Qualla: Battle of Triangle Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:39 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/f/d/battle-of-triangle-hill-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Triangle Hill https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill Battle of Triangle Hill: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. UN planners expected it to last five days and cost 200 casualties. Operation Showdown ground on for 42 days and consumed thousands of soldiers on both sides. The Battle of Triangle Hill, known in China as the Shangganling Campaign, began