Battle of Unsan

Battle of Unsan
	Part of the Korean War
	; Map of Battle of Unsan on the night of 1 – 2 November 1950
Date	25 October – 4 November 1950
Location	Unsan, North Korea
Result	Chinese victory
Belligerents
China	United Nations; United States; South Korea
Commanders and leaders
Peng Dehuai; Wu Xinquan; Wen Yucheng	Frank W. Milburn; Hobart R. Gay; Raymond D. Palmer; Paik Sun Yup
Units involved
39th Corps 115th Division; 116th Division; 117th Division; 40th Corps 120th Division;	1st Cavalry Division 5th Cavalry Regiment; 8th Cavalry Regiment; 1st Infantry Division 15th Infantry Regiment;
Casualties and losses
UN estimation: 600+	449 killed; 1,149 total casualties; 530 killed and wounded Chinese estimation: 2,000

39°58′20″N 125°48′12″E

The Battle of Unsan (Korean: 운산전투; Hanja: 雲山戰鬪; RR: Unsan jeontu; MR: Unsan chŏnt'u), also known as the Battle of Yunshan (Chinese: 云山战斗; pinyin: Yún Shān Zhàn Dòu), was a series of engagements of the Korean War that took place from 25 October to 4 November 1950 near Unsan, North Pyongan province in present-day North Korea. As part of the People's Republic of China's First Phase Campaign, the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) made repeated attacks against the Republic of Korea Army (ROK) 1st Infantry Division near Unsan beginning on 25 October, in an attempt to take advancing United Nations Command (UNC) forces by surprise. In an encounter with the United States military, the PVA 39th Corps attacked the unprepared U.S. 8th Cavalry Regiment in Unsan on 1 November, resulting in one of the most devastating U.S. losses of the war.

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