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Battle of Haktang-ni 1951

Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.

Key facts

Date9 October 1951 – 13 October 1951Wikidata
Year1951Wikidata P580 (start time)
EraPost-1945 (1946 onwards)derived from year
LocationSouth KoreaNatural Earth (modern borders)
ContinentAsiaNatural Earth
War / conflictKorean WarWikidata P361
Coordinates38.2100, 127.1500Wikidata P625

About the battle

The Battle of Haktang-ni was a skirmish in which elements of the People's Volunteer Army attacked an advanced position held by the Belgium–Luxembourg Battalion along a ridge-line known as "Broken Arrow" or "Broken Arrow Hill" (Hill 391) between 9 and 13 October 1951.

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Location

38.2100, 127.1500 · South Korea

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