- Date
- September 15, 1950 – September 19, 1950
- Location
- Incheon, South Korea and the Yellow Sea
- Result
- United Nations victory; Beginning of the North Korean withdrawal from South Korea; Start of the UN offensive into North Korea
- Part of
- Korean War
- Conflict
- Korean War
About the battle
The Battle of Inchon (Korean: 인천 상륙 작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; MR: Inch'ŏn sangnyuk chakchŏn), also called the Inchon landings, was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations Command. The operation involved some 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels and led to the recapture of the South Korean capital of Seoul two weeks later. The code name for the Incheon operation was Operation Chromite. The battle began on 15 September 1950 and ended on 19 September. Through a surprise amphibious assault far from the Pusan Perimeter that UN and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) forces were desperately defending, the largely undefended city of Incheon was secured after bombardment from UN forces. The battle ended a string of victories by the North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA).
From the Wikipedia article “Battle of Inchon”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Result, date and location from the article’s infobox and Wikidata.
