Battle of Ka-san
The Battle of Ka-san was an engagement between United Nations Command (UN) and North Korean forces early in the Korean War from September 1 to September 15, 1950, in the vicinity of Ka-san in South Korea. It was a part of the Battle of Pusan Perimeter, and was one of several large engagements fought simultaneously. The battle ended in a victory for the United Nations after large numbers of United States Army (US) and Republic of Korea Army (ROK) troops repelled a strong Korean People's Army (KPA) attack.

Attempting to capture Taegu as part of the Great Naktong Offensive, the KPA 1st and 13th Divisions advanced to the hill masses north of the city where they confronted the US 1st Cavalry Division and the ROK 1st Division. The KPA sought to occupy a number of hill masses, most prominently Hill 902, known to South Koreans as Ka-san, for the ancient fortress situated atop it.

In two weeks of fighting in and around the fortress, the KPA were able to gradually push back the UN forces from Ka-san and Hills 755 and 314 to the south, but the UN forces held out strongly and the KPA were not able to quickly consolidate their gains. The UN forces defended the ground tenaciously, even assigning a battalion of engineers to fight on the front lines, eventually preventing the KPA from advancing long enough for the KPA to be outflanked by the Inchon landings on 15 September and on 16 September the UN forces began their breakout from the Pusan Perimeter which drove the KPA from the area.
Q482864
United Nations Command
ORG
Q423
North Korea
LOC
Q8663
Korean War
EVE
Q4871355
Ka-san
EVE
Q884
South Korea
LOC
Q482979
Battle of Pusan Perimeter
EVE
Q9212
United States Army
Concept
Q483268
Republic of Korea Army
ORG
Q240670
Korean People's Army
ORG
Q20927
Taegu
LOC
Q7737862
Great Naktong Offensive
PER
Q4596304
1st
ORG
Q4549436
13th Division
PER
Q2338
1st Cavalry Division
MEDIA
Q4596392
1st Division
ORG
Q81096
engineers
Concept
Q483039
Inchon landings
EVE
Q65085952
breakout from the Pusan Perimeter
PER
Q4871355
Battle of Ka-san
EVE
1950-09-15T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
September 15, 1950
DATE
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
+13^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
13
NUMBER
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
+1^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
1
NUMBER
+15^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
15
NUMBER
+16^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
16
NUMBER
part of
conflict
territory claimed by
participant
participant
part of