✦ History

Part of Korean War

Battle of Osan

July 4, 1950 · Osan

Result North Korean victory

A small US force, Task Force Smith, tried to delay the North Korean advance south of Seoul. North Korean tanks and infantry forced it to retreat.

On the map Contemporaries

South Korea and UN forces

North Korea and allies

United Nations
United States
South Korea
North Korea
Charles Bradford Smith military commander
Lee Kwon-mu military commander

Strength and losses

Wounded
27
Captured
83
Strength
5,000
Killed
42
Wounded
85
Tanks
36

Units

21st Infantry Regiment (United States) 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
105th Armored Division (North Korea) 4th Division (North Korea)