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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Triangle_Hill.gif/330px-Triangle_Hill.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Triangle_Hill.gif/440px-Triangle_Hill.gif 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="516" /></a> Map of Triangle Hill area</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><table style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>14 October – 25 November 1952</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location">North of Gimhwa-eup, <a href="/wiki/Chorwon_County" title="Chorwon County">Chorwon County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean Peninsula">Korea</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output 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colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Commanders and leaders</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_United_Nations.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wayne_Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wayne Clark">Mark Wayne Clark</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" 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Jenkins">Reuben E. Jenkins</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/Wayne_C._Smith" title="Wayne C. Smith">Wayne C. Smith</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Chung_Il-kwon" title="Chung Il-kwon">Chung Il-kwon</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Asfaw_Andargue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asfaw Andargue (page does not exist)">Asfaw Andargue</a><a href="#cite_note-kmpva_ethopia100-3">[2]</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Ruiz_Novoa" title="Alberto Ruiz Novoa">Alberto Ruiz Novoa</a><a href="#cite_note-kmpva_columbia270-4">[3]</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Deng_Hua" title="Deng Hua">Deng Hua</a> Wang Jinshan<a href="#cite_note-cmsa568-5">[4]</a> <a href="/wiki/Qin_Jiwei" title="Qin Jiwei">Qin Jiwei</a> <a href="/wiki/Li_Desheng" title="Li Desheng">Li Desheng</a><a href="#cite_note-cmsa569-6">[5]</a> Cui Jiangong</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Units involved</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /> <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th Infantry Division</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Division (South Korea)">2nd Infantry Division</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_South_Korea_%281949%E2%80%931984%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" title="9th Infantry Division (South Korea)">30th Infantry Regiment</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_Ethiopia_%281897%E2%80%931974%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> 2nd <a href="/wiki/Kagnew_Battalion" title="Kagnew Battalion">Kagnew Battalion</a><a href="#cite_note-kmpva_ethopia99-7">[6]</a> <img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Flag_of_Colombia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Colombia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Colombian_Battalion" title="Colombian Battalion">Colombian Battalion</a><a href="#cite_note-kmpva_columbia128-8">[7]</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/15th_Airborne_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Airborne Corps">15th Corps</a><a href="#cite_note-name-9">[nb 2]</a> <a href="/wiki/12th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Army (People's Republic of China)">12th Corps</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Strength</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> Infantry: Unknown Artillery: 288 guns<a href="#cite_note-edward170-10">[8]</a> Aircraft: 2,200+ sorties<a href="#cite_note-hermes328-11">[9]</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Infantry: 50,000<a href="#cite_note-zhang288-12">[10]</a> Artillery: 133 guns, 24 <a href="/wiki/Multiple_rocket_launcher" title="Multiple rocket launcher">rocket launchers</a> <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft_warfare" title="Anti-aircraft warfare">AA</a> Artillery: 47 guns<a href="#cite_note-cmsa304-13">[11]</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Casualties and losses</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> US: 365 killed 1,174 wounded 1 captured<a href="#cite_note-VFW-14">[12]</a> South Korea: 1,096 killed 3,496 wounded 97 missing<a href="#cite_note-kimh472-15">[13]</a> Chinese estimate: 25,498<a href="#cite_note-zhang290-16">[14]</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> Chinese source: 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href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ongjin_Peninsula" title="Battle of Ongjin Peninsula">Ongjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1950)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1950)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">1st Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield" title="Battle of Suwon Airfield">Suwon Airfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Andong" title="Battle of Andong">Andong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Osan" title="Battle of Osan">Osan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongtaek" title="Battle of Pyongtaek">Pyongtaek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chonan" title="Battle of Chonan">Chonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chochiwon" title="Battle of Chochiwon">Chochiwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon" title="Battle of Taejon">Taejon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sangju_(1950)" title="Battle of Sangju (1950)">Sangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongdong" title="Battle of Yongdong">Yongdong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hwanggan" title="Battle of Hwanggan">Hwanggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadong_Ambush" title="Hadong Ambush">Hadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Notch" title="Battle of the Notch">Notch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pusan_Perimeter" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Pusan Perimeter">Pusan Perimeter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Masan" title="Battle of Masan">Masan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_P%27ohang-dong" title="Battle of P'ohang-dong">P'ohang-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taegu" title="Battle of Taegu">Taegu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="First Battle of Naktong Bulge">1st Naktong Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bowling_Alley" title="Battle of the Bowling Alley">Bowling Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Battle_Mountain" title="Battle of Battle Mountain">Battle Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kyongju" title="Battle of Kyongju">Kyongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haman" title="Battle of Haman">Haman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nam_River" title="Battle of Nam River">Nam River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ka-san" title="Battle of Ka-san">Ka-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabu-dong" title="Battle of Tabu-dong">Tabu-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongsan" title="Battle of Yongsan">Yongsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="Second Battle of Naktong Bulge">2nd Naktong Bulge</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Battle_of_Inchon_(September_1950)" title="Korean War">United Nations Command counteroffensive</a> (15 September – 30 October 1950)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Inchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pusan_Perimeter_offensive" title="Pusan Perimeter offensive">Pusan Perimeter offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Second Battle of Seoul">2nd Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_September_1950_counteroffensive" class="mw-redirect" title="UN September 1950 counteroffensive">UN September 1950 counteroffensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_282" title="Battle of Hill 282">Hill 282</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_offensive_into_North_Korea" title="UN offensive into North Korea">UN offensive into North Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sariwon" title="Battle of Sariwon">Sariwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1950)" title="Battle of Pyongyang (1950)">Pyongyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongyu" title="Battle of Yongyu">Yongyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kujin" title="Battle of Kujin">Kujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)" title="Battle of Chongju (1950)">Chongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunchon_tunnel_massacre" title="Sunchon tunnel massacre">Sunchon tunnel</a></li></ul></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#China_intervenes_(October–December_1950)" title="Korean War">Chinese Intervention</a> (25 October 1950 – January 1951)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Onjong" title="Battle of Onjong">Onjong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Unsan" title="Battle of Unsan">Unsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Pakchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Phase_Offensive" title="Second Phase Offensive">Second Phase Offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ch%27ongch%27on_River" title="Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River">Ch'ongch'on River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wawon" title="Battle of Wawon">Wawon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir" title="Battle of Chosin Reservoir">Chosin Reservoir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Faith" title="Task Force Faith">Task Force Faith</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_retreat_from_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="UN retreat from North Korea">UN retreat from North Korea</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hungnam_evacuation" title="Hungnam