Battle of the Twin Tunnels
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| Battle of the Twin Tunnels | |||||||
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| Part of Korean War | |||||||
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| Combatants | |||||||
| Western Allied Forces | People's Volunteer Army | ||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
| ~3000? | ? | ||||||
| Casualties | |||||||
| ? | 1300 | ||||||
| Korean War |
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| Osan – Pusan Perimeter – Inchon – Pakchon – Chosin Reservoir – Faith – Twin Tunnels – Ripper – Courageous – Tomahawk – Yultong Bridge – Imjin River – Gloster Hill – Old Baldy – Kapyong – Bloody Ridge – Heartbreak Ridge – Sunchon – Hill Eerie – Sui-ho Dam – The Hook – Pork Chop Hill – Outpost Harry |
The Battle of the Twin Tunnels took place during the Korean War. It resulted in heavy casualties for the People's Volunteer Army.
The "Twin Tunnels" refer to a series of railroad tunnels at along the Central Line in eastern Jije-myeon, Yangpyeong County, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea.
[edit] External links
- The 2nd Infantry Division in Korea: Wonju and Twin Tunnels
- Combat Actions in Korea, Chapter 7: Twin Tunnels Patrol Ambush
- Map: Chipyong-ni, 13-14 February 1951 from Billy C. Mossman, Ebb and Flow: November 1950-July 1951 (Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, 1990)
- (Korean) In Korean language online encyclopedias:
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