✦ History

Part of Korean War

First and second battles of Wonju

December 31, 1950 – January 20, 1951 · Wonju

Result United Nations victory

North Korean and Chinese forces attacked UN positions around Wonju in the early 1951 offensive. UN forces held the area.

On the map Contemporaries

South Korea and UN forces

North Korea and allies

United Nations
France
Greece
Netherlands
United States
South Korea
People's Republic of China
North Korea
Matthew Ridgway military commander Edward Almond military commander
Peng Dehuai military commander Kim Ung military commander Pang Ho-san military commander

Strength and losses

United States Strength 79,736 · Deaths c. 600

Strength
c. 61,500
Casualties
c. 18,000

Units

II Corps (South Korea) III Corps (South Korea) X Corps (United States) 1st Marine Division 7th Infantry Division (United States) US 2nd Division 187th Infantry Regiment (United States) 5th Cavalry Regiment Greek Expeditionary Force (Korea) Regiment van Heutsz French Battalion
75th Group Army II Corps (North Korea) III Corps (North Korea) V Corps (North Korea)