What the records say
- When
- 31 Dec 1950 – 7 Jan 1951
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 37.57° N, 126.98° E
- Description
- 1950–1951 battle of the Korean War during which Chinese forces took Seoul
3 sources record it
- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Séoul est abandonnée par les forces de l’ONU”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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