evacuation">Hungnam evacuation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">3rd Seoul</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1951)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1951)">Uijeongbu</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_and_Second_Battles_of_Wonju" class="mw-redirect" title="First and Second Battles of Wonju">1st and 2nd Wonju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pohang_Operation" title="Pohang Operation">Pohang</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Fighting_around_the_38th_parallel_(January–June_1951)" title="Korean War">Fighting around the 38th parallel</a> (January – June 1951)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaegunghyon" title="Battle of Chaegunghyon">Happy Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Thunderbolt_(1951)" title="Operation Thunderbolt (1951)">Thunderbolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Twin_Tunnels" title="Battle of the Twin Tunnels">Twin Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundup_(1951)" title="Operation Roundup (1951)">Roundup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hoengsong" title="Battle of Hoengsong">Hoengsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chipyong-ni" title="Battle of Chipyong-ni">Chipyong-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Wonju" title="Third Battle of Wonju">3rd Wonju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuam-ni" title="Battle of Chuam-ni">Chuam-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Wonsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Killer" title="Operation Killer">Killer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ripper" title="Operation Ripper">4th Seoul (Operation Ripper)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maehwa-san" title="Battle of Maehwa-san">Maehwa-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Courageous" title="Operation Courageous">Courageous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomahawk" title="Operation Tomahawk">Tomahawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rugged" title="Operation Rugged">Rugged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dauntless" title="Operation Dauntless">Dauntless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_spring_offensive" title="Chinese spring offensive">Spring offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River" title="Battle of the Imjin River">Imjin River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yultong" title="Battle of Yultong">Yultong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hwacheon" title="Battle of Hwacheon">Hwacheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Kapyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Soyang_River" title="Battle of the Soyang River">Soyang River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_May%E2%80%93June_1951_counteroffensive" title="UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive">UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Stalemate_(July_1951_–_July_1953)" title="Korean War">Stalemate</a> (July 1951 – 27 July 1953)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Ridge" title="Battle of Bloody Ridge">Bloody Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Minden" title="Operation Minden">Minden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Punchbowl" title="Battle of the Punchbowl">Punchbowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heartbreak_Ridge" title="Battle of Heartbreak Ridge">Heartbreak Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Commando" title="Operation Commando">Commando</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">1st Maryang-san</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haktang-ni" title="Battle of Haktang-ni">Haktang-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polecharge" title="Operation Polecharge">Polecharge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="Second Battle of Maryang-san">2nd Maryang-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rat_Killer" title="Operation Rat Killer">Rat Killer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_Eerie" title="Battle of Hill Eerie">Hill Eerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Old_Baldy" title="Battle of Old Baldy">Old Baldy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blaze" title="Operation Blaze">Blaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bunker_Hill_(1952)" title="Battle of Bunker Hill (1952)">Bunker Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Outpost_Kelly" title="Battle of Outpost Kelly">Outpost Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Horse_Hill" title="Battle of White Horse Hill">White Horse Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Arrowhead_Hill" title="Battle of Arrowhead Hill">Arrowhead Hill</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Triangle Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jackson_Heights" title="Battle of Jackson Heights">Jackson Heights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Noris" title="Battle of the Noris">Noris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="First Battle of the Hook">1st Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Second Battle of the Hook">2nd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chatkol" title="Battle of Chatkol">Chatkol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Outpost_Vegas" title="Battle for Outpost Vegas">Outpost Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill" title="Battle of Pork Chop Hill">Pork Chop Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Little_Switch" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Little Switch">Little Switch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nevada_Complex" title="Battle of the Nevada Complex">Nevada Complex</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Third Battle of the Hook">3rd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outpost_Harry" title="Outpost Harry">Outpost Harry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kumsong" title="Battle of Kumsong">Kumsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Berlin_Outposts_and_Boulder_City" title="Battle of the Berlin Outposts and Boulder City">Berlin Outposts and Boulder City</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Samichon River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Big_Switch" title="Operation Big Switch">Big Switch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmunjom_Declaration" title="Panmunjom Declaration">Panmunjom Declaration</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Aerial_warfare" title="Korean War">Air operations</a> (1950 – 1953)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strangle_(Korean_War)" title="Operation Strangle (Korean War)">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea" title="Bombing of North Korea">Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953</a></li></ul> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Naval_warfare" title="Korean War">Naval operations</a> (1950 – 1953)</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Battle of Korea Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Battle of Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Battle of Haeju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Battle of Inchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan#Operation_Tailboard" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Operation Tailboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">2nd Wonsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan#Operation_Fireball" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Fireball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan#Battle_of_the_Buzz_Saw" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Buzz Saw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan#Operation_Kickoff" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Kickoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan#USS_Walke_Incident" title="Blockade of Wonsan">USS Walke Incident</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Template:Campaignbox_Naval_engagements_of_the_Korean_War" title="Template:Campaignbox Naval engagements of the Korean War">Naval engagements of the Korean War</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div>For further information, see also: <a href="/wiki/Template:Korean_War" title="Template:Korean War">Korean War (template)</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div> The Battle of Triangle Hill, also known as Operation Showdown or the <a href="/wiki/Sanggam-ryong" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanggam-ryong">Shangganling</a> Campaign (<a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: 上甘岭战役; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: Shànggānlǐng Zhànyì),<a href="#cite_note-19">[nb 3]</a> was a protracted military engagement during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a>. The main combatants were two <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command_(Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Nations Command (Korea)">United Nations</a> (UN) infantry divisions, with additional support from the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">United States Air Force</a>, against elements of the Chinese <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Volunteer_Army" title="People's Volunteer Army">People's Volunteer Army</a> (PVA) <a href="/wiki/15th_Airborne_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Airborne Corps">15th</a> and <a href="/wiki/12th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Army (People's Republic of China)">12th Corps</a>.