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Meanwhile, Chinese combat divisions, some 21 in number but expanding to 33 by December, remained in Manchuria ready to move against the UNC ground forces. The Chinese began preparations to enter the war by sending supplies and support troops into North Korea. What MacArthur did not know was that the Chinese had feared such an offensive since the Inch’ŏn landing. Korean War, September–November 1950 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. The corps also had control of the Capital and 3rd divisions of the South Korean I Corps, which was already crossing the 38th parallel on the east coast highway.

Barr), and the 3rd Infantry Division (Maj. Almond) included the 1st Marine Division (Maj. At the same time, MacArthur redeployed the X Corps on amphibious ships around the peninsula to Korea’s east coast. Eighth Army crossed the 38th parallel (the prewar border) on October 7 and advanced up the western side of the Korean peninsula toward P’yŏngyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Douglas MacArthur, commander of all allied forces in the UNC, the U.S. Truman’s administration and the UN General Assembly, pursued the remnants of the communist Korean People’s Army into North Korea. Crossing into North Koreaįollowing the successful landing of the X Corps at Inch’ŏn in September 1950, the United Nations Command (UNC), under the direction of U.S. Instead, in a deliberate retrograde movement that has become one of the most-storied exploits in Marine Corps lore, the Marines turned and fought their way down a narrow vulnerable road through several mountain passes and a bridged chasm until they reached transport ships waiting at the coast. The campaign succeeded in forcing the entire X Corps to evacuate to South Korea, but the Chinese did not achieve their particular objective of isolating and destroying the 1st Marine Division. X Corps, which had disembarked in eastern North Korea and moved inland in severe winter weather to a mountainous area near the reservoir. The Chosin Reservoir campaign was directed mainly against the 1st Marine Division of the U.S.