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| Operation Pokpung 폭풍 작전 (暴風作戰) | |||||||
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| Part of the Korean War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 North Korea (DPRK)Supported by:  Soviet Union |
 South Korea (ROK) | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Kim Il Sung Choe Yong-gon Kang Kon |
Syngman Rhee Shin Song-mo Chae Byong-duk † Chung Il-kwon Sohn Won-yil | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 198,380[1] | 105,752[1] | ||||||
Operation Pokpung (Korean: 폭풍 작전, lit. ''Operation Storm'') was the military invasion of South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK) by North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK) that triggered the Korean War. North Korea launched the blitzkrieg by crossing the 38th parallel north and swarming South Korea at 04:00 PYT/KST on 25 June 1950. The DPRK government did not declare war before the invasion and rushed to encircle and eventually capture Seoul, the capital of the ROK, from the ROK government within a week.
North Korea had prepared for an invasion of South Korea for over year prior with support from the Soviet Union, which trained and supplied the Korean People's Army (KPA) with weapons, munitions, armored fighting vehicles, tanks, and aircraft. The vastly superiorly armed and trained KPA overran and overwhelmed the ill-prepared and underarmed Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), ergo captured Seoul within three days.[2]
Originally, the goal of Operation Pokpung was to take control of the entire Korean Peninsula by 15 August 1950—50 days, with an average advance of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) each day—in commemoration of the fifth anniversary of Gwangbokjeol.[2] However, heavy losses were inflicted on the DPRK's II Corps by the ROK's 6th Infantry Division, stalling the DPRK's advance in the east, ceasing the blitzkrieg. This delay allowed sufficient time for the United States to deploy and join the fight on 27 June to prevent the capitulation of the ROK government.
On 7 July, the United Nations Command was established to direct a multinational military response against the DPRK's invasion of South Korea.
- ^ a b "전쟁 직전 남˙북한의 전력 차이는?" (PDF). Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2011-11-16.
- ^ a b "준비된 도발". Republic of Korea Ministry of National Defense. Archived from the original on 2015-07-24. Retrieved 2011-11-18.