✦ History

Part of Korean War

Battle of Inchon

September 10–19, 1950 · Inchon landing

Result United Nations victory

Amphibious landing at Incheon in the Korean War, planned by Douglas MacArthur. UN forces landed behind North Korean lines, retook Seoul and forced the North Korean army back from the Pusan Perimeter.

On the map Contemporaries

United Nations

North Korea

United States
South Korea
United Kingdom
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
France
Netherlands
North Korea
Douglas MacArthur military commander Edward Almond military commander Arthur Dewey Struble military commander Oliver P. Smith military commander
Kim Il-sung military commander Choe Yong-gon military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
c. 40,000
Killed
224
Wounded
809
Aircraft lost
c. 1
Strength
c. 6,500
Killed
1,350
Aircraft
19
Aircraft lost
c. 1
Ships
1
Ships lost
1

Units

Korean Augmentation to the United States Army Republic of Korea Marine Corps X Corps (United States) 1st Marine Division 7th Infantry Division (United States) 17th Infantry Brigade (South Korea) 11th Marine Regiment 5th Marine Regiment 7th Marine Regiment 1st Tank Battalion 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines 4th Tank Battalion (United States)