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Welcome to the Korean military history task force, a joint venture of the Korea and Military history WikiProjects. If you have any questions about articles or are generally seeking advice, you're encouraged to ask at the main military history talk page, or you can directly approach one of the task force participants below. The coordinators of the Military history WikiProject can be contacted here. Scope This task force covers all topics related to the military history of Korea. Any article related to this task force should be marked by adding Korean-task-force=yes or Korean=y to the {{WPMILHIST}} project banner at the top of its talk page (see the project banner instructions for more details on the exact syntax). This will automatically place it into Category:Korean military history task force articles.

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8 August 2025

• diffhist Talk:World War II 21:36 +708 Sundostund talk contribs (New section)
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7 August 2025

• diffhist Talk:Siege of Ulsan 17:18 +1,511 Agadbead talk contribs (→Some historical sources: Reply) Tag: Reply
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6 August 2025

• Move log 14:42 Woko Sapien talk contribs moved page Talk:List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during the Korean War to Talk:List of U.S. Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during the Korean War (Conforms with List of U.S. Navy acronyms)
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5 August 2025

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4 August 2025

• diffhist Talk:Dai Hong Dan incident 18:21 +433 Yue talk contribs (→Military conflict: Reply) Tag: Reply
• diffhist Talk:Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle 17:50 +279 Dan Leonard talk contribs (→RfC: External link: reply) Tag: CD
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3 August 2025

• Move log 21:47 Grapesurgeon talk contribs moved page Talk:Yi Si-ae's Rebellion to Talk:Yi Siae's Rebellion (MR per WP:KOREANNAME)
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2 August 2025

• diffhist Talk:Geoje POW camp 11:22 +341 MagiTagi talk contribs (→POV and framing: new section) Tag: New topic

Participants

If you approach anyone from this list for advice or help, please check their contributions first to check if they've edited recently. This list may contain people who have not edited Wikipedia in a long time.

1. -revi (talk · contribs)
2. Brigade Piron (talk · contribs) (Korean War - particularly non-US UN contingents)
3. Cerebellum (talk · contribs) (Korean War articles)
4. Historiographer (talk · contribs)
5. Visviva (talk · contribs) (janitorial duties only)
6. Royalmate1 (talk · contribs) Learning Korean. Amateur historian.
7. Irojyo (talk · contribs) Reads Korean well enough and has an advanced degree in Korean history.
8. Nicealstn (talk · contribs) Native Korean and has a broad access to Korean records.
9. Prodraxis (talk · contribs)
10. ExiaMesa (talk · contribs)

This user is a member of the Korean military history task force of WikiProject Military history.

