Third Phase Campaign .28December 31.2C 1950.C2.A0.E2.80.93 January 8.2C 1951.29 People's Volunteer Army
chinese infantrymen @ battle of triangle hill
hoping pressure un abandoning south korea, mao ordered pva attack un forces along 38th parallel. on last day of 1950, chinese , north korean forces destroyed several south korean divisions along parallel, breaching un defenses in process. avoid encirclement, un forces evacuated seoul on january 3, , chinese , north korean forces recaptured seoul on january 4. both eighth army , x corps retreated 50 miles, overextended pva exhausted after months of nonstop fighting. ridgway took immediate steps raise morale , fighting spirit of battered eighth army, had fallen low levels during retreat north korea.
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