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Coordinates: 37°45′N 126°11′E / 37.750°N 126.183°E / 37.750; 126.183 (Han River)
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37°45′N 126°11′E / 37.750°N 126.183°E / 37.750; 126.183 (Han River)

Operation Thunderbolt
Part of the Korean War
DateJanuary 25 – February 20, 1951
Location
Han River, South Korea
Result United Nations victory
Belligerents

 United Nations

  China
 North Korea
Commanders and leaders
United States Matthew B. Ridgway
United States Frank W. Milburn
United States John B. Coulter
United States Bryant E. Moore		 China Peng Dehuai
China Liang Xingchu[1]
China Zeng Zesheng[2]
North Korea Lee Kwon Mu[3]
Units involved

United States Eighth Army

China 38th Corps[nb 1]
China 50th Corps
North Korea I Corps
Strength
94,147[4] Unknown
Casualties and losses
US: ~3,500[5][nb 2]
Total: Unknown
Chinese estimation: 10,000[6]		 Heavy[6]

Operation Thunderbolt, also known as the Defensive Battle of the Han River Southern Bank (Chinese: 汉江南岸防御战; pinyin: Hàn Jiāng Nán Àn Fáng Yù Zhàn), was an offensive military operation carried out by United Nations forces during the Korean War.

Notes

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Footnotes
  1. ^ In Chinese military nomenclature, the term "Army" (军) means Corps, while the term "Army Group" (集团军) means Army.
  2. ^ This is the total casualty number of the US Army from January 25 to February 20, 1951, minus the number from the US X Corps. See Ecker 2005, p. 83.
Citations
  1. ^ Chinese Military Science Academy 2000, p. 371.
  2. ^ Chinese Military Science Academy 2000, p. 372.
  3. ^ Chinese Military Science Academy 2000, p. 373.
  4. ^ Appleman 1990, p. 149.
  5. ^ Ecker 2005, p. 83.
  6. ^ a b Chinese Military Science Academy 2000, p. 232.

References

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  • Appleman, Roy (1990), Ridgway Duels for Korea, vol. 18, College Station, TX: Texas A and M University Military History Series, ISBN 0890964327
  • Chae, Han Kook; Chung, Suk Kyun; Yang, Yong Cho (2001), Yang, Hee Wan; Lim, Won Hyok; Sims, Thomas Lee; Sims, Laura Marie; Kim, Chong Gu; Millett, Allan R. (eds.), The Korean War, vol. Volume II, Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN 9780803277953 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • (in Chinese) Chinese Military Science Academy (2000), History of War to Resist America and Aid Korea (抗美援朝战争史), vol. Volume II, Beijing: Chinese Military Science Academy Publishing House, ISBN 7801373901 {{citation}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  • Ecker, Richard E. (2005), Korean Battle Chronology: Unit-by-Unit United States Casualty Figures and Medal of Honor Citations, Jefferson, NC: McFarland, ISBN 0786419806
  • Millett, Allan R. (2010), The War for Korea, 1950-1951: They Came From the North, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 9780700617098
  • Mossman, Billy C. (1990), Ebb and Flow: November 1950 – July 1951, United States Army in the Korean War, Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United States Army, retrieved 2009-12-25
  • Spurr, Russell (1988), Enter the Dragon: China's Undeclared War Against the U.S. in Korea 1950-51, New York, NY: Newmarket Press, ISBN 1557040087
  • Zhang, Shu Guang (1995), Mao's Military Romanticism: China and the Korean War, 1950–1953, Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, ISBN 0700607234

Further reading

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  • Bowers, William T. (2008), The Line: Combat in Korea, January - February 1951, Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, ISBN 9780813125084
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