<a href="#cite_note-name-9">[nb 2]</a> The battle was part of UN attempts to gain control of the "<a href="/wiki/Iron_Triangle_(Korea)" title="Iron Triangle (Korea)">Iron Triangle</a>" and took place from 14 October to 25 November 1952. The immediate UN objective was Triangle Hill (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&params=38_19_17_N_127_27_52_E_">38°19′17″N 127°27′52″E / 38.32139°N 127.46444°E / 38.32139; 127.46444</a>), a forested ridge of high ground 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) north of <a href="/wiki/Gimhwa-eup" class="mw-redirect" title="Gimhwa-eup">Gimhwa-eup</a>. The hill was occupied by the veterans of the PVA's 15th Corps. Over the course of nearly a month, substantial US and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea_Army" title="Republic of Korea Army">Republic of Korea Army</a> (ROK) forces made repeated attempts to capture Triangle Hill and the adjacent Sniper Ridge. Despite clear superiority in artillery and aircraft, the escalating UN casualties resulted in the attack being halted after 42 days of fighting, with PVA forces regaining their original positions. <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background">edit</a>]</div> By mid-1951 the <a href="/wiki/Korean_War" title="Korean War">Korean War</a> had entered a period of relative stalemate.<a href="#cite_note-brit-20">[17]</a> With the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a> as the Supreme Commander of the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization" class="mw-redirect" title="North Atlantic Treaty Organization">North Atlantic Treaty Organization</a> (NATO) in June 1952, General <a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a> of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations Command</a> was transferred from Korea to Europe as Eisenhower's replacement.<a href="#cite_note-Time2-21">[18]</a> The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> appointed General <a href="/wiki/Mark_Wayne_Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wayne Clark">Mark Wayne Clark</a>, commander of the <a href="/wiki/US_Fifth_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="US Fifth Army">US Fifth Army</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, to overall command of the UN forces as a replacement for Ridgway.<a href="#cite_note-Time2-21">[18]</a> General <a href="/wiki/James_Van_Fleet" title="James Van Fleet">James Van Fleet</a> commander of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_US_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighth US Army">Eighth US Army</a> had hoped that the change of commanders would allow him to reengage the PVA in a major campaign,<a href="#cite_note-hermes292-22">[19]</a> but in an effort to limit UN losses during the <a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement#Armistice_discussions" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">peace talks</a> in <a href="/wiki/Panmunjom" title="Panmunjom">Panmunjom</a>, Clark repeatedly overruled Van Fleet's requests for an authorized offensive into North Korean territory.<a href="#cite_note-hermes292-22">[19]</a> In September 1952, Van Fleet submitted tentative offensive plans for Operation Showdown, a small-scale offensive drafted by US <a href="/wiki/IX_Corps_(United_States)" title="IX Corps (United States)">IX Corps</a> as a ridge-capturing operation. The goal of the submitted plans was to improve the defensive line of the US <a href="/wiki/7th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="7th Infantry Division (United States)">7th Infantry Division</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Cheorwon_County" title="Cheorwon County">Gimhwa</a> near Triangle Hill, pushing the PVA defensive line back 1,250 yd (1,140 m).<a href="#cite_note-tucker650-23">[20]</a> In September 1952, the negotiations at Panmunjom began to deteriorate, primarily due to Sino-North Korean insistence that all prisoners of war be repatriated to their respective original countries, regardless of their preferences.<a href="#cite_note-hermes279-24">[21]</a> As a significant number of Chinese and North Korean POWs had expressed their desire to defect permanently to <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a> or <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>, the demand was met with strong opposition from the United States and South Korea.<a href="#cite_note-brit-20">[17]</a> Feeling that the negotiations would soon fail, military commanders on both sides authorized numerous tactical plans as means of applying pressure on their opponents.<a href="#cite_note-hermes282-25">[22]</a> In late September, the PVA High Command authorized the tactical plans which led to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Horse_Hill" title="Battle of White Horse Hill">Battle of White Horse Hill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-cmsa271-26">[23]</a> On 8 October 1952, truce negotiations officially ceased. Clark gave his consent to Operation Showdown the same day.<a href="#cite_note-kimh466-27">[24]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Prelude">Prelude</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Prelude">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Locations_and_terrain">Locations and terrain</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Locations and terrain">edit</a>]</div> Sanggam-ryŏng, or Triangle Hill as it was named by the UN command, was a forested hill that appeared as a V shape when seen from the air or on a map. Hill 598 sat at the tip of the V and overlooked the Gimhwa valley less than 2 km (1.2 mi) to the south. From this apex, two ridges extended to the northeast and northwest. The ridge to the northwest is dominated by a hill nicknamed "Pike's Peak". The other connects to a pair of hills that had been dubbed "<a href="/wiki/Jane_Russell" title="Jane Russell">Jane Russell</a>". A less-prominent ridge, named Sandy, sloped down to the east. Across the valley from Sandy stood Sniper Ridge, located at <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&params=38_19_44_N_127_29_7_E_type:landmark">38°19′44″N 127°29′7″E / 38.32889°N 127.48528°E / 38.32889; 127.48528</a>.<a href="#cite_note-hermes311-28">[25]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Forces_and_strategies">Forces and strategies</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Forces and strategies">edit</a>]</div> The original plan for Operation Showdown called for simultaneous attacks on both Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge. One battalion from the US <a href="/wiki/31st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="31st Infantry Regiment (United States)">31st Infantry Regiment</a>, 7th Infantry Division would take Triangle Hill from Gimhwa-eup, while one battalion from the ROK 32nd Regiment, <a href="/wiki/2nd_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" class="mw-redirect" title="2nd Infantry Division (South Korea)">2nd Infantry Division</a> would attack Sniper Ridge along a parallel northbound route. UN planners expected the operation to last no more than five days with 200 casualties on the UN side, based on the assumption that maximum artillery and air support would be available.<a href="#cite_note-kimh466-27">[24]</a><a href="#cite_note-hermes311-28">[25]</a> Before the plan could be carried out, however, the artillery and air assets for this operation were diverted to the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Horse_Hill" title="Battle of White Horse Hill">Battle of White Horse Hill</a>.<a href="#cite_note-hermes311-28">[25]</a> Upon reviewing the situation, Colonel Lloyd R. Moses, commander of the US 31st Infantry Regiment, doubled the American strength just before the offensive.<a href="#cite_note-hermes312-29">[26]</a> On the PVA side, Triangle Hill was defended by the 8th and 9th Companies,<a href="#cite_note-zhang84-30">[27]</a> and Sniper Ridge by the 1st Company of the 135th Regiment, <a href="/wiki/45th_Airborne_Division_(PRC)" class="mw-redirect" title="45th Airborne Division (PRC)">45th Division</a>, <a href="/wiki/15th_Airborne_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="15th Airborne Corps">15th Corps</a>.<a href="#cite_note-zhang89-31">[28]</a> <a href="/wiki/Qin_Jiwei" title="Qin Jiwei">Qin Jiwei</a>,<a href="#cite_note-32">[nb 4]</a> commander of the 15th Corps, predicted that any major American attack would be one of mechanized infantry and armor directed at the <a href="/wiki/Pyonggang" class="mw-redirect" title="Pyonggang">Pyonggang</a> Valley 20 km (12 mi) to the west of Triangle Hill.<a href="#cite_note-zhang42_68-33">[29]</a> As a result, the primary formations of the 15th Corps, including the <a href="/wiki/44th_Airborne_Division_(PRC)" title="44th Airborne Division (PRC)">44th Division</a>, the <a href="/wiki/56th_Motorized_Infantry_Brigade_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" title="56th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China)">29th Division</a>, one armored regiment and most of the Corps artillery, were positioned near Pyonggang.<a href="#cite_note-zhang42-34">[30]</a> In an effort to compensate its inferior firepower, the 15th Corps constructed an intricate series of defensive networks, which were composed of 9,000 meters (9,800 yd) of tunnels, 50,000 m (55,000 yd) of trenches and 5,000 m (5,500 yd) of obstacles and minefields.<a href="#cite_note-zhang59-35">[31]</a> On 5 October 1952, a staff officer of the ROK 2nd Infantry Division defected to the PVA, bringing with him a complete battle plan of Operation Showdown, but the information was not taken seriously by the Chinese.<a href="#cite_note-zhang68-36">[32]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Battle">Battle</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Battle">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opening_moves">Opening moves</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Opening moves">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A line of soldiers are standing in front of a trench and holding rocks over their shoulders. Rocks are flying to the right while smokes are filling the background" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg/170px-Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="241" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg/255px-Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg/340px-Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Grenade_Throwers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="709" /></a><figcaption>Chinese infantrymen throwing rocks at attackers after ammo depletion.