WAR STUDIES, COMMAND AND LEADERSHIP

BATTLE OF INCHEON ANALYSIS

SUB-TUTORIAL GROUP 5-4

MEJ HERDIYANTO BIN HELMI (132-18)

LT KDR MOHD KHAIRUNIE BIN MOHAMMED RMN (211-18)
MAJ BAMBANG SANTOSO (5106-18)
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HIGHLIGHTS
 Time: 15 – 19 September 1950.
 Objective: Recapture Seoul.
 Warring Parties: North Korea vs UN Forces
 UN Force consist of :
 US,
 UK,
 France,
 Kanada and
 South Korea.
COMMANDERS
 North Korea’s Military Commanders:
 Kim Il Sung
 Choi Yong-Kun
 Woi Ki Chan
 Wan Yong
 UN Force’s Military Commanders:
 Douglas MacArthur
 Dewey Struble
 Edward M. Almond
 Oliver P. Smith
MILITARY POWER
 North Korea’s Military Strength:
 6.500 Infantrymen
 19 Aircraft
 1 Fortress
 1 Patrol boat
 Artilleries
 UN Force’s Military Strength:
 40.000 Infantrymen
 4 Cruisers
 7 Destroyers
 1 Armed Sampan (Small Boat)
 Naval Forces
CASUALTIES
 North Korea’s Casualties:
 35.000 Killed or Captured

 UN Force’s Casualties:
 566 Killed
 2713 Wounded
 2 Cruisers
 3 Destroyers
 1 Armed Sampan
 1 Aircraft
SIGNIFICANCE
• The turning point in the Korean War
Campaign
• Seoul Recaptured
• North Korea Military pressed back into
their territory.
• The pursue stops on November after
China reinforced the North Korea
Military
NORTH KOREA FORCE LEADERSHIP
 Good at the attack strategy that result the
combined ROK and US force cornered at Pusan
Perimeter
 Poor at logistic Security Planning. After the rapid
attack, NKA was not provided with sufficient
logistic support, especially Food and Clothing.
 Kim Il Sung didn’t prepare NKA reserve soldier to
reinforce the main force, and/or guard the
logistic supply line.
 UN FORCE LEADERSHIP

 Mac Arthur made a 3 alternative of landing plans

(Incheon, Kunsan and Chumunjin-up).
 Using a Composite Force of Marine and Infantry as
one X Corps.
 Preparing the X Corps in under GHQ Reserve.
 He made some needed replacements in the Divisions
to complete the amount (includes joining 8.000 South
Korea recruit, to augment the 7th Infantry Division).
 The process of planning, preparation until execution is
done within only 3,5 months.
Korean War from General McArthur View
Challenges Opportunity Purposes/Strategy

1. Strike at the rear of the

1. Facing a different enemy North Korean forces
– North 2. Cut their supply lines to
1. Tenuous North Korean
Korean(Communist) the south
supply lines
2. Lack of available 3. Gain the political
2. Inchon plan setting -
manpower – US and UN advantage by liberating
amphibious operation
Troop Seoul
3. Distance and military
3. Seoul under attack, faced 4. Threaten the North
communication between
a forlorn hope of victory Korean capital of
seoul and pusan too far.
Pyongyang.
General Douglas McArthur Leadership Traits

Vision
Boldness

Decesive
Q and A