Beginning of the Battle of Taejon

Date: July 14, 1950 • Location: Songgangdong, Korea, Republic of

Korean War: beginning of the Battle of Taejon.

The Korean War was an armed conflict fought on the Korean Peninsula between North Korea and South Korea and their allies. North Korea was supported by China and the Soviet Union, while South Korea was supported by the United Nations led by the United States under the auspices of the United Nations Command (UNC).