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LIVING IN A WAR-ZONE
- KOREA 1951
With her
brother on her back a war weary Korean girl tiredly trudges
by a stalled M-26 tank, at Haengju, Korea., 06/09/1951
National Archives
Korean War Timeline - Year 1951
See also
The Korean War in the
Stream of Time
Timeline of the Korean
War (USMA)
January 4, 1951
CCF & NKPA retake Seoul.
January 8 - 24, 1951
Ridgway revitalizes 8th Army,
halts retreat and stabilizes the defense.
January 13 - 17, 1951
U.N. Resolution offers China a
peace plan. China rejects.
January 25, 1951
U.N. forces initiate a limited
offensive.
February 1951
Execution of 800 to 1,000
villagers at Kochang.
March 14, 1951
8th Army attacks and retakes
Seoul.
April 11, 1951
President Truman sends
MacArthur into retirement.
April 19, 1951
MacArthur says good-bye and
delivers his
Old Soldiers Don't Die address
to a joint session of Congress.
April 22, 1951
Chinese drive U.N. forces south
of 38th parallel.
May 10, 1951
Second Chinese offensive beaten
back.
End of June 1951
Battle line stabilize near 38th
parallel.
July 8, 1951
Liaison officers of both
coalitions meet.
July 10, 1951
Negotiations between U.N.
forces and Communists begin at Kaesong.
July 10, 1951 - July
27, 1953
Negotiating while fighting.
"Stalemate"
August 31 - November
12, 1951
8th Army's Autumn Offensive.
End of October 1951
In accord with the Communists,
the truce negotiations are moved to a more secure area, the village
of Panmunjom.
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