Battle of Chipyong-ni

Battle of Chipyong-ni
	Part of the Korean War
	; Map of the Battle of Chipyong-ni on the night of 13–14 February 1951
Date	13–15 February 1951
Location	Chipyong-ni, South Korea37.475°N 127.637°E
Result	United Nations victory
Belligerents
United Nations; United States; France;	China
Commanders and leaders
Paul L. Freeman Jr. Raoul Magrin-Vernerey	Xu Guofu
Units involved
23rd Regimental Combat Team 23rd Infantry Regiment; 1st Ranger Company; 37th Field Artillery Battalion; 503rd Field Artillery Battalion; 82nd Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion; 2nd Engineer Battalion; French Battalion;	People's Volunteer Army
Strength
4,500	US sources:; 25,000;
Casualties and losses
US sources:; 51 killed; 250 wounded; 42 missing ;	US sources:; 2,000 killed; 3,000 wounded; 79 captured;

The Battle of Chipyong-ni (French: Bataille de Chipyong-ni), also known as the Battle of Dipingli (Chinese: 砥平里战斗; pinyin: Dǐ Pīng Lǐ Zhàn Dòu), was a decisive battle of the Korean War that took place from 13 to 15 February 1951 between US and French units of the US 23rd Infantry Regiment and various units of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) around the village of Chipyong-ni. The result was a United Nations Command victory. The battle, along with the Third Battle of Wonju, has been called "the Gettysburg of the Korean War".

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