People's Volunteer Army

Army · People's Republic of China · October 19, 1950 – October 26, 1958 · 3,000,000 strong

Chinese army under Peng Dehuai that entered the Korean War in October 1950, drove UN forces back from the Yalu and retook Seoul, then fought to a stalemate near the 38th parallel.

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Sub-units 4

Brigade 118th Mechanized Infantry Brigade (People's Republic of China)
Brigade 52nd Mountain Motorized Infantry Brigade
Brigade 196th Light Combined Arms Brigade
Brigade 191st Motorized Infantry Brigade

People who served 1

Peng Dehuai

Strength and losses

Nominal Strength: 3,000,000

Movements

1946 – 1949 Second Kuomintang-Communist Civil War
September 12 – November 2, 1948 Liaoshen Campaign
November 29, 1948 – January 31, 1949 Pingjin Campaign
October 19, 1950 Crosses the Yalu River into North Korea Map
October 25–29, 1950 Battle of Onjong
November 25, 1950 – December 2, 1950 Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River Ch'ongch'on River offensive Map
November 27, 1950 – December 13, 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir Chosin Reservoir Map
December 31, 1950 – January 7, 1951 Third Battle of Seoul
January 4, 1951 Retakes Seoul Map
February 13–15, 1951 Battle of Chipyong-ni
April 22, 1951 – May 20, 1951 Spring Offensive Map
April 22 – June 10, 1951 Chinese spring offensive
April 22–25, 1951 Battle of Kapyong
October 8, 1951 First Battle of Maryang-san
July 27, 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement Armistice Map
November 1, 1955 – April 30, 1975 Vietnam War
February 17 – March 16, 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War