Hard ROK KW (id:#63123)

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Munsan-Ni, South Korea 1950-06-25 (6 others)

Overview:

At 0400, a thunderous barrage began along the rain-soaked 38th Parallel; war had come to the Korean peninsula. Despite assurances from American military advisers in South Korea, the Republic of Korea’s army was not match for the forces of the north. A Korean People’s Army force totaling 100,000 troops surged southward toward Seoul, led by 150 Soviet-made T34/85 tanks, against which the South Koreans had no effective defense. The U.S. had been unwilling to provide the government of Syngman Rhee with armor amid fears he would use it to launch an invasion of the North. World War II-era 2.36 inch bazookas and light anti-tank guns proved nearly worthless against these armored spearheads. The South Koreans, however, did not disintegrate in the face of the Communist onslaught; tough resistance was offered in a number of places, one being the village of Munsan-ni, 35 miles northwest of Seoul.

Defender: South Korean (11th and 12th Infantry Regiments, 1st Division)  

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