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Article statistics

The table to the right shows the current article assessment statistics for this task force. A list of the top 500 most popular articles within our scope, as well as the number of page views each article received over the past month, can be found here. With most of our articles assessed as Stub- or Start-Class, there's a lot of work to be done. However, we also have a number of good, A-Class, and featured articles, which have been assessed as amongst the best Wikipedia has to offer. These article serve as a yardstick for what can be achieved and should be aimed for, and can provide ideas about how to write an article and what sources to consult; they are listed below: Featured articles 1st Provisional Marine Brigade 766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea) Jesse L. Brown Canoe River train crash Chaplain–Medic massacre Choe Bu George Andrew Davis Jr. Hill 303 massacre Thomas J. Hudner Jr. Douglas MacArthur Bill Madden (soldier) Battle of Osan Kenneth R. Shadrick Battle of Taejon Featured lists List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients List of Puerto Ricans missing in action in the Korean War A-Class articles I Corps (United States) Battle of Battle Mountain Battle of the Bowling Alley Cho Ki-chon Battle of Chochiwon Battle of Chonan William F. Dean Hadong Ambush Battle of Haman Battle of Hwanggan Battle of Kapyong First Battle of Maryang-san Battle of Masan First Battle of Naktong Bulge Battle of Nam River Battle of P'ohang-dong Battle of Pusan Perimeter logistics Battle of the Pusan Perimeter Battle of Pyongtaek Battle of Sangju (1950) Battle of Taegu United Nations Command–Rear Battle of Yongdong Good articles I Corps (United States) Battle of Battle Mountain Battle of the Bowling Alley Budae-jjigae Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River Cho Ki-chon Battle of Chochiwon Battle of Chonan Chŏng Munbu Battle of Chongju (1950) Battle of Chosin Reservoir Prescott Currier Dai Hong Dan incident William F. Dean Great Naktong Offensive Hadong Ambush Battle of Haman Air Battle of South Korea Battle of Hwanggan Inchon (film) Jeong Haneul Battle of Ka-san Battle of Kapyong Battle of Kujin Battle of Kyongju First Battle of Maryang-san Battle of Masan First Battle of Naktong Bulge Second Battle of Naktong Bulge Battle of Nam River No Gun Ri massacre 2009 North Korean nuclear test Battle of the Notch Battle of Onjong Battle of P'ohang-dong Battle of Pakchon Battle of Pusan Perimeter logistics Battle of the Pusan Perimeter Battle of Pyongtaek Mitchell Red Cloud Jr. Battle of the Samichon River Battle of Sangju (1950) Louis J. Sebille Third Battle of Seoul Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Battle of Suwon Airfield Battle of Tabu-dong Battle of Taegu William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) Battle of Triangle Hill United Nations Command–Rear United Nations Memorial Cemetery United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 Battle of Unsan John S. Walmsley Jr. First and second battles of Wonju World War II Battle of Yongdong Battle of Yongyu Battle of Yongsan

Korean military history task force assessment statistics Articles Lists FA 14 FL 2 A 23 AL 0 GA 36     B 141 BL 2 C 477 CL 15 Start 871 List 41 Stub 228     Total 1,790 Total 60 Other pages Category 0 Disambig 0 Draft 0 File 0 Portal 0 Project 0 Redirect 0 SIA 25 Template 0 User 0 Total 25 Unassessed 0 Statistics ω 8,420 Ω 4.551 category

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Cleanup needed

Military history of Korea• Battle of Chonju • Goguryeo–Sui War • Broken Arrow (Korean War) • Siege of Namwon • Siege of Ulsan • Korean–Jurchen border conflicts • Revolutionary Site • Siege of Jinju (1592)

Requested articles

Battle of Long Neck Pass • Siege of Yodong (612) • Battles of Chiyang • Battle of Chungju (1253) • Battle of Kumhwa • Battle of Bonghwa • Battle of Kumgu • Battle of Gwangyang • Battle of Hamyang • Siege of Gimhae • Siege of Gyeongju • KPA Security Command • Battle of Pusan (1597) (Currently redirect) • Battle of Tangpo • Unification of Three Kingdoms • North Korea–United States proxy conflict (draft) • Joint Security Area Soviet defector incident

Expansion needed

Siege of Pyongyang (1592) • United Nations Partisan Forces Korea • Battle of Maehwa-san • Battle of Hwangsanbeol • Battle of Kwiju • Siege of Jinju (1592) • Red Turbans invasions of Korea • Italian Red Cross • Battle of Chatkol • more...

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Second Battle of Maryang-san

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Second Battle of Maryang-san • Third Battle of the Hook

Translation needed

ko:가칠봉 전투 • ko:희천 전투 • Battle of Amami-Ōshima (expanding from Japanese)

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• 01 Aug 2025 – No Kaebang (talk · edit · hist) was nominated for DYK by AirshipJungleman29 (t · c); see discussion

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• 16 Jul 2025 – Historic Site of Anti-Mongolian Struggle (talk · edit · hist) has an RfC by WhatamIdoing (t · c); see discussion

Articles to be split

• 01 Mar 2025 – Imjin War (talk · edit · hist) is proposed for splitting by Seefooddiet (t · c); see discussion

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Resources

• Online Bookshelves:Korean War - public domain books, etc. from US Army
• Institute for Military History Compilation - books and essays from Korean Army (Korean)