The Canadian Forces were involved in the 1950–1953 Korean War and its aftermath. More than 30, 000 Canadians participated on the side of the United Nations, and Canada st eight destroyers.
Canadian aircraft provided transport, supply and logistics. 516 Canadians died, 312 of which were from combat. After the war, Canadian troops remained for three years as military observers.
Japan's defeat in World War II brought an d to 35 years of Japanese colonial rule of the Korean Pinsula. The surrder of Japan to the Allied forces on 2 September 1945 led to the pinsula being divided into North and South Koreas, with the North occupied by troops from the Soviet Union, and the South, below the 38th parallel, occupied by troops from the United States.
Canada, Korea And The War
The Soviet forces tered the Korean Pinsula on 10 August 1945, followed a few weeks later by the American forces who tered through Incheon. U.S. Army Lieutant-Geral John R. Hodge formally accepted the surrder of Japanese forces south of the 38th Parallel on 9 September 1945 at the Governmt House in Seoul.
Although both rival factions tried initially to diplomatically reunite the divided nation, the Northern faction evtually tried to do so with military force. The North hoped that they would be able to unify the pinsula via insurgcy, but the success of South Korea (Republic of Korea: ROK) in suppressing insurgcy brought about the realization for the North that they would require military force. North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea: DPRK) had expanded their army and Korean volunteers fighting in Manchuria in the Chinese Civil War had giv their troops battle experice.
The North expected to win with the war in a matter of days. Troops from North's Korean People's Army (KPA) crossed the 38th parallel on 25 June 1950 beginning a civil war.
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The invasion of South Korea came as a surprise to the United Nations. The day the war began, the United Nations immediately drafted UNSC Resolution 82, which called for:
Wh the Korean People's Army crossed into South Korea on 25 June 1950, they advanced for the capital Seoul, which fell in less than a week.
North Korea's forces continued toward the port of Pusan, a strategic goal and the seat of the ROK governmt. The Korean People's Army conquered all of Korea except for this tiny clave at the d of the pinsula. The war was nearly won by the DPRK. In two days, the United States offered assistance and the United Nations Security Council asked its members to help repel the North Korean attack. Canada, the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, India, the Philippines, Ethiopia, France, and other countries st troops to Korea under a United Nations security council resolution.
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Lieutant-Geral Charles Foulkes, th Chief of the Geral Staff was in favour of Canada providing an infantry brigade for the 1st Commonwealth Division. Since Foulkes favoured keeping the Canadian Army's Mobile Striking Force intact for the defce of North America, he recommded recruiting a separate Special Force for the Korean War.
Recruits for the Special Force were listed for a period of eighte months with recruits coming from both the Active Force, World War II veterans and advture seeking young m. The normal recruitmt standards were lowered since the army would not wish to retain the 'soldier of fortune' type of personnel on a long term basis'. Units of the Special Force would be second battalions of the existing three Permant Force regimts.
On 15 August 1950, the 2nd Battalion was created within Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) as a compont of the Canadian Army Special Force in response to the North Korean invasion of South Korea. The new battalion trained in Calgary and at CFB Wainwright, before boarding the USS Private Joe P. Martinez on 25 November 1950, to Pusan in South Korea.
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The battalion landed in Korea in December and trained in the mountains for eight weeks before finally taking part in the war on 6 February, becoming a compont of the 27th British Commonwealth Brigade of the IX Corps in the 8th US Army. The 2nd Battalion of the PPCLI was the first Canadian infantry unit to take part in the Korean War.
From the summer of 1951 to the d of the war, most of the Canadian involvemt ctered on a small area north of Seoul betwe the 38th parallel on the south and the town of Chorwon on the north, and from the Sami-Chon River east to Chail-li.
The Canadian war front was about 30 miles across and was a section of the United Nations front occupied by British Commonwealth forces. Most of the Canadians' combat missions took place on the 30 mile zone. The Canadians' two main adversaries during the war were the Korean People's Army and the Chinese People's Volunteer Army in the Battle of Kapyong. Canada's military objective was to give military support towards the resolution of the war on the ctral front, which was ctral Korea.
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Operation Killer was a counter-offsive by the United Nations forces to push Communist Chinese and North Korean armies back behind the Han River and recover the South Korean capital.
The 900 Canadians of the 2PPCLI set off to the front on 15 February, 240 km away. It was cold and m sat in trucks for 48 hours before arriving. They suffered frostbite and numbed limbs, and the lubricants on their weapons froze during the journey.
The Canadians arrived 17 February at 3:00pm. Their goal was to advance toward Hill 404. On their way, they were flanked on both sides but managed to continue up to the hill to have the high ground on the emy for Operation Killer. On 21 February, the Patricias left the small village of Sangsok and headed north to their assigned objective of a new hill called Hill 419. This hill was defded by the Chinese. The Patricias D Company led by Captain J. G. Turnbull were to attack but the ridge of the hill gave an easy line of sight for the Chinese. The Canadians took fire from every direction from cannons, rockets and small arms fire. They were under intse fire. Their attack was postponed for 36 hours but they kept up aggressive patrols and evtually the Australians gained control of Hill 619. The Australians taking Hill 619 made the Chinese leave Hill 419 and the Canadians took the hill without serious opposition. From 21 to 28 February, the Patricias suffered 10 killed and more than 21 wounded.
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The Canadians learned a strong lesson about the People's Volunteer Army during this Operation. They were told by British intelligce that there was nothing surprising about the emy: the concealmt, mobility, poor marksmanship and stamina.
The Canadians learned during the operation that the Chinese were very good at concealing automatic weapons along approach lines. Finally, the operation was successful in the objective that it had set with the United Nations forces.
In April 1951, Chinese forces of the 118th Division attacked the Kapyong Valley in force, and pushed South Korean and New Zealand troops into retreat. Under heavy pressure, the Korean 6th Division broke, and the line collapsed. American and South Korean m poured through a gap under protective covering fire from Australians who were holding their section of the line despite heavy pressure.
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The 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regimt (3 RAR) and 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) were ordered to halt this Chinese advance.
The mission of the m of the 27th Commonwealth Brigade was to block the two approaches to Kapyong. In only a few hours, they managed to prepare defsive positions.
On 22 April 1951 the Chinese advanced towards Kapyong Valley defeating the ROK positions in their way. The 2 PPCLI became aware of the Chinese advance from two regimts of the 6th ROK who were retreating past their positions. As one Canadian
Canada's Involvement In The Korean War
Recalled it, [W]e looked out and all we could see were South Korean troops flying past us along with all these monstrous American Vehicles they were supplied with.
With this overwhelming alarm, the Canadians started digging trches and positioning themselves on Hill 677. They also put positions on the mile-long ridge that was connected to it. Hill 677 for the Canadians was positioned on the west side of the Kapyong River. On Hill 504, dug in were the 3 RAR which was on the other side of Hill 677 and who were also ready for the Chinese attack.
The Chinese 118th Division gaged their two forward battalions on 23 April. In the early part of the battle the 1st Battalion of the Middlesex Regimt and the 16th Field Regimt of the Royal New Zealand Artillery were all but cut off. The resistance of forward positions, held by the 2 PPCLI and 3 RAR, permitted the Middlesexes to withdraw.
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The initial Chinese attack at Kapyong gaged 3 RAR on Hill 504. The Chinese th struck at the Canadian front. Waves of massed Chinese troops kept up the attack throughout the night of 23 April. After a night of fierce fighting Major Bernard O'Dowd, Officer Commanding, A Company, 3 RAR, managed to get through on a radio phone to a geral of the
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