The UN offensive into North Korea was a large-scale offensive in late 1950 by United Nations forces against North Korean forces during the Korean War.
3rd Division Republic of Korea Army troops with sign at the 38th Parallel
ROK 23rd Regiment, 3rd Division troops advance through Kosong
The Kumch'on Pocket, 9–14 October 1950
3RAR prepare to move across the 38th Parallel
Battle of Inchon
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The Battle of Inchon, also called the Inchon landings, was an amphibious invasion and battle of the Korean War that resulted in a decisive victory and strategic reversal in favor of the United Nations
UN offensive into North Korea
…offensive in late 1950 by United Nations (UN) forces against North Korean forces during the Korean War. On 27 September near Osan, UN forces coming from Inchon linked up with UN forces that had broken out of the Pusan Perimeter and began a general counteroffensive. The North Korean Korean People's Army (KPA…
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (center) grasps General J. Lawton Collins (the Army Chief of Staff, left) and Admiral Forrest Sherman (the Chief of Naval Operations, right) upon their arrival in Tokyo, Japan. MacArthur used their meeting to convince other military leaders that the assault on Incheon was necessary.
A Vought F4U-4B Corsair of Fighter Squadron 113 (VF-113) (the "Stingers") flies over UN ships off Incheon, Korea, on 15 September 1950. VF-113 was assigned to Carrier Air Group Eleven (CVG-11) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea. The battleship USS Missouri is visible below the Corsair.
The beach of Pohang in 2008. Here, UN forces landed unopposed in 1950
A United States Air Force 3rd Bombardment Group (Light) A-26 Invader conducts a rocket attack on the rail yard at Iri, South Korea, in early September 1950 as part of deception operations to draw North Korean attention away from the planned Incheon landings.