</figcaption></figure> At 04:00 on 14 October 1952, following two days of preliminary air strikes,<a href="#cite_note-hermes311-28">[25]</a> the ROK-American bombardment intensified across the 30 km (19 mi) front held by the PVA 15th Corps. At 05:00, the 280 guns and <a href="/wiki/Howitzer" title="Howitzer">howitzers</a> of the IX Corps extended their firing range to allow for the ROK-American infantry to advance behind a <a href="/wiki/Rolling_barrage" class="mw-redirect" title="Rolling barrage">rolling barrage</a>.<a href="#cite_note-kimh467-37">[33]</a> The concentrated bombardment succeeded in clearing the foliage on Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge, destroying most of the above-ground fortifications on the two positions.<a href="#cite_note-kimh467-37">[33]</a> The intense shelling also disrupted PVA communication lines, eliminating all wired and wireless communications in the area.<a href="#cite_note-zhang76-38">[34]</a> As the US and ROK forces approached the PVA defenses, they were met with grenades, <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_torpedoes" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore torpedoes">Bangalore torpedoes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shaped_charge" title="Shaped charge">shaped charges</a>, and rocks.<a href="#cite_note-hermes313-39">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a> Unable to safely advance, US/ROK troops were forced to rely on close-support artillery to subdue PVA resistance,<a href="#cite_note-hermes313-39">[35]</a><a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a> but the network of bunkers and tunnels allowed the PVA to bring up reinforcements as the above-ground troops were depleted.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-zhang86-41">[37]</a> Although the 31st Infantry Regiment was equipped with <a href="/wiki/Ballistic_vest" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballistic vest">ballistic vests</a> in the first mass military deployment of modern <a href="/wiki/Personal_armor" class="mw-redirect" title="Personal armor">personal armor</a>;<a href="#cite_note-VFW-14">[12]</a> its 1st and 3rd Battalions nevertheless suffered 96 fatalities, with an additional 337 men wounded in the first attack – the heaviest casualties the 31st Infantry Regiment had suffered in a single day during the war.<a href="#cite_note-VFW-14">[12]</a><a href="#cite_note-42">[38]</a> The PVA managed to inflict heavy casualties on the attackers, but their defenses were starting to give way under devastating UN firepower. The defending company of Sniper Ridge was forced to withdraw into the tunnels after it was reduced to 20 survivors,<a href="#cite_note-zhang95-43">[39]</a> and the ROK 2nd Battalion captured the ridge by 15:20.<a href="#cite_note-kimh467-37">[33]</a> Despite the acquisition of Sniper Ridge, the attack on Triangle Hill stalled in front of the dominant Hill 598 as both US battalions suffered heavy casualties to PVA grenades. When only partial progress could be claimed by the late afternoon, US and ROK attacks subsided and preparation of defensive positions to face a PVA counterattack began.<a href="#cite_note-hermes314-44">[40]</a> To recover lost ground, the PVA 45th Division commander Cui Jiangong attempted a sneak attack with three infantry companies at 19:00.<a href="#cite_note-zhang98-45">[41]</a> When flares broke the night cover, the attackers launched bayonet charges and hand-to-hand fighting ensued.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-hermes314-44">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-zhang99-46">[42]</a> The UN forces responded with heavy artillery fire, but the determined PVA assault troops marched through both PVA and UN artillery screens to reach the UN positions – a strange sight that made some American observers believe that the attackers were under the influence of drugs.<a href="#cite_note-hermes314-44">[40]</a><a href="#cite_note-Ma1-47">[43]</a> The intense fighting prevented UN forces from receiving any resupply,<a href="#cite_note-hermes314-44">[40]</a> and the UN defenders were forced to give up all captured ground after running out of ammunition.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a><a href="#cite_note-hermes314-44">[40]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Taking_the_surface">Taking the surface</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Taking the surface">edit</a>]</div> Both Major General <a href="/wiki/Wayne_C._Smith" title="Wayne C. Smith">Wayne C. Smith</a> and Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Chung_Il-kwon" title="Chung Il-kwon">Chung Il-kwon</a>, commanders of the US 7th Infantry Division and the ROK 2nd Infantry Division respectively, relieved exhausted battalions daily to maintain troops' morale.<a href="#cite_note-hermes317-48">[44]</a> On 15 October Smith ordered the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/32nd_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="32nd Infantry Regiment (United States)">32nd Infantry Regiment</a> and the 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment to be placed under the command of Colonel Moses to resume the attack on Triangle Hill.<a href="#cite_note-hermes314-44">[40]</a> Similarly, Chung Il-kwon replaced the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Regiment with the 2nd Battalion, 17th Regiment.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a> Later that day both US battalions captured Hill 598 and Sandy Ridge after meeting only light resistance, but the PVA tunnels and a counterattack by the PVA 135th Regiment prevented the Americans from advancing towards Pike's Peak and Jane Russell Hill.<a href="#cite_note-hermes314_315-49">[45]</a> The ROK, on the other hand, were thrown back by a PVA counterattack after recapturing Sniper Ridge.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a> On 16 October Colonel Joseph R. Russ of the 32nd Infantry Regiment took over the operational command from Moses. He was also given the 2nd Battalion, <a href="/wiki/17th_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)" title="17th Infantry Regiment (United States)">17th Infantry Regiment</a> to reinforce his right wing.<a href="#cite_note-hermes315-50">[46]</a> After arriving on the battlefield, the 2nd Battalion, 17th Infantry managed to wrestle Jane Russell Hill away from the PVA on 16 October,<a href="#cite_note-Ma1-47">[43]</a> but the Americans soon came under heavy fire from PVA machine guns in the valley below, and were forced to withdraw to the slope behind the hill on 18 October.<a href="#cite_note-Ma2-51">[47]</a> The PVA continued to harass the US positions with small raiding parties and grenade barrages throughout that night.<a href="#cite_note-Ma2-51">[47]</a> The ROK fared somewhat better, as a joint attack by 2nd Battalion, 17th Regiment and the 2nd Battalion, 32nd Regiment captured Sniper Ridge and held it against subsequent PVA counterattacks.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a> For the first time since the combat began, UN forces had gained firm control of the surface, with the exception of Pike's Peak.<a href="#cite_note-hermes315-50">[46]</a> On the afternoon of 17 October the 3rd Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment relieved the 2nd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment on the left wing, while the 1st Battalion, 32nd Infantry Regiment was withdrawn from the pacified center.<a href="#cite_note-hermes315-50">[46]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A group of soldiers are surrounding a tracked vehicle that carries two injured soldiers. One of the injured is getting off with the help of two soldiers while another is lying on top of the vehicle." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg/220px-Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="174" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg/330px-Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg/440px-Medical-corpsmen-korea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="633" /></a><figcaption>Medical corpsmen assist wounded infantrymen of the 31st Infantry Regiment, following the fight for Hill 598.</figcaption></figure> For Qin Jiwei, the lack of functioning communication networks and accurate intelligence prevented him from responding to the UN assaults.<a href="#cite_note-zhang108-52">[48]</a> Because of his indecision, the 45th Division also received no artillery support against the UN attacks.<a href="#cite_note-zhang118-53">[49]</a> In the face of devastating UN firepower, the PVA defenders suffered 500 casualties per day during the initial UN onslaught.<a href="#cite_note-zhang118-53">[49]</a> On 17 October after learning that more than 10 PVA infantry companies were rendered combat ineffective, Cui Jiangong committed the remaining six infantry companies to a last-ditch counterattack.<a href="#cite_note-zhang128_129-54">[50]</a> Aided by 44 large-caliber guns and a regiment of <a href="/wiki/Katyusha_rocket_launcher" title="Katyusha rocket launcher">BM-13</a> rocket launchers,<a href="#cite_note-zhang144-55">[51]</a> the elite 8th Company of the 134th Regiment attacked from the tunnels under Hill 598 while the other five infantry companies attacked across open ground at dusk on 19 October.<a href="#cite_note-zhang145-56">[52]</a> Their left wing drove the ROK off Sniper Ridge,<a href="#cite_note-kimh469-40">[36]</a> but the US defenders on Triangle Hill held firm.<a href="#cite_note-kimh469_470-57">[53]</a> At daybreak on 20 October UN firepower regained the upper hand and the PVA were forced back into the tunnels after suffering heavy casualties.<a href="#cite_note-hermes316-58">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-zhang155-59">[55]</a> By the time Smith replaced the US 17th Infantry Regiment with the 32nd Infantry Regiment on the afternoon of 20 October,<a href="#cite_note-hermes316-58">[54]</a> Qin Jiwei received reports that the 45th Division was completely decimated.