Breakout from Pusan Perimeter

Date: September 18, 1950 • Location: Jung-gu, Korea, Republic of

Korean War: U.S. Eighth Army and United Nations forces break out of the Pusan Perimeter in southeast Korea.

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).