country, 53 engagements

Battles in North Korea

53 engagements in the atlas lie within present-day North Korea: 42 battles, 5 sieges, 2 naval actions and 4 campaigns between AD 371 and 1953. The wars with most engagements here: Korean War (30), Japanese invasions of Korea (6), Pacific War (2), First Sino-Japanese War (1).

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53 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by half century

53 dated engagements, one bar per half century, coloured by era.

Wars fought here 6 with pages

Contested ground 1

Pyongyang Castle 5 engagements

Engagements by date

Date	Engagement	Place	War
AD 371	Battle of Pyongyang	Pyongyang
AD 612	Battle of Salsu	Ch'ongch'on River	Second Goguryeo–Sui War
AD 668	Siege of Pyongyang	Pyongyang	Goguryeo–Tang War
1231	Siege of Kuju	Kusong	Mongol invasions of Korea
1231	Battle of Cheolju Fortress	North Pyongan Province
1231	Battle of Anbuk-bu	Korea
1577	1577 Portuguese voyage to Japan	Korea
1592	Battle of Yonan	Yonan County	Japanese invasions of Korea
7 July 1592	Battle of Imjin River	Imjin River	Japanese invasions of Korea
19 July 1592	Siege of Pyongyang	Pyongyang Castle	Japanese invasions of Korea
23 August 1592	Battle of Pyongyang	Pyongyang Castle	Japanese invasions of Korea
1592	Battle of Pyongyang	Pyongyang Castle	Japanese invasions of Korea
6 February 1593	Siege of Pyongyang	Pyongyang Castle	Japanese invasions of Korea
1607	Battle of Wujieyan	Tumen River
1866	General Sherman incident	Taedong River
15 September 1894	Battle of Pyongyang	Pyongyang	First Sino-Japanese War
30 April 1904	Battle of Yalu River	Yalu River	Russo-Japanese War
4 June 1937	Battle of Pochonbo	Pochon County	World War II
1945	Seishin Operation	Chongjin	Pacific War
1950	bombing of Pyongyang	Pyongyang	Korean War
1950	bombing of North Korea	North Korea	Korean War
1950	Battle of Kaesong–Munsan	Kaesong	Korean War
25 June 1950	Battle of Ongjin	Ongjin County	Korean War
1950	UN Offensive Campaign	North Korea	Pacific War
1950	UN offensive into North Korea	North Korea	Korean War
17 October 1950	Battle of Sariwon	Sariwon	Korean War
20 October 1950	Battle of Pyongyang (1950)	Pyongyang	Korean War
21 October 1950	Battle of Yongju		Korean War
25 October 1950	Battle of Onjong		Korean War
25 October 1950	Battle of Kujin		Korean War
29 October 1950	Battle of Chongju	Chongju	Korean War
5 November 1950	Battle of Pakchon	Pakchon County	Korean War
25 November 1950	Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River	Ch'ongch'on River	Korean War
27 November 1950	Battle of Changjin Reservoir	Changjin Reservoir	Korean War
1951	Operation Roundup	Korea	Korean War
16 February 1951	Blockade of Wonsan	Wonsan	Korean War
20 February 1951	Operation Thunderbolt	Han River	Korean War
1951	Operation Tomahawk	Korea	Korean War
1951	Operation Rugged	Imjin River	Korean War
22 April 1951	Battle of the Imjin River	Imjin River	Korean War
1951	Operation Dauntless	Imjin River	Korean War
1951	Operation Minden	Imjin River	Korean War
13 September 1951	Battle of Heartbreak Ridge		Korean War
1951	Naval Battle of the Han River	Han River	Korean War
8 October 1951	First Battle of Maryang-san	Imjin River	Korean War
1 December 1951	Battle of Sunchon		Korean War
30 September 1952	Battle of Bunker Hill
14 October 1952	Battle of Triangle Hill		Korean War
29 October 1952	Battle of Jackson Heights
26 February 1953	Battle of Chatkol		Korean War
10 June 1953	Outpost Harry		Korean War
1953	Battle of Kumsong	Kimhwa County	Korean War
27 July 1953	Battle of the Berlin Outposts and Boulder City

Borders are those of today; the states that fought are named on each page.