<a href="#cite_note-zhang-60">[56]</a> The PVA attacked Hill 598 again on the night of 23 October with two infantry companies,<a href="#cite_note-zhang169-61">[57]</a> but the well-entrenched US troops beat back the attack with little difficulty.<a href="#cite_note-hermes316-58">[54]</a> After suffering over 4,000 casualties in ten days, the failure of the last attack ended the 45th Division's role as the only combatant on the PVA side.<a href="#cite_note-zhang158_185-62">[58]</a> The UN forces had gained strong control over most of the area, with the remaining PVA defenders trapped in tunnels under the UN positions.<a href="#cite_note-li103-63">[59]</a> Despite the initial setbacks, Deng Hua, acting commander of the PVA, considered the situation a golden opportunity to bleed the US military white.<a href="#cite_note-mal-64">[60]</a><a href="#cite_note-cmsa294-65">[61]</a> In the strategy meeting held on the evening of 25 October, the 15th Corps was ordered to retake the two hills regardless of the cost.<a href="#cite_note-cmsa294-65">[61]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interlude">Interlude</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Interlude">edit</a>]</div> Van Fleet decided to rest the US 7th Infantry Division on 25 October, thus sidestepping the PVA intention of inflicting additional casualties on the Americans. The ROK 31st Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division would take over the Triangle Hill area while the ROK 17th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division maintained control of Sniper Ridge.<a href="#cite_note-hermes316-58">[54]</a><a href="#cite_note-kimh470-66">[62]</a> On the same day, fresh PVA reinforcements were converging on the Kimhwa front. The PVA High Command ordered the <a href="/wiki/12th_Army_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)" class="mw-redirect" title="12th Army (People's Republic of China)">12th Corps</a> to be placed under the command of the 15th Corps and Qin Jiwei ordered the 86th and 87th Regiments of the 29th Division to link up with the 45th Division for a new counterattack.<a href="#cite_note-zhang187-67">[63]</a> The 45th Division also received 1,200 new recruits to reconstitute 13 of its infantry companies.<a href="#cite_note-zhang158-68">[64]</a> About 67 heavy guns and one regiment of anti-aircraft artillery were made available to support the upcoming counterattack.<a href="#cite_note-zhang187-67">[63]</a><a href="#cite_note-cmsa295-69">[65]</a> All PVA reinforcements were focused on Triangle Hill, with Sniper Ridge considered secondary.<a href="#cite_note-zhang193-70">[66]</a> Over the next five days, the ROK 31st Regiment was involved in a bitter struggle with the PVA defenders underground.<a href="#cite_note-kimh470-66">[62]</a> The PVA 45th Division had also infiltrated small units into UN positions every night to resupply the trapped units and to evacuate the wounded, causing heavy casualties among the PVA logistics and medical units.<a href="#cite_note-zhang179-71">[67]</a> As there was no battalion level combat between 20 and 29 October, the PVA were able to gather their strength for a decisive blow.<a href="#cite_note-cmsa297-72">[68]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Escalation">Escalation</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Escalation">edit</a>]</div> Before the start of the battle, Qin Jiwei had worried that Van Fleet would try to lure the PVA forces around Triangle Hill, with the real blow directed towards the Pyonggang Valley.<a href="#cite_note-zhang68-36">[32]</a> To counter this possibility, the 44th Division and the 85th Regiment, 29th Division had been conducting <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Jackson_Heights" title="Battle of Jackson Heights">preemptive attacks on Jackson Heights</a> since early October.<a href="#cite_note-zhang68-36">[32]</a><a href="#cite_note-hermes307-73">[69]</a> From mid-October, the 44th Division increased the strength of its attacks in an effort to relieve pressure from Triangle Hill,<a href="#cite_note-zhang117-74">[70]</a> and the battle of attrition that was witnessed over Triangle Hill had also developed at Jackson Heights.<a href="#cite_note-hermese307_310-75">[71]</a> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Chinese_Infantrymen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A submachine-gunner and a machine-gunner lying in a trench with their weapons ready and pointing toward the left. In the background, several more soldiers are also lying in the trench and facing left." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Chinese_Infantrymen.jpg/220px-Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Chinese_Infantrymen.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Chinese_Infantrymen.jpg/330px-Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Chinese_Infantrymen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Battle_of_Triangle_Hill_Chinese_Infantrymen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="279" /></a><figcaption>A squad of Chinese infantrymen in defensive position on Triangle Hill. The machine-gunner is armed with a <a href="/wiki/Degtyaryov_machine_gun" title="Degtyaryov machine gun">Degtyaryov</a>.</figcaption></figure> At noon on 30 October, the 15th Corps bombarded the ROK with 133 large-caliber guns, 22 rocket launchers and 30 120 mm heavy <a href="/wiki/Mortar_(weapon)" title="Mortar (weapon)">mortars</a> in the largest Chinese artillery operation of the war.<a href="#cite_note-zhang197_200-76">[72]</a> When the bombardment ended at midnight, 10 infantry companies from the 45th and the 29th Divisions<a href="#cite_note-zhang206-77">[73]</a> swarmed over the ROK 31st Regiment's positions and pushed the ROK off the summit.<a href="#cite_note-kimh470-66">[62]</a> In the aftermath of the fighting, only 175 ROK soldiers survived the onslaught out of the three defending infantry companies.<a href="#cite_note-Time-78">[74]</a> With the PVA 91st Regiment, <a href="/w/index.php?title=36th_Motorized_Infantry_Brigade_(People%27s_Republic_of_China)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="36th Motorized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China) (page does not exist)">31st Division</a>, 12th Corps, arriving as reinforcement on 1 November,<a href="#cite_note-zhang217_218-79">[75]</a> the PVA forces chased the remaining ROK defenders off Jane Russell Hill and beat off the subsequent counterattack.<a href="#cite_note-hermes317-48">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-Clarify2-80">[nb 5]</a> Responding to the losses, US IX Corps ordered the ROK 30th Infantry Regiment, <a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" title="9th Infantry Division (South Korea)">9th Infantry Division</a> to take back Triangle Hill on 31 October.<a href="#cite_note-kimh470-66">[62]</a> The ROK launched continuous attacks for the next five days to no avail.<a href="#cite_note-kimh470-66">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-Clarify2-80">[nb 5]</a> Although the ROK failed to recapture the hill, the resulting heavy casualties forced the PVA to call in the 93rd Regiment, 31st Division as reinforcement on 5 November.<a href="#cite_note-zhang237-81">[76]</a> On the same day, Lieutenant General <a href="/wiki/Reuben_E._Jenkins" class="mw-redirect" title="Reuben E. Jenkins">Reuben E. Jenkins</a>, commander of US IX Corps, suspended further attacks on Triangle Hill to prevent more casualties and to protect Sniper Ridge.<a href="#cite_note-hermes317-48">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-kimh470-66">[62]</a><a href="#cite_note-Van_Fleet_Retirement-82">[nb 6]</a> As IX Corps gave up on Triangle Hill, the PVA 31st Division, 12th Corps was in position to take back Sniper Ridge.<a href="#cite_note-zhang242-83">[77]</a> Under the cover of inclement weather, an assault was launched by the 92nd Regiment at 16:00 on 11 November.<a href="#cite_note-kimh471-84">[78]</a><a href="#cite_note-zhang248-85">[79]</a> The PVA soon drove off the defending ROK 1st Battalion, 32nd Regiment, but Chung Il-kwon replied with a counterattack by the ROK 17th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division at dawn on 12 November. After two hours of fighting, the 1st Battalion, 17th Regiment recaptured two-thirds of Sniper Ridge and inflicted heavy casualties on the PVA 92nd Regiment.<a href="#cite_note-kimh471-84">[78]</a> The 31st Division relieved the 92nd Regiment with its 93rd Regiment to launch another assault on 14 November,<a href="#cite_note-zhang263-86">[80]</a> but the ROK 17th Regiment responded by committing all units to blunt the attack. By 17 November, with the help of the ROK 1st Field Artillery Group, the ROK 2nd Battalion returned to the 1st Battalion's original position after a two-hour battle.<a href="#cite_note-hermes317-48">[44]</a><a href="#cite_note-kimh471_472-87">[81]</a> Undeterred by heavy casualties, the PVA 106th Regiment, 34th Division, 12th Corps relieved the weakened 93rd Regiment during the night of 18 November.<a href="#cite_note-zhang266-88">[82]</a> For the next six days, 'seesaw' fighting continued on Sniper Ridge. By 25 November the ROK 2nd Infantry Division was relieved by the ROK 9th Infantry Division on Sniper Ridge and the fighting finally died down.<a href="#cite_note-kimh472-15">[13]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Conclusion">Conclusion</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Conclusion">edit</a>]</div> The high numbers of UN casualties and pressure from Clark made Van Fleet break off Operation Showdown on 28 November and thus end the Battle of Triangle Hill.<a href="#cite_note-mal-64">[60]</a> A few days later, the PVA 34th Division and the ROK 9th Infantry Division were engaged in a seesaw battle on Sniper Ridge on 2–3 December, but it failed to produce any territorial gains for either side.<a href="#cite_note-hermes369-89">[83]</a> On 15 December, with the PVA 29th Division taking over the control of the battlefield from the 34th Division, the 12th Corps withdrew from the area and the 15th Corps settled back to the status quo prior to 14 October.