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The Battle of Maryang San, 3–8 October 1951

Maryang San was the Australian part in a four division offensive called Operation Commando, and the last Australian manoeuvre battle before the war became one of trench lines...

The Cold War and the crisis in Korea

North Korea invaded the south in an attempt to unify the country under the north's government. The attempt failed, and Korea is still divided in two.

The communists advance towards Pusan

At 0400 on 25 June 1950 130,000 North Korean (KPA) soldiers supported by 200 tanks, SU76 assault guns and 600 artillery guns, crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea...

The Korean War

It was the first major war of a larger conflict, the Cold War.

The Many Days of Anzac short film (Video)

A history of Anzac commemoration in Australia. This documentary film dives into the ABC archives of Anzac Day coverage to tell the story of how Australians created Anzac traditions and rituals by…

The RAAF in Japan

The Royal Australian Air Force Squadrons based in Japan were 36 Transport Squadron, flying the Douglas C-47, and 491 Maintenance Squadron whose task was to repair and service RAAF aircraft...

The support base in Japan

The base should not be in the war zone but not too far from it either. The United Nations Command (UNC) was very fortunate in having Japan within two hours flying and twelve hours by sea from the…

The theatre of war

The Korean Peninsula is 856 kilometres long, bordered by the Sea of Japan* in the east, the Korea Strait in the south and the Yellow Sea to the west.

The United Nations counteroffensive to the Yalu

The United Nations Command (UNC) held on to the Pusan Perimeter and built up their strength there. In mid-September 1950 they broke out at the same time as another UNC force landed at Inchon near…

The war begins - the invasion of South Korea

The Soviet Union (USSR) supplied weaponry, trained the North Korean armed forces and its experienced WWII generals devised the plan for the invasion. When the Chinese communists under Mao Zedong won…

Trench warfare and patrolling between the lines

When their fifth offensive failed in May 1951 the communists abandoned a war of movement and engaged the United Nations Command (UNC) in positional warfare...

United Nations drives north (Inchon)

On 7 August the KPA began a series of assaults against the UN Pusan defensive perimeter....

United Nations forced to retreat south

The Chinese military in Korea were known as the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV)...

United Nations Forces in the Korean War

Following the invasion of South Korea by North Korea, twenty-one member nations of the United Nations (UN) committed themselves to support South Korea which was not yet a member nation...

Using Primary and Secondary Sources: Handy History Hints (Video), (Educational)

Hear from DVA's historian Emma Campbell about the difference between primary and secondary historical sources, when she finds them most helpful, and some credible Australian sources for military…

We Remember Anzac (Primary Resource) (Student activity), (Worksheet), (Educational)

The publication provides an Order of Service and step-by-step instructions to assist teachers and community groups to organise a respectful commemorative event. This publication encourages a greater…

We Remember Anzac (Secondary Resource) (Student activity), (Worksheet), (Educational)

The publication provides an Order of Service and step-by-step instructions to assist teachers and community groups to organise a respectful commemorative event . The publication encourages a greater…

What was the Cold War

The Korean War was fought in the context of the Cold War, a 44-year period of conflict which began in 1947...
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