What the records say
- When
- 20 Feb 1951
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.75° N, 126.18° E
- Description
- 1951 United Nations offensive during the Korean War
Operation Thunderbolt (1951)
United Nations offensive during the Korean War
Operation Thunderbolt, also known in China as the Defensive Battle of the Han River Southern Bank, was a US offensive during the Korean War. It was the first offensive under the new commanding officer of the US Eighth Army, General Matthew Ridgway and started less than three weeks after the Chinese Third Phase Campaign had forced UN forces south of Seoul.
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