 The North Korean 2nd and 9th Divisions were almost completely destroyed in the battles . The 9th Division had numbered 9 @,@ 350 men at the beginning of the offensive on September 1 . The 2nd Division numbered 6 @,@ 000 . Only a few hundred from each division returned to North Korea after the fight . The majority of the North Korean troops had been killed , captured or deserted . All of NK II Corps was in a similar state , and the North Korean army , exhausted at Pusan Perimeter and cut off after Inchon , was on the brink of defeat . 
 The North Korean 2nd and 9th Divisions <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> almost completely destroyed in the battles . The 9th Division <a href='been_done' title='2'><mark>had</mark></a> numbered 9 @,@ 350 men at the beginning of the offensive on September 1 . The 2nd Division<a href='been_done' title='3'><mark></mark></a> numbered 6 @,@ 000 . Only a few hundred from each division returned to North Korea after the fight . The majority of the North Korean troops <a href='been_done' title='4'><mark>had</mark></a> been killed , captured or deserted . All of NK II Corps was in a similar state , and the North Korean army , exhausted at Pusan Perimeter and cut off after Inchon , was on the brink of defeat . 
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