Pusan Perimeter
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Communism, Communists, Korean War
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Korea, North Korea, South Korea
- Date: July 29-September 19, 1950
Article abstract: Type of action: Campaign in the Korean War. Result: U.S. and South Korean forces’ successful defense prevented North Korea’s military conquest of the entire nation.
North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, advancing southward quickly despite U.S. military intervention. After defeats at Osan, the Kum River, and Taejon, the U.S. Eighth Army established in late July a defensive position in the southeast corner of the peninsula. A rectangular area, the Pusan Perimeter was about eighty miles from north to south along the Naktong...
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