Battle of Kapyong

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The Battle of Kapyong was a pivotal Korean War engagement in April 1951 in which United Nations forces, including Canadian troops, successfully halted a major Chinese offensive north of Seoul.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Kapyong canonical 19
Battle of Chipyong-ni 1
Battle of Kapyong River 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf battle ⓘ
engagement of the Korean War ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Gapyeong ⓘ
belligerent Australian Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
New Zealand Army ⓘ
People's Volunteer Army ⓘ
Republic of Korea Army ⓘ
United Nations forces ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
commander Bruce Ferguson ⓘ
Chinese People's Volunteer Army commanders ⓘ
James H. Cassels ⓘ
John Rockingham ⓘ
conflict Korean War ⓘ
country South Korea ⓘ
countryInvolved Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

Republic of Korea ⓘ
linked to: South Korea

United States ⓘ
date April 1951 ⓘ
endDate 1951-04-25 ⓘ
followedBy stalemate phase of the Korean War ⓘ
front Korean Peninsula central front ⓘ
honor Presidential Unit Citation awarded to 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation awarded to 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ
Presidential Unit Citation awarded to 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
location Kapyong Valley ⓘ
near Seoul ⓘ
notableFor intense close-quarters fighting on hill positions ⓘ
significant contribution of Canadian and Australian troops ⓘ
notableUnit 16th Field Regiment, Royal New Zealand Artillery ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry ⓘ
3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment ⓘ
ROK 6th Division ⓘ
US 72nd Heavy Tank Battalion ⓘ
objective halt Chinese advance toward Seoul ⓘ
opposingForce Chinese forces ⓘ
partOf Chinese Spring Offensive ⓘ
precededBy Chinese Spring Offensive advances in April 1951 ⓘ
recognizedBy United States Presidential Unit Citation ⓘ
result United Nations defensive victory ⓘ
startDate 1951-04-22 ⓘ
strategicSignificance helped stabilize the front line in Korea ⓘ
stopped major Chinese offensive north of Seoul ⓘ
tacticalOutcome Chinese forces eventually withdrew ⓘ
UN forces held key defensive positions in Kapyong Valley ⓘ
theater Korean theater of operations ⓘ
typeOfEngagement defensive battle ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canadian Army (pre‑1968) → notableOperation → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Royal 22e Régiment → notableEngagement → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
United States 2nd Infantry Division → notableBattle → Battle of Chipyong-ni ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kapyong
PPCLI → notableEngagement → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Kapyong → hasPart → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Battle of the Imjin River (1951) → followedBy → Battle of the Kapyong ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kapyong
People's Volunteer Army → engagement → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Bruce Ferguson → battle → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
John Rockingham → notableEvent → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Kapyong Valley → knownFor → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Battle of Gapyeong → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
Battle of Gapyeong → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Kapyong River ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Kapyong
1st Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry → notableBattle → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Battalion, PPCLI
Gapyeong County → hasHistoricalEvent → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry → engagement → Battle of Kapyong ⓘ
subject linked to: 2nd Battalion, PPCLI