<a href="#cite_note-zhang276-90">[84]</a><a href="#cite_note-Clarify-2">[nb 1]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Aftermath">edit</a>]</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ralph_E_Pomeroy.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A head shot of a young soldier smiling towards the camera." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Ralph_E_Pomeroy.jpg/150px-Ralph_E_Pomeroy.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Ralph_E_Pomeroy.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="209" data-file-height="310" /></a><figcaption>Private First Class <a href="/wiki/Ralph_E._Pomeroy" title="Ralph E. Pomeroy">Ralph E. Pomeroy</a> was posthumously awarded the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for his actions during the battle.<a href="#cite_note-VFW-14">[12]</a></figcaption></figure> The Battle of Triangle Hill was the biggest and bloodiest contest of 1952.<a href="#cite_note-kimh472-15">[13]</a> After 42 days of heavy fighting, the Eighth Army had failed to gain two hill masses, its original goal.<a href="#cite_note-kimhxi_472-91">[85]</a> For the PVA, on the other hand, not only did the 15th Corps stop the UN attacks at Triangle Hill, the assaults conducted by the 44th Division on the Pyonggang front also resulted in Jackson Heights' capture on 30 November.<a href="#cite_note-e-92">[86]</a> Although the PVA had suffered 11,500 casualties with many units suffering very many losses during the battle, its ability to sustain such losses had slowly exhausted the US Eighth Army over two months of <a href="/wiki/Attrition_warfare" title="Attrition warfare">attrition</a>.<a href="#cite_note-mal-64">[60]</a> The PVA High Command viewed the victory as vindication that attrition was an effective strategy against the UN forces, while the PVA became more aggressive in the armistice negotiations and on the battlefield.<a href="#cite_note-kimhxi-93">[87]</a><a href="#cite_note-mal174_175-94">[88]</a> The high UN casualties forced Clark to suspend any upcoming offensive operations involving more than one battalion, preventing any big UN offensives for the rest of the war.<a href="#cite_note-hermes508-95">[89]</a><a href="#cite_note-clark80-96">[90]</a> Clark and US President <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> later confided that the battle was a serious blow to UN morale.<a href="#cite_note-kimhxi-93">[87]</a> As for the ROK, the modest UN gain on Sniper Ridge had convinced them that they were now capable of conducting independent offensive operations, even though the American advisers were less than impressed with their performance during the course of the battle.<a href="#cite_note-kimhxi_473-1">[1]</a><a href="#cite_note-kimhxi-93">[87]</a> Despite its impact and scale, the Battle of Triangle Hill is one of the least known episodes of the Korean War within the Western media.<a href="#cite_note-kimhxi-93">[87]</a> For the Chinese, the costly victory presented an opportunity to promote the value of endurance and sacrifice.<a href="#cite_note-cmsa304-13">[11]</a> The courage demonstrated by the PVA soldiers at Triangle Hill was repeatedly glorified in various forms of media, including several <a href="/wiki/Battle_on_Shangganling_Mountain" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle on Shangganling Mountain">major motion pictures</a>.<a href="#cite_note-zhang181-97">[91]</a> Qin Jiwei was also celebrated as the hero of Shangganling and eventually rose to become the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defense_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of National Defense of the People's Republic of China">Minister of Defense</a> and the Vice Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/National_People%27s_Congress" title="National People's Congress">National People's Congress</a>.<a href="#cite_note-zhang302_304-98">[92]</a><a href="#cite_note-99">[93]</a> The 15th Corps became one of the most prestigious units within the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">PLA</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/PLAAF" class="mw-redirect" title="PLAAF">PLAAF</a> selected the 15th Corps to become China's first <a href="/wiki/Airborne_forces" title="Airborne forces">airborne corps</a> in 1961.<a href="#cite_note-zhang309_311-100">[94]</a> It remains the most elite corps-size unit in China today.<a href="#cite_note-shambaugh158-101">[95]</a> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a>]</div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_United_States_presidential_election" title="1952 United States presidential election">1952 United States presidential election</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huang_Jiguang" title="Huang Jiguang">Huang Jiguang</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a>]</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Clarify-2">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Clarify_2-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Clarify_2-1">b</a> Sniper Ridge is composed of two peaks on both the north and the south ends of the ridge. There is a discrepancy between South Korean and Chinese records on their starting locations with regards to Sniper Ridge—according to South Korean records list the southern peak as its main battle objective, with the Chinese controlling the entire ridge. According to Chinese records, the PVA occupied the northern peak (Hill 537.7) only, with UN units already controlling the southern peak at the start of the battle. </li> <li id="cite_note-name-9">^ <a href="#cite_ref-name_9-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-name_9-1">b</a> In Chinese military nomenclature, the term "Army" (军) means <a href="/wiki/Corps" title="Corps">Corps</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a> Chinese sources often mistranslates Shangganling Campaign as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heartbreak_Ridge" title="Battle of Heartbreak Ridge">Battle of Heartbreak Ridge</a>. </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a> The Chinese military did not have <a href="/wiki/Military_rank" title="Military rank">military ranks</a> until 1955. </li> <li id="cite_note-Clarify2-80">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Clarify2_80-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-Clarify2_80-1">b</a> Chinese records diverge greatly from 30 October to 5 November, claiming that in addition to the <a href="/wiki/9th_Infantry_Division_(South_Korea)" title="9th Infantry Division (South Korea)">ROK 30th Infantry Regiment</a>, the US <a href="/wiki/187th_Regimental_Combat_Team" class="mw-redirect" title="187th Regimental Combat Team">187th Regimental Combat Team</a> was also present during this phase of the battle. </li> <li id="cite_note-Van_Fleet_Retirement-82"><a href="#cite_ref-Van_Fleet_Retirement_82-0">^</a> Although Chinese historiography generally claimed that the US Army's decision to announce Van Fleet's retirement on 9 November was influenced by Operation Showdown, the biographer Paul F. Braim pointed out that Van Fleet had already started the discussion of his retirement on 27 September because of his mandatory retirement date on 31 January 1953. Nevertheless, until Christmas 1952, the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the_Army" title="United States Secretary of the Army">United States Secretary of the Army</a> had not formally declared that Van Fleet's retirement date was to be set on 31 March 1953. See <a href="#CITEREFZhang2010">Zhang 2010</a>, p. 296 and <a href="#CITEREFBraim2001">Braim 2001</a>, pp. 288–289, 311–314. </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References">edit</a>]</div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Citations">Citations</h3>[<a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Triangle_Hill&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Citations">edit</a>]</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-kimhxi_473-1">^ <a href="#cite_ref-kimhxi_473_1-0">a</a> <a href="#cite_ref-kimhxi_473_1-1">b</a> <a href="#CITEREFChaeChungYang2001">Chae, Chung & Yang 2001</a>, pp. xi, 473. </li> <li id="cite_note-kmpva_ethopia100-3"><a href="#cite_ref-kmpva_ethopia100_3-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFMinistry_of_Patriots_and_Veterans_Affairs2012">Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 2012</a>, p. 100. </li> <li id="cite_note-kmpva_columbia270-4"><a href="#cite_ref-kmpva_columbia270_4-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFMinistry_of_Patriots_and_Veterans_Affairs2008">Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 2008</a>, p. 270. </li> <li id="cite_note-cmsa568-5"><a href="#cite_ref-cmsa568_5-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFChinese_Military_Science_Academy2000">Chinese Military Science Academy 2000</a>, p. 568. </li> <li id="cite_note-cmsa569-6"><a href="#cite_ref-cmsa569_6-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFChinese_Military_Science_Academy2000">Chinese Military Science Academy 2000</a>, p. 569. </li> <li id="cite_note-kmpva_ethopia99-7"><a href="#cite_ref-kmpva_ethopia99_7-0">^</a> <a href="#CITEREFMinistry_of_Patriots_and_Veterans_Affairs2012">Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs 2012</a>, p. 99. </li> <li 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<li>usa</li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower" title="Dwight D. Eisenhower">Dwight D. Eisenhower</a></li> <li>uk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clement_Attlee" title="Clement Attlee">Clement Attlee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a></li> <li>ca</li> <li> <a href="/wiki/Louis_St._Laurent" title="Louis St. Laurent">Louis St. Laurent</a></li> <li>dprk</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Il_Sung" title="Kim Il Sung">Kim Il Sung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pak_Hon-yong" title="Pak Hon-yong">Pak Hon-yong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Chaek" title="Kim Chaek">Kim Chaek</a></li> <li>prc</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mao_Zedong" title="Mao