37th parallel. |
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25 Jan |
UN
forces begin counter-offensive. |
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1 Feb |
UN
General Assembly labels China "aggressor". |
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10 Feb |
UN
forces recapture Inchon. |
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11 Feb |
Chinese and North Korean forces begin counter-offensive. |
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15 Feb |
Chinese counter-offensive halted at Chipyong-ni. |
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18 Feb |
UN
forces launch "Killer" offensive. |
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7 Mar |
UN
forces launch "Ripper" offensive. |
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15 Mar |
UN-forces recapture Seoul. |
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21 Mar |
UN
forces recapture Chunchon. |
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3 Apr |
UN
forces 38:e parallel. |
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11 Apr |
President Truman relieves MacArthur as Supreme
Commander of UN forces and replace him with General Matthew
Ridgway. |
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22 Apr |
Chinese forces begin offensive. |
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1 May |
Chinese offensive halted north of Seoul. |
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10 May |
Chinese forces resume offensive. |
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20 May |
UN
forces halt the Chinese offensive. |
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28 May |
UN
forces recapture Hwachon and Inje. |
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13 June |
UN
forces recapture Chorwon and Kumhwa. |
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23 June |
Jacob Malik, UN
delegate from the Soviet Union, propose truce. |
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30 June |
General Ridgway offers to discuss a cease-fire.
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1 July |
North
Korean leader Kim Il Sung and Peng Teh-haui,
commander of the chinese force, agree to cease-fire talks. |
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8 July |
Colonel Andrew Kinney arrive at Kaesong (site of the
planned talks) and find that the "neutral" site was filled
with north Korean soldiers. |
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10 July |
Truce
talks begin in Kaesong between the UN delegation (led by
Vice-Admiral Charles Turner Joy) and the Chinese/North
Korean delegation (led by Lieutenant General Nam Il). |
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5 Aug |
UN
leaves the truce talks due to North Korean troops in the
neutral sector. |
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10 Aug |
Truce
talks resumed. |
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23 Aug |
China
leaves the truce talks due to alleged bombing of their
delegation by the UN forces. |
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25 Oct |
Truce
talks resumed, this time at Panmunjom. |
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12 Nov |
General Ridgway orders all offensive operations to
cease. |
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26 Nov |
"Little Armistice" begins. |
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18 Dec |
Prisoner of war lists exchanged. |
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27 Dec |
"Little Armistice" ends. |
