From: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com To: the_dojang-digest@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Subject: The_Dojang-Digest V8 #357 Reply-To: the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Errors-To: the_dojang-owner@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com Precedence: The_Dojang-Digest Sun, 24 June 2001 Vol 08 : Num 357 In this issue: the_dojang: Chronological Events the_dojang: links of possible interest the_dojang: . ========================================================================= The_Dojang, serving the Internet since June 1994. ~1111 members strong! Copyright 1994-2001: Ray Terry and Martial Arts Resource The premier internet discussion forum devoted to the Korean Martial Arts. Replying to this message will NOT unsubscribe you. To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe the_dojang-digest" (no quotes) in the body (top line, left justified) of a "plain text" e-mail addressed to majordomo@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com. To send e-mail to this list use the_dojang@hpwsrt.cup.hp.com See the Korean Martial Arts (KMA) FAQ and the online search engine for back issues of The_Dojang at http://www.MartialArtsResource.com Pil Seung! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ray Terry Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2001 21:04:13 PDT Subject: the_dojang: Chronological Events Forwarding... CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS OF THE KOREAN WAR 1950 * June 25: North Korean forces cross the thrity-eighth parallel. The United Nations, in absence of U.S.S.R. adopts a resolution calling for the North Korean forces to the parallel * June 27: President Truman orders air and sea services to help South Korean forces. * June 29: North Korean Army captures Seoul * June 30: Truman orders U.S. ground troops to Korean and naval blockade of Korean of Korean coast. Authorization of U.S. Air force to proceed in bombing North Korea * July 1: First U.S combat troops arrive on Korea * July 4: U.S troops meet North Korean Army in Osan but forced to retreat * July 7: Douglas MacArthur named Supreme U.N. commander * July 15: North Korean Army cross Kum River * July 21: U.S troops fight out of burning Taejon * August 1: Second U.S infantry division reaches Korea * August 8: North Korean Army breach Naktong River perimeter line * August 15: U.N. troops repel two attacks along Naktong * September 3: North Korean Army offensive threatens Taeju * September 15: U.S. X Corps makes a successful assault on Inchon, enabling them to break through the Pusan perimeter and push toward the 38th-parallel * September 26: Southern units retake Seoul * October 1: South Korean troops cross 38th parallel * October 8: Mao Tse Tung secretly orders Chinese "volunteers" into Korea * October 18: Southern units occupy Hamnung and Hungnam * October 19: Eighth Army seizes Pyongyang * October 25: Chinese forces fight with ROK troops less than 40 miles south of the Yalu River * October 27: Eighth Army halted by Chinese forces * October 29: X Corps haled by Chinese forces in northeast * November 3: U.S. 25th Division driven back from Yalu River * November 6: MacArthur charges Chinese with unlawful aggression * November 8: Air battle over Sinuiji * November 12: U.S. Army 3rd Division arrives in Korea * November 16: Truman reassures China and other nations that he has never had any intention of creating hostilities toward China * November 26: Chinese counterattack * November 27: Eighth Army halted by Chinese forces * December 1: Eighth Army and X Corps withdrawing in face of Chinese offensive * December 5: U.S. and U.N. forces withdraw from Pyongyang. Northern forces reoccupy Pyongyang * December 9: X Corps withdrawal from Wonsan * December 11: X Corps withdrawal from Hungnam * December 22: China rejects cease-fire * December 25: Northern forces re-crosses 38th parallel * December 27: Lieutenant General Matthew Ridgway takes over command of ground forces in Korea 1951 * January 1: Communist offensive begins * January 4: U.S. and U.N. forces evacuate Seoul * January 7: Communist forces enter Wonju * January 13: U.S. delegation votes for U.N cease-fire resolution * January 17: Chinese rejects cease-fire proposal * February 10: Eighth Army retakes Inchon and Kimpo airfield * February 15: Chinese defeated at Chipyong-ni * February 21: U.S. launches "Operation Killer" * March 13: Communist start to withdraw across all fronts * March 15: Eighth Army retakes Seoul * March 21: Eighth Army retakes Chunchon * April 3: Eighth Army crosses the thirty eighth parallel * April 11: Truman relieves MacArthur as U.N. commander and appoints Ridway to succeed him * April 22: Northern forces begin their offensive * May 1: First phase of Chinese offensive halted north of Seoul * May 28: Eighth Army takes Hwachon and Inje * June 12: Eighth Army controls "Iron Triangle" * July 1: Kim Il Sung and Peng Teh-huai, commander of the Chinese "volunteers" agree to begin armistice discussion * July 10: Armistice negotiations begin at Kaesong * August 23: Communist suspend negotiation because of U.N forces violation of neutral zone at Kaesong * October 25: Cease-fire discussions resume at Panmunjom 1952 * January-April 7: Disorder in prison camps * April 19: U.N. delegation tells the Communist that only 70,000 out of 132,000 POWs are will to return home * May 2: North Korea rejects U.N. proposals over the the issue of voluntary repatriation * May 7: Koje prisoners hold General Dodd hostage. Both side announce a stalemate over POW issue * May 12: General Mark Clark succeeds Ridway * June 23: U.S. bomb Yalu River power installations to induce a more cooperative attitude towards the negotiation talks * August 29: Heaviest air raids on Pyongyang * November 4: Eisenhower elected as President 1953 * March 30: Communist agree and propose that prisoners unwilling to be repatriated to be transferred to a neutral state * April 26: Armistice negotiations resume * May 28: The U.S. and U.N. negotiating team presents its final terms and threatens to break off the talks if these are rejected. Northern forces attack outpost of U.S. 25th Division * June 8: POW issue settled on the principle of voluntary repatriation * June 15-30: Northern forces attack U.S. I Corps * June 17: Revised demarcation line settled President Rhee orders South Korean guards to release North Korean prisoners in Pusan camps. * July 27: Armistice signed at Panmunjom ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 13:03:39 -0700 (PDT) Subject: the_dojang: links of possible interest Feel free to discover Korea with Hendrick Hamel (1653-1666) http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl (in English) In Korean http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/indexk2.htm In Dutch http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/Dutch Frits Vos Article about Witsen and Eibokken and his first Korean-Dutch dictionary http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/FritsVos Korea through Western Cartographic eyes http://www.crosswinds.net/~hennysavenije/ (in English) http://odin.prohosting.com/savenije (mirror site from crosswinds) Hwasong the fortress in Suwon http://www.geocities.com/hennysavenije The way a ship was rigged: http://www.henny-savenije.demon.nl/shiprigg.htm ------------------------------ From: Ray Terry Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 15:40:05 PDT Subject: the_dojang: . ------------------------------ End of The_Dojang-Digest V8 #357 ******************************** It's a great day for Taekwondo! 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