Zedong">Mao Zedong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zhou_Enlai" title="Zhou Enlai">Zhou Enlai</a></li> <li>ussr</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Georgy_Malenkov" title="Georgy Malenkov">Georgy Malenkov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov" title="Vyacheslav Molotov">Vyacheslav Molotov</a></li> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military commanders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>rok</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Hong-il_(general)" title="Kim Hong-il (general)">Kim Hong-il</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_Jong-oh" title="Kim Jong-oh">Kim Jong-oh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chung_Il-kwon" title="Chung Il-kwon">Chung Il-kwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paik_Sun-yup" title="Paik Sun-yup">Paik Sun-yup</a></li> <li>usa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur" title="Douglas MacArthur">Douglas MacArthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Ridgway" title="Matthew Ridgway">Matthew Ridgway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mark_Wayne_Clark" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Wayne Clark">Mark Wayne Clark</a></li> <li>dprk</li> <li><a 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battle of Australian forces during the Korean War">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_People%27s_Volunteer_Army_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="Chinese People's Volunteer Army order of battle">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Command" title="United Nations Command">United Nations contingents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Eighth_Army_Korean_War_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Eighth Army Korean War order of battle">United States Eighth Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/U.S._Seventh_Fleet_Korean_War_order_of_battle" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Seventh Fleet Korean War order of battle">United States Seventh Fleet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_People%27s_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Korean People's Air Force">Korean People's Air Force</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Course_of_the_war" title="Korean War">Military operations</a> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Korean_war_1950-1953.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/110px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif" decoding="async" width="110" height="170" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/165px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif/220px-Korean_war_1950-1953.gif 2x" data-file-width="562" data-file-height="871" /></a><figcaption> • North Korean, Chinese and Soviet forces  • South Korean, U.S., Commonwealth and United Nations forces</figcaption></figure></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#The_drive_south_and_Pusan_(July–September_1950)" title="Korean War">North Korean offensive</a> (25 June – 15 September 1950)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Pokpoong" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Pokpoong">Pokpoong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuncheon" title="Battle of Chuncheon">Chuncheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Seoul" title="First Battle of Seoul">1st Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gorangpo" title="Battle of Gorangpo">Gorangpo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kaesong%E2%80%93Munsan" title="Battle of Kaesong–Munsan">Kaesong–Munsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ongjin" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ongjin">Ongjin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1950)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1950)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suwon_Airfield" title="Battle of Suwon Airfield">Suwon Airfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Air_Battle_of_South_Korea" title="Air Battle of South Korea">Air Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Andong" title="Battle of Andong">Andong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Osan" title="Battle of Osan">Osan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongtaek" title="Battle of Pyongtaek">Pyongtaek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chonan" title="Battle of Chonan">Chonan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chochiwon" title="Battle of Chochiwon">Chochiwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Kum_River" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Kum River">Kum River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon" title="Battle of Taejon">Taejon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sangju_(1950)" title="Battle of Sangju (1950)">Sangju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongdong" title="Battle of Yongdong">Yongdong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hwanggan" title="Battle of Hwanggan">Hwanggan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadong_Ambush" title="Hadong Ambush">Hadong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Notch" title="Battle of the Notch">Notch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Pusan_Perimeter" title="Battle of the Pusan Perimeter">Pusan Perimeter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Masan" title="Battle of Masan">Masan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_P%27ohang-dong" title="Battle of P'ohang-dong">P'ohang-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taegu" title="Battle of Taegu">Taegu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="First Battle of Naktong Bulge">1st Naktong Bulge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bowling_Alley" title="Battle of the Bowling Alley">Bowling Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Battle_Mountain" title="Battle of Battle Mountain">Battle Mountain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kyongju" title="Battle of Kyongju">Kyongju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haman" title="Battle of Haman">Haman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nam_River" title="Battle of Nam River">Nam River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ka-san" title="Battle of Ka-san">Ka-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tabu-dong" title="Battle of Tabu-dong">Tabu-dong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongsan" title="Battle of Yongsan">Yongsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Naktong_Bulge" title="Second Battle of Naktong Bulge">2nd Naktong Bulge</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Battle_of_Inchon_(September_1950)" title="Korean War">United Nations Command Counteroffensive</a> (15 September – 30 October 1950)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Haeju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Inchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Second Battle of Seoul">2nd Seoul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_282" title="Battle of Hill 282">Hill 282</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sariwon" title="Battle of Sariwon">Sariwon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pyongyang_(1950)" title="Battle of Pyongyang (1950)">Pyongyang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yongyu" title="Battle of Yongyu">Yongyu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kujin" title="Battle of Kujin">Kujin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chongju_(1950)" title="Battle of Chongju (1950)">Chongju</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#China_intervenes_(October–December_1950)" title="Korean War">Chinese Intervention</a> (25 October 1950 – January 1951)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Onjong" title="Battle of Onjong">Onjong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Unsan" title="Battle of Unsan">Unsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pakchon" title="Battle of Pakchon">Pakchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Ch%27ongch%27on_River" title="Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River">Ch'ongch'on River</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wawon" title="Battle of Wawon">Wawon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chosin_Reservoir" title="Battle of Chosin Reservoir">Chosin Reservoir</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Task_Force_Faith" title="Task Force Faith">Task Force Faith</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Seoul" title="Third Battle of Seoul">3rd Seoul</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Uijeongbu_(1951)" title="Battle of Uijeongbu (1951)">Uijeongbu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chaegunghyon" title="Battle of Chaegunghyon">Chaegunghyon</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_and_Second_Battles_of_Wonju" class="mw-redirect" title="First and Second Battles of Wonju">1st and 2nd Wonju</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Fighting_around_the_38th_parallel_(January–June_1951)" title="Korean War">Combat around the 38th parallel</a> (January – June 1951)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Thunderbolt_(1951)" title="Operation Thunderbolt (1951)">Thunderbolt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Roundup_(1951)" title="Operation Roundup (1951)">Roundup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Twin_Tunnels" title="Battle of the Twin Tunnels">Twin Tunnels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hoengsong" title="Battle of Hoengsong">Hoengsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chipyong-ni" title="Battle of Chipyong-ni">Chipyong-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Wonju" title="Third Battle of Wonju">3rd Wonju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chuam-ni" title="Battle of Chuam-ni">Chuam-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Wonsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Killer" title="Operation