Battle of Heartbreak Ridge

Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
	Part of the Korean War
	; Heartbreak Ridge in South Korea, as seen from the north.
Date	13 September – 15 October 1951
Location	38°18′N 128°1′E in Yanggu County, Gangwon Province, South Korea
Result	United Nations victory
Belligerents
United Nations United States; France; Netherlands; South Korea	North Korea; China
Commanders and leaders
Clovis E. Byers; Thomas F. Deshazo; Robert N. Young	Pang Ho San
Units involved
X Corps 2nd Infantry Division French Battalion; Netherlands Battalion; ; 7th Infantry Division;	III Corps 6th Division; 12th Division; 13th Division; 68th Army 204th Division;
Casualties and losses
3,700	US Claim: 25,000
	Location within South Korea

The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge (Korean: 단장의 능선 전투; Hanja: 斷腸의 稜線戰鬪; French: Bataille de Crèvecœur), also known as the Battle of Wendengli (Chinese: 文登里战斗; pinyin: Wéndēnglǐ Zhàndòu), was a month-long battle in the Korean War which took place between September 13th and October 15th, 1951. After withdrawing from Bloody Ridge, the Korean People's Army (KPA) set up new positions just 1,500 yards (1,400 m) away on a 7-mile (11 km) long hill mass. If anything, the defenses were even more formidable here than on Bloody Ridge.

The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge was one of several major engagements in the hills of North Korea a few miles north of the 38th Parallel (the pre-war boundary between North and South Korea), near Chorwon. For the Chinese, this battle is often confused with the Battle of Triangle Hill, which occurred a year later.

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