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Launching Rockets - Korea 1950
A 3.5-inch rocket launcher on a battlefield, 20 July 1950
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Korean War Timeline - Year 1950
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The Korean War in the
Stream of Time
Timeline of the Korean
War (USMA)
June 25, 1950
North Korean troops cross the
38th parallel.
June 26, 1950
Emergency session of U.N.
Security Council.
June 27, 1950
Truman shifts 7th Fleet to
Formosa Strait.
July 4, 1950
U.S. troops first meet NKPA
just north of Osan and are forced to retreat.
July 8, 1950
MacArthur given command of U.N.
Forces.
August-September 1950
Walker's 8th Army holds Pusan
Perimeter.
September 15, 1950
MacArthur lands at Inchon,
seizes Kimpo Airport and Seoul.
October 1, 1950
U.N. forces drive North Koreans
from South Korea.
October 7, 1950
U.N. authorizes
MacArthur to enter North Korea.
October 19, 1950
U.N. forces capture Pyongyang.
October 1950
North Korean forces pushed to
Yalu River.
October 14 - November
2, 1950
Chinese troops cross Yalu River
into North Korea, counter-attack.
November 24, 1950
MacArthur launches new
offensive.
November 26, 1950
200,000 Chinese attack U.N.
forces.
November 27, 1950
1st Marine Div. & 7th Div.
encircled at Changjin Reservoir.
December 1950
U.N. forces retreat, Seoul
falls.
President Truman starts talking
about considering the nuclear option. The British make him stop
saying crazy things like that.
Crossing the 38th
parallel. United Nations forces withdraw from Pyongyang,
the North Korean capital. They re-crossed the 38th parallel.
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December 9, 1950
1st Marine Div. & 7th Div.
complete breakout.
December 23, 1950
Walker killed.
December 26, 1950
Ridgway takes command of 8th
Army.
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