Killer">Killer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ripper" title="Operation Ripper">Ripper (4th Seoul)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Maehwa-san" title="Battle of Maehwa-san">Maehwa-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Courageous" title="Operation Courageous">Courageous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Tomahawk" title="Operation Tomahawk">Tomahawk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Rugged" title="Operation Rugged">Rugged</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Dauntless" title="Operation Dauntless">Dauntless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_spring_offensive" title="Chinese spring offensive">Spring offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Imjin_River" title="Battle of the Imjin River">Imjin River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Yultong" title="Battle of Yultong">Yultong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kapyong" title="Battle of Kapyong">Kapyong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Soyang_River" title="Battle of the Soyang River">Soyang River</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UN_May%E2%80%93June_1951_counteroffensive" title="UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive">UN May–June 1951 counteroffensive</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Aerial_warfare" title="Korean War">Air operations</a> (1950–1953)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Strangle_(Korean_War)" title="Operation Strangle (Korean War)">Strangle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_North_Korea" title="Bombing of North Korea">Bombing of North Korea 1950–1953</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Naval_warfare" title="Korean War">Naval operations</a> (1950–1953)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Korea_Strait" title="Battle of Korea Strait">Korea Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chumonchin_Chan" title="Battle of Chumonchin Chan">Chumonchin Chan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haeju" title="Battle of Haeju">Haeju</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon" title="Battle of Inchon">Inchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockade_of_Wonsan" title="Blockade of Wonsan">Blockade of Wonsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Stalemate_(July_1951_–_July_1953)" title="Korean War">Stalemate</a> (July 1951 – 27 July 1953)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Ridge" title="Battle of Bloody Ridge">Bloody Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Minden" title="Operation Minden">Minden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Punchbowl" title="Battle of the Punchbowl">Punchbowl</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Heartbreak_Ridge" title="Battle of Heartbreak Ridge">Heartbreak Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_the_Han_River_(1951)" title="Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)">Han River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Commando" title="Operation Commando">Commando</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="First Battle of Maryang-san">1st Maryang-san</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haktang-ni" title="Battle of Haktang-ni">Haktang-ni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Polecharge" title="Operation Polecharge">Polecharge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Maryang-san" title="Second Battle of Maryang-san">2nd Maryang-san</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sunchon_(air)" title="Battle of Sunchon (air)">Sunchon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_Eerie" title="Battle of Hill Eerie">Hill Eerie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attack_on_the_Sui-ho_Dam" title="Attack on the Sui-ho Dam">Sui-ho Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Old_Baldy" title="Battle of Old Baldy">Old Baldy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blaze" title="Operation Blaze">Blaze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_White_Horse_Hill" title="Battle of White Horse Hill">White Horse Hill</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Triangle Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="First Battle of the Hook">1st Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Second Battle of the Hook">2nd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Chatkol" title="Battle of Chatkol">Chatkol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_for_Outpost_Vegas" title="Battle for Outpost Vegas">Outpost Vegas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Pork_Chop_Hill" title="Battle of Pork Chop Hill">Pork Chop Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_the_Hook" title="Third Battle of the Hook">3rd Hook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outpost_Harry" title="Outpost Harry">Outpost Harry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kumsong" title="Battle of Kumsong">Kumsong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Samichon_River" title="Battle of the Samichon River">Samichon River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Korean Armistice Agreement</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_Korean_War" title="Aftermath of the Korean War">Aftermath</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Memorial_Day_(South_Korea)" title="Memorial Day (South Korea)">Memorial Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War#Casualties" title="Korean War">Casualties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Korean_War" title="War crimes in the Korean War">War crimes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/War_crimes_in_the_Korean_War#Abuse_of_prisoners_of_war" title="War crimes in the Korean War">Prisoners of war</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Armistice_Agreement" title="Korean Armistice Agreement">Armistice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_Demilitarized_Zone" title="Korean Demilitarized Zone">DMZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_DMZ_Conflict" title="Korean DMZ Conflict">Korean DMZ Conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Limit_Line" title="Northern Limit Line">Northern Limit Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panmunjom_Declaration" title="Panmunjom Declaration">Panmunjom Declaration</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_in_popular_culture" title="Korean War in popular culture">Popular culture</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_documentary_films_about_the_Korean_War" title="List of documentary films about the Korean War">Documentary films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_films" title="List of Korean War films">Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_books_about_the_Korean_War" title="List of books about the Korean War">Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_War_reenactment" title="Korean War reenactment">Reenactment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/M*A*S*H" title="M*A*S*H">M*A*S*H</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_television_series" title="List of Korean War television series">Television series</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Korea%E2%80%93South_Korea_relations" title="North Korea–South Korea relations">North Korea–South Korea relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korean_conflict" title="Korean conflict">Korean conflict</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allegations_of_biological_warfare_in_the_Korean_War" title="Allegations of biological warfare in the Korean War">Allegations of biological warfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_and_British_defectors_in_the_Korean_War" title="List of American and British defectors in the Korean War">American and British defectors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_flying_aces" title="List of Korean War flying aces">Flying aces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Impact_of_the_Korean_War_on_the_economy_of_the_United_States" title="Impact of the Korean War on the economy of the United States">Impact on the economy of the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MiG_Alley" title="MiG Alley">MiG Alley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Blacklist_Forty" title="Operation Blacklist Forty">Operation Blacklist Forty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Glory" title="Operation Glory">Operation Glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Memorial_Cemetery" title="United Nations Memorial Cemetery">United Nations Memorial Cemetery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Korean_War_weapons" title="List of Korean War weapons">Weapons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;"><div> <ul><li>See also:</li> <li><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Korean_War" class="extiw" title="commons:Category:Korean War">Korean War images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Cold_War" title="Template:Cold War">Cold War</a> </li></ul> <div class="portal-bar noprint metadata noviewer portal-bar-bordered" role="navigation" aria-label="Portals"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Portals" title="Wikipedia:Contents/Portals">Portals</a>:<ul class="portal-bar-content"><li class="portal-bar-item"><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/21px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/32px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_North_Korea.svg/42px-Flag_of_North_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="800" /> <a href="/wiki/Portal:North_Korea" title="Portal:North Korea">North Korea</a></li><li class="portal-bar-item"><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/21px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/32px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/42px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /> <a href="/wiki/Portal:South_Korea" title="Portal:South 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