Operation Ripper, also known as the Fourth Battle of Seoul, was intended to destroy the Chinese People’s Volunteers Army (PVA) and the North Korean Army around Seoul, Hongch’on, and Ch’unch’on. Battle of the Imjin River is significant in the history and tradition of the British Military. The ferocity of the battle caught the attention of the world because of the fate of the regiment. The British forces managed to hold on to their position for three days despite the superiority of the Chinese troops. The United Nations territory where the battle took place was under the British forces supported by the Belgian battalion. The Chinese troops attacked the United Nations (UN) base at the lower Imjin River to try and recapture Seoul. The Battle of the Imjin River was fought from April 22nd to April 25th in 1951. The North Korean troops were able to take over the capital within three days of the war.

During the fight, the bridge across the Han River was blown up by the South Korean troops killing hundreds of their soldiers and refugees. The South Korean troops could not counter the North Korean heavy artillery. On June 25, 1950, supported by the Soviet Union and China, the North Korean troops using the blitzkrieg-style invasion crossed the 38th parallel. The engagement resulted in the capturing of the South Korean capital by the North Korean forces. The First Battle of Seoul was part of an invasion of South Korea by North Korea at the start of the Korean War. To this far, no treaty has been signed and the two countries are technically still at war. The war marked series of wars that were to follow. The conflicts between these governments resulted in battles when North Korea moved into South Korea in 1950. However, both the government claimed to be the legitimate Korean government. As a result of the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States, Korea was split into two with separate governments in 1949.

The Soviet Union settled in the North while the United States settled in the South of Korea. In 1945, the country was liberated by the Soviet Union from the Japanese rule as a result of the agreement with the United States.

Korea was under the rule of the Japanese Empire between the year 1910 and the end of World War II.

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