13th Division

The 13th Infantry Division, also known as the 13th Division, was a military formation of the Korean People's Army during the twentieth century. It was not a commercial brand, company, or consumer-facing organization; the supplied subject refers specifically to the North Korean military formation identified in the Wikipedia article “13th Division (North Korea).” The division took part in the early North Korean advance during the Korean War. Its recorded operations included participation in the advance southward from Seoul toward Daejeon, one of the principal campaigns of the war's opening phase. Following the initial North Korean successes, the division also fought during the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, the major defensive campaign in southeastern Korea in which United Nations and South Korean forces held a perimeter around the port of Busan while North Korean forces attempted to break through. Available reference material does not provide a reliable formation date, commander list, order of battle, detailed campaign chronology, equipment profile, casualty figures, postwar disposition, or confirmed dissolution date. Accordingly, this dossier does not infer those details. The division is best documented as a historical North Korean infantry formation active during the twentieth century, rather than as an active contemporary institution or an internationally marketed brand.

The 13th Division was an infantry formation of the Korean People's Army during the twentieth century. The available references identify it primarily through its participation in the Korean War rather than through a complete institutional history. Its early wartime operations formed part of the North Korean offensive that moved south after the outbreak of hostilities. The division was involved in the North Korean advance from Seoul toward Daejeon, a phase in which North Korean forces captured or contested important population centers and lines of communication in the Korean Peninsula's central and southern regions. The formation later participated in the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter. This battle took place during the period when United Nations Command and South Korean forces maintained a defensive perimeter in southeastern Korea, centered on the port of Busan, against North Korean efforts to achieve a decisive breakthrough. The 13th Division's presence in this campaign places it among the North Korean formations engaged in the sustained fighting around the perimeter during the Korean War's first major defensive phase. Beyond these campaign references, the supplied material does not establish the division's precise date of creation, senior leadership, subordinate units, bases, strength, equipment, losses, or final disposition. It also does not confirm whether the formation was formally disbanded, redesignated, or reorganized after the war. As a result, a responsible historical account must remain limited to the division's identification as a North Korean infantry formation and its documented involvement in the advance from Seoul to Daejeon and the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter.

• Participation in the Korean War

  [1]13th Division (North Korea)en.wikipedia.org

  The 13th Division served as a North Korean infantry formation during the Korean War and took part in operations during the conflict's opening phase.

• Advance from Seoul toward Daejeon

  [1]13th Division (North Korea)en.wikipedia.org

  The division participated in the North Korean advance from Seoul toward Daejeon during the early stages of the war.

• Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

  [1]13th Division (North Korea)en.wikipedia.org

  The division fought in the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, the major defensive campaign around southeastern Korea during the early Korean War.

Historical military formation; not a commercial brand.

• North Korean advance from Seoul to Daejeon

  Korean Peninsula

  The 13th Division participated in the North Korean advance southward from Seoul toward Daejeon during the opening phase of the Korean War.

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• Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

  Korean Peninsula

  The division fought in the Battle of the Pusan Perimeter, where North Korean forces attempted to overcome the United Nations and South Korean defensive perimeter in southeastern Korea.

  Source

1. 113th Division (North Korea)en.wikipedia.org