Korean War order of battle

Template:Short description This is the Korean War order of battle. Subsidiary commands are listed on sub-pages. Where no date is shown for a command, assume it present at the start of the war, on June 25, 1950.

Pro-Southern forces: United Nations and Republic of Korea

Republic of Korea Armed Forces (prior to June 25, 1950)

• File:Flag of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces.svg Republic of Korea Armed Forces
  • File:ROKA Capital Mechanized Infantry Division Insignia.svg Capital Guard Command, Seoul & Ongjin
    • 3rd Infantry Regiment
    • 8th Infantry Regiment
    • 17th Infantry Regiment
    • 18th Infantry Regiment
    • 1st Cavalry Regiment
  • File:ROKA 1st Infantry Division Insignia.svg 1st Infantry Division, Kaesong
    • 11th Infantry Regiment
    • 12th Infantry Regiment
    • 13th Infantry Regiment
  • File:ROKA 2nd Infantry Division Insignia.svg 2nd Infantry Division, Daejeon
    • 5th Infantry Regiment
    • 16th Infantry Regiment
    • 25th Infantry Regiment
  • File:ROKA 3rd Infantry Division Insignia.svg 3rd Infantry Division, Daegu
    • 22nd Infantry Regiment
    • 23rd Infantry Regiment
  • File:ROKA 5th Infantry Division Insignia.svg 5th Infantry Division, Gwangju
    • 15th Infantry Regiment
    • 20th Infantry Regiment
  • File:ROKA 6th Infantry Division Insignia.svg 6th Infantry Division, Chuncheon & Wonju
    • 2nd Infantry Regiment
    • 7th Infantry Regiment
    • 19th Infantry Regiment
  • File:7사단.svg 7th Infantry Division, Dongducheon
    • 1st Infantry Regiment
    • 3rd Infantry Regiment
    • 9th Infantry Regiment
  • File:8th Infantry Division (South Korea).svg 8th Infantry Division, Gangneung & Jumunjin
    • 10th Infantry Regiment
    • 21st Infantry Regiment
  • File:ROKA 9th Infantry Division Insignia.svg 9th Infantry Division, Seoul (from October 1950)
    • 28th Infantry Regiment
    • 29th Infantry Regiment
    • 30th Infantry Regiment

United Nations Ground Forces

• General Headquarters United Nations Command (UNC) — Formally activated 10 July 1950, before then allied forces were formally under American operational control.
  • Far East Command (FECOM)
    • File:Eighth United States Army CSIB.svg Eighth Army - Combination of ROK infantry divisions and UN forces
      • File:U.S. I Corps CSIB.svg I Corps
      • File:US IX Corps SSI.png IX Corps
      • File:US X Corps SSI.png X Corps: September 15, 1950 to December 24, 1950.
  • United States ground forces (with attached UN units)
    • File:2nd-infantry-division-united-states-army-shoulder-indian-army.png 2nd Infantry Division
      • French Battalion
      • Dutch Battalion (from early 1951)
    • File:3rd Infantry Division SSI (1918-2015).svg 3rd Infantry Division
      • 65th Infantry Regiment (from September 1950)
      • Belgian Battalion (from February 1951)
        • Luxembourg Platoon (from February 1951)
      • Greek Battalion
    • File:7th Infantry Division SSI (1973-2015).svg 7th Infantry Division
      • Colombian Battalion
      • Ethiopian "Kagnew" Battalion
    • File:24 Infantry Division SSI.svg 24th Infantry Division
    • File:25th Infantry Division shoulder sleeve insignia.png 25th Infantry Division
      • Turkish Brigade
      • Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea
    • File:40th Infantry Division CSIB.svg 40th Infantry Division
    • File:45th Infantry insignia (thunderbird).svg 45th Infantry Division
    • File:1st Cavalry Division Patch.svg 1st Cavalry Division
      • Thai Battalion
    • File:Distinctive unit insignia of the 187th Infantry Regiment.png 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment
    • File:5INF DUI.png 5th Infantry Regiment
  • United Nations divisions under overall US command:
    • File:British 27th Infantry Brigade Post War.svg 27th British Commonwealth Brigade (from August 1950-July 1951)
    • British 28th Infantry Brigade (from April–June 1951)
    • File:29th Infantry Brigade Formation Patch.svg British 29th Infantry Brigade (from November 1950-July 1951)
    • File:SSI of the 1st Commonwealth Division.svg 1st Commonwealth Division (from July 1951)
      • Canadian 25th Brigade
      • Australian Battalions
      • New Zealand Artillery Regiment
  • US Marine Corps
    • File:1st Marine Division Official Logo in SVG.svg 1st Marine Division
      • Provisional Marine Brigade 1950
    • File:USMC - 1MAW.png 1st Marine Aircraft Wing
  • File:Coat of arms of the Republic of Korea Army.svg Republic of Korea Army
    • ROK I Corps
    • ROK II Corps

