Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Lee Kwon-mu

North Korean general, 1914 to 1986

Lee Kwon-mu is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1950 and 1951: 10 battles across 2 present-day countries, most in South Korea (9), North Korea (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 897 km apart end to end, 100 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Korean War (10).

Battle of ChonanSecond Battle of Naktong BulgeBattle of YongsanBattle of ChochiwonOperation ThunderboltFirst Battle of Naktong BulgeBattle of OsanBattle of PyongtaekBattle of TaejonThird Battle of SeoulFirst Battle of Naktong BulgeBattle of OsanBattle of PyongtaekBattle of TaejonThird Battle of SeoulIncheonDaejeonGwangjuDaeguPohangSongnamGoyangBucheonJeonjuGunsan200 km36.602N, 127.354E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1950: 9 engagements9 in 19501951: 1 engagements19501951
10 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

First Battle of Naktong Bulge, 1950Battle of Chonan, 1950Second Battle of Naktong Bulge, 1950Battle of Yongsan, 1950Battle of Chochiwon, 1950Battle of Osan, 1950Battle of Pyongtaek, 1950Battle of Taejon, 1950Third Battle of Seoul, 1950Operation Thunderbolt, 195119501951
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 1

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1950First Battle of Naktong BulgeSouth KoreaUnited Nations victory
1950Battle of ChonanCheonan, South Korea186 km NWNorth Korean victory
1950Second Battle of Naktong BulgeNakdong River, South Korea183 km SEUnited Nations victory
1950Battle of YongsanYeongsan, South Korea12 km SEUnited Nations victory
1950Battle of ChochiwonJochiwon, South Korea168 km NWNorth Korean victory
4 July 1950Battle of OsanOsan, South Korea68 km NNorth Korean victory
6 July 1950Battle of PyongtaekPyeongtaek, South Korea22 km SNorth Korean victory
14 July 1950Battle of TaejonDaejeon, South Korea60 km STactical North Korean victory; Strategic UN victory
31 December 1950Third Battle of SeoulSeoul, South Korea124 km NDPRK/Chinese victory
20 February 1951Operation ThunderboltHan River, North Korea73 km WUnited Nations victory

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.