Operation Killer

Operation Killer
Part of the Korean War

Operation Killer map
Date20 February – 6 March 1951
Location
Korea
Result UN victory
Belligerents

 United Nations:

 China
 North Korea
Commanders and leaders
United Nations Douglas MacArthur
United States Matthew Ridgway
United States Bryant Moore [2]
United States Oliver P. Smith
United States Edward Almond
First Republic of Korea Yu Jae-hung
China Peng Dehuai
Casualties and losses
 South Korea
59 killed
802 missing
119 wounded
Total 980 Casualties[3]: 310 
 China
7,819 killed
1,469 wounded
208 captured
Total 9496 casualties[3]: 310 

Operation Killer was a military operation that marked the start of the second major counter offensive which United Nations Command (UN) forces launched against the Chinese Communist People's Volunteer Army (PVA) and the North Korean Army (KPA) during the Korean War. The offensive lasted from 20 February to 6 March 1951 and was formulated by General Matthew Ridgway with the goal of annihilating enemy forces south of a line designated the Arizona Line. The operation was immediately followed by Operation Ripper.

  1. ^ Bercuson, David J. (1999). Blood on the Hills: The Canadian Army in the Korean War. University of Toronto Press. pp. 83–91. ISBN 0802009808.
  2. ^ "General and Flag officers killed in war". 7 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b Mossman, Billy (1988). United States Army in the Korean War: Ebb and Flow November 1950-July 1951. United States Army Center of Military History.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.