United Nations Naval Forces

• File:Naval Region Japan.png Naval Forces Far East
  • File:7th Fleet Logo.png United States Seventh Fleet (from June 27, 1950)
    • Task Force 90
    • Task Force 95 (from September 12, 1950)
    • Task Force 96
  • British Far East Fleet (from June 28, 1950)

United Nations Air Forces

• US Far East Air Forces
  • 31st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic) (from June 29-November 15, 1950)
  • 91st Strategic Reconnaissance Squadron (Medium, Photographic) (from November 15, 1950)
  • File:Fifth Air Force - Emblem.png Fifth Air Force
  • Far East Air Forces Bomber Command
  • File:Twentieth Air Force - Emblem.png Twentieth Air Force

Other

• Swedish Red Cross Field Hospital (Svenska Röda Korset-sjukhuset)
• File:Parachute Regiment Insignia (India).svg Indian Army 60th Parachute Field Ambulance
• Danish Red Cross Hospital Ship
• Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (NORMASH)
• Italian 68th Red Cross Hospital (L’Ospedale N. 68 della Croce Rossa Italiana)

Pro-Northern forces: People's Republic of Korea and China

North Korean forces

• File:Emblem of the Korean People's Army.svg Korean People's Army
  • 1st NKPA Division
  • 2nd NKPA Division
  • 3rd NKPA Division
  • 4th NKPA Division
  • 5th NKPA Division
  • 6th NKPA Division
  • 12th NKPA Division
  • 10th NKPA Division
  • 13th NKPA Division
  • 15th NKPA Division
  • 105th Armoured Brigade
  • 206th Mechanized Infantry Brigade

Notes:

• NKPA infantry divisions 1 through 7 were regular force infantry divisions used in the attack on South Korea, while the 10th, 13th, and 15th were reserve units used for security.

Chinese forces

File:Socialist red flag.svg People's Volunteers Army November 23, 1950

• XIII Army Group - General Deng Hua
  • 38th Army - General Liang Xingchu
    • 112th Division (334th, 335th, 336th Regts)
    • 113th Division (337th, 338th, 339th Regts)
    • 114th Division (340th, 341st, 342d Regts)
  • 39th Army - General Wu Xinquan
    • 115th Division (343d, 344th, 345th Regts)
    • 116th Division (346th, 347th, 348th Regts)
    • 117th Division (349th, 350th, 351st Regts)
  • 40th Army - General Wen Yucheng
    • 118th Division (352d, 353d, 354th Regts)
    • 119th Division (355th, 356th, 357th Regts)
    • 120th Division (358th, 359th, 360th Regts)
  • 42nd Army - General Wu Ruilin
    • 124th Division (370th, 371st, 372d Regts)
    • 125th Division (373d, 374th, 375th Regts)
    • 126th Division (376th, 377th, 378th Regts)
  • 50th Army - General Zeng Zesheng
    • 148th Division (442d, 443d, 444th Regts)
    • 149th Division (445th, 446th, 447th Regts)
    • 150th Division (448th, 449th, 450th Regts)
  • 66th Army - General Xiao Xinhuai
    • 196th Division (586th, 587th, 588th Regts)
    • 197th Division (589th, 590th, 591st Regts)
    • 198th Division (592d, 593d, 594th Regts)
  • 1st Motorised Artillery Division (25th, 26th, 27th Regts)
  • 2nd Motorised Artillery Division (28th, 29th, 30th Regts)
  • 8th Motorised Artillery Division (31st, 44th, 45th Regts)
• IX Army Group - General Song Shi-Lun
  • 20th Army - General Zhang Yixiang
    • 58th Division (172d, 173d, 174th Regts)
    • 59th Division (175th, 176th, 177th Regts)
    • 60th Division (178th, 179th, 180th Regts)
    • 89th Division (265th, 266th, 267th Regts)
  • 26th Army - General Zhang Renchu
    • 76th Division (226th, 227th, 228th Regts)
    • 77th Division (229th, 230th, 231st Regts)
    • 78th Division (232d, 233d, 234th, Regts)
    • 88th Division (262d, 263d, 264th Regts)
  • 27th Army - General Peng Deqing
    • 79th Division (235th, 236th, 237th Regts)
    • 80th Division (238th, 239th, 240th Regts)
    • 81st Division (241st, 242nd, 243d Regts)
    • 90th Div (268th, 269th, 270th Regts)
• III Army Group - General Chen Geng
  • 12th Army - General Zeng Shaoshan
  • 15th Army - General Qin Jiwei
  • 60th Army - General Wei Jie
    • 179th Division
    • 180th Division
    • 181st Division
• XIX Army Group - General Yang Dezhi
  • 63rd Army - General Fu Congbi
  • 64th Army - General Zeng Siyu
  • 65th Army - General Xiao Yingtang

Soviet Union

• 64th Fighter Aviation Corps

Other

• Foreign Medical Continents
  • Bulgarian Red Cross
  • Czechoslovak Field Hospital (from 1952)

See also

• US Eighth Army Korean War order of battle
• US Seventh Fleet Korean War order of battle
• USAF units and aircraft of the Korean War