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Corps. But like the South Koreans they were facing, the North Korean forces were also badly depleted and understrength. Although the North Koreans fielded more than 10 infantry divisions for the battle, most of the divisions' strength were equivalent to an infantry regiment.
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Joseph S. Bermudez reports that the corps is part of the KPA's third echelon and is deployed on the western coast of North Korea, around the Pyongyang area (surrounding the area of responsibility of the
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Korean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Air, and Naval Forces 1950-1953
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of July 1953, the corps was one of only two KPA corps on the line, holding the extreme eastern sector, with
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in command. During the initial North Korean invasion of the south, it was in reserve, comprising the
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on the western flank. By that time it consisted of the 1st, 15th, 37th, and 45th Divisions.
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with the 172nd, 173rd, and 174th Infantry Regiments and the 27th Artillery Regiment
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with the 19th, 21st, 23rd Infantry Regiment and 13th Artillery Regiment
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Bermudez, Shield of the Great Leader, Allen and Unwin, 2001, 58, 64.
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/dprk/iii-corps.htm
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The War for Korea, 1950–1951: They Came From the North
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Index

North Korea
Army
Korean People's Army
Nampo
South Pyongan
corps
Korean People's Army
Yu Kyong-su
10th Infantry Division
13th Division
15th Infantry Division
First and Second Battles of Wonju
II
V
Korean Armistice
VIII Corps
60th Army
1st Division
13th Division
27th Division
Pyongyang Defense Command
North Korea portal
I Corps
II Corps
IV Corps
V Corps
XII Corps
Yangkang (Ryanggang) Province gets new 10th corps
Rottman 2002

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