Third Battle of the Hook

Korean War

Men of the 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment, have a smoke while waiting for dusk to fall before joining a patrol into no-man's land at The Hook. ©Image Attribution forthcoming. Image belongs to the respective owner(s).

1953 May 28 - May 29

Hangdong-ri, Baekhak-myeon, Ye

The Third Battle of the Hook took place between a United Nations Command (UN) force, consisting mostly of British troops, supported on their flanks by American and Turkish units against a predominantly Chinese force.

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