Battle of Chipyong-ni | |||||||
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Part of the Korean War | |||||||
Map of the Battle of Chipyong-ni on the night of 13–14 February 1951 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
China | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Paul L. Freeman Jr. Raoul Magrin-Vernerey | Xu Guofu | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
23rd Regimental Combat Team[2]
| People's Volunteer Army | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,500[3] |
US sources: 25,000[4] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
US sources: 51 killed 250 wounded 42 missing [5]: ii |
US sources: 2,000 killed 3,000 wounded 79 captured[5]: 4 |
The Battle of Chipyong-ni (French: Bataille de Chipyong-ni), also known as the Battle of Dipingli (Chinese: 砥平里战斗; pinyin: Dǐ Pīng Lǐ Zhàn Dòu), was a decisive battle of the Korean War that took place from 13 to 14 February 1951 between US and French units of the US 23rd Infantry Regiment and various units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) around the village of Chipyong-ni. The result was a United Nations Command victory. The battle, along with the Third Battle of Wonju, has been called "the Gettysburg of the Korean War".[6][7][8]
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