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The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies.
Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950-1953. Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-275-97835-8. Mossman, Billy C. (1990). UNITED STATES ARMY IN THE KOREAN WAR EBB AND FLOW NOVEMBER 1950-JULY 1951. WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History.
China's road to the Korean War: The making of the Sino-American confrontation (Columbia University Press, 1994). [ISBN missing] Crane, Conrad C. "To avert impending disaster: American military plans to use atomic weapons during the Korean War." Journal of Strategic Studies 23.2 (2000): 72–88. Dingman, Roger. "Atomic diplomacy during the ...
By mid-1951 the Korean War had entered a period of relative stalemate. [17] With the resignation of Dwight D. Eisenhower as the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in June 1952, General Matthew Ridgway of the United Nations Command was transferred from Korea to Europe as Eisenhower's replacement. [18]
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On 6 October 1952, CPVA dispatched a battalion or company size unit every night from October 6 to October 9 to attack Arrowhead Hill, but a French battalion defended the position using close-range combat tactics with artillery support. At the same time, the ROK Army 9th Division was fighting CPVA on their right side at White Horse Hill.
Battle of the Hook refers to several engagements during the Korean War. They were: First Battle of the Hook, in October 1952; Second Battle of the Hook, in November 1952; Third Battle of the Hook, in May 1953; Fourth Battle of the Hook, part of the Battle of the Samichon River, in July 1953