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25 June 1950 |
NKPA invades South Korea. |
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U.N. Security Councils calls for end of aggression. |
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27 June 1950 |
U.N. asks members to go to aid of ROK. |
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28 June 1950 |
Seoul falls; ROK Army destroyed. |
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30 June 1950 |
President Truman orders U.S. ground forces into Korea. |
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5 July 1950 |
First U.S. ground troops go into action at Osan. |
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7 July 1950 |
U.N. creates United Nations Command, under commander appointed by U.S. |
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5 July-4 Aug.1950 |
U.N. Forces fight delaying action across South Korea. |
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4 Aug. 1950 |
Pusan Perimeter in southeastern Korea established. |
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5-19 Aug. 1950 |
First Battle of Naktong Bulge. |
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27 Aug.-15 Sept. 1950 |
Perimeter battles, heaviest fighting of war. |
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1 Sept.-5 Sept. 1950 |
NKPA great Naktong Offensive. |
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15 Sept. 1950 |
Inch'on landings. |
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18 Sept. 1950 |
U.N. breakout from Pusan Perimeter. |
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19 Sept.-1 Oct. 1950 |
U.N. pursuit and exploitation. |
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26 Sept. 1950 |
Seoul recaptured. |
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7 Oct. 1950 |
U.N. Forces cross 38th parallel. |
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U.N. sanctions defeat of North Korea, reunification of country. |
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12 Oct. 1950 |
First Chinese Communist troops enter Korea. |
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15 Oct. 1950 |
Truman and MacArthur meet at Wake Island. |
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19 Oct. 1950 |
P'yongyang, N.K. capital, taken. |
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26 Oct. 1950 |
X Corps lands at Wonsan on east coast. |
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1 Nov. 1950 |
CCF ambush 1st Cav. Div. at Unsan |
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10-26 Nov. 1950 |
X Corps advances toward Yalu in east, Eighth Army in west. |
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24 Nov. 1950 |
MacArthur's "final offensive" jumps off. |
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25 Nov.1950 |
CCF strike Eighth Army along Ch'ongch'on River in west. |
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27 Nov. 1950 |
CCF strike 1st Marine and 7th Division at Changjin Reservoir in east. |
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26 Nov.-1 Dec. 1950 |
U.S. 2nd and 25th divisions defeated along Ch'ongch'on in west. Retreat. |
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27 Nov.-10 Dec. 1950 |
X Corps fights back toward port of Hungnam in east. Marines retreat from Kot'o-ri. |
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22 Dec. 1950 |
Walker killed; Ridgway to command of Eighth Army. |
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24 Dec. 1950 |
X Corps sails from Hungnam. North Korea evacuated. |
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4 Jan. 1951 |
Seoul captured by CCF. |
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14 Jan. 1951 |
U.N. lines rest along 37th parallel in South Korea. |
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25 Jan. 1951 |
U.N. reassumes offensive. |
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1 Feb. 1951 |
U.N. votes to end Korean conflict by "peaceful means." |
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14 Feb. 1951 |
CCF counteroffensive; CCF turned back at Chipyong-ni. |
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17 Feb.-17 March 1951 |
U.N. continues offensive, moves north. |
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18 March 1951 |
Seoul retaken. |
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11 April 1951 |
MacArthur recalled; Ridgway assumes command at FECOM, Van Fleet of Eighth Army. |
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22 April 1951 |
CCF offensive; Glosters hold on at Imjin. |
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30 April 1951 |
CCF breaks contact. |
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16-22 May 1951 |
U.S. forces halt CCF Soyang Offensive. |
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May Massacre. |
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23 May-1 June 1951 |
U.N. drives north. |
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13 June 1951 |
U.N. on 38th parallel. |
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23 June 1951 |
Soviet Delegate Malik proposes truce in U.N. |
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10 July 1951 |
Truce talks begin at Kaesong. |
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1 Aug.-31 Oct. 1951 |
U.N. launches limited attacks to straighten lines: Bloody, Heartbreak Ridge battles. |
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27 Nov. 1951 |
Truce talks resume at Panmunjom; cease-fire line agreed upon, at line of contact. |
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Nov. 1951-April 1952 |
Stalemate along Korean battlefront during discussions at Panmunjom. |
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2 April 1952 |
Screening of U.N. POW's begins; Koje-do riots commence. |
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7 May 1952 |
General Dodd captured by Communist POW's at Koje-do. |
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12 May-12 June 1952 |
Mark Clark replaces Ridgway at FECOM. General Boatner quells disturbances on Koje. |
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June 1952-Oct. 1952 |
Stalemate along battlefront while truce talks deadlocked on pow repatriation question. Hill battles rage on Baldy, Whitehorse, elsewhere. |
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8 Oct. 1952 |
Truce talks recessed at Panmunjom; complete deadlock. |
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Oct.-Nov. 1952 |
Heavy pressure on ROK's in center of line. |
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ROK Army comes of age. |
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Nov. 1952 |
Indian proposal on POW's in U.N. |
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Dec. 1952 |
President-elect Eisenhower comes to Korea; intensification of U.N. psychological warfare. |
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Dec., Jan., 1953 |
Continuation of stalemate; hill battles. |
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11 Feb. 1953 |
Maxwell Taylor replaces Van Fleet at Eighth Army. |
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22 Feb. 1953 |
U.N. Command again proposes exchange of sick and wounded POW's. |
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5 March 1953 |
Death of Josef Stalin; struggle for power in Kremlin disaffection in Soviet satellites. |
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28 March 1953 |
Communists agree to pow exchange proposed by U.N.C. |
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30 March 1953 |
Chou En-lai indicates Communists will accept Indian U.N. proposal of November, 1952. Resumption of truce talks at Panmunjom. |
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16-18 April 1953 |
Battle for Pork Chop Hill. |
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20-26 April 1953 |
Exchange of sick and wounded POW's at Panmunjom. |
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27 April 1953 |
Resumption of plenary sessions at Panmunjom. |
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May 1953 |
Savage fighting along stalemated line while details of truce ironed out at Panmunjom. |
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4 June 1953 |
Communists agree in effect to all U.N. truce proposals. |
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25 June 1953 |
Robertson begins "Little Truce Talks" with Rhee to secure ROK acceptance of armistice; CCF launch massive attacks against ROK divisions. |
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7 July 1953 |
ROK agrees to truce terms. |
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27 July 1953 |
Cease-fire signed at Panmunjom. Fighting ends. |
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4 Sept. 1953 |
Screening and repatriation of POW's begins at Freedom Village, Panmunjom. |