Operation Ripper

Quand

7 mars 1951 – 4 avr. 1951

Type

Opération militaire

Coordonnées

37.87° N, 127.73° E

Description

March 1951 battle of the Korean war during which UN forces recaptured Seoul

1951 UN military offensive to retake Seoul as part of the Korean War

Operation Ripper, also known as the Fourth Battle of Seoul, was a United Nations (UN) military operation conceived by the US Eighth Army, General Matthew Ridgway, during the Korean War. The operation was intended to destroy as much as possible of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) and Korean People's Army (KPA) forces around Seoul and the towns of Hongch'on, 50 miles (80 km) east of Seoul, and Chuncheon, 15 mi…

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