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The Battle of Ongjin Peninsula (Korean: 옹진반도 전투; Hanja: 甕津半島 戰鬪) was a series of battles that occurred in Ongjin Peninsula between 25 and 26 June 1950 and was a part of the Operation Pokpung (North Korea) and Operation Western Region (South Korea) that marked the beginning of the Korean War. On 25 June, the Korean People ...
The Ongjin Peninsula lies below the 38th parallel, and was therefore in the Southern zone, which became the Republic of Korea. However, the Ongjin Peninsula was isolated from other southern territories, and therefore difficult to defend. Some of the earliest fighting in the Korean War came here as Northern forces took the Ongjin Peninsula. The ...
The Operation Western Region (Hangul: 서부지역 작전; Hanja: 西部地域 作戰) was a defensive operation conducted by the Republic of Korea Armed Forces (ROK) between 25 and 28 June 1950 against the Operation Pokpung of the Korean People's Army (KPA) during the beginning of the Korean War. On 25 June 1950, the KPA I Corps launched a ...
Ongjin County (Korean: 옹진군) is a county in Incheon Metropolitan City, South Korea. It consists of a group of islands in the Yellow Sea (West Sea). Four of the islands, Yeonpyeong Island , Baengnyeong , Daecheong , and Socheong Islands , are very near the Northern Limit Line .
Hwanghae was located in the northwest of Korea. The provincial capital was Haeju. The regional name for the province was Haesŏ, or Haeseo (Korean: 해서). [1] It is a region of Korea that occupies what is now North Hwanghae and South Hwanghae provinces of North Korea, as well as Baengnyeong Island and Ongjin County of South Korea.
Baengnyeongdo (Korean: 백령도; Korean pronunciation: [pɛŋnjʌŋdo]), sometimes Baekryeong Island, is an island in Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea.It is an inhabited island located near the Northern Limit Line, and is closer to North Korea than it is to the South.
At 10:00 on 25 June The Pentagon received a report detailing that North Korean forces had invaded the South at several locations. The report claimed combat was initiated at 04:40 when Ongjin was hit by North Korean artillery fire. [10] Individual KPA units advanced 3 to 5 kilometres into South Korean territory within the first three hours. [6]
Ongjin County may refer to: Ongjin County, Incheon, South Korea; Ongjin County, South Hwanghae, North Korea This page was last edited on 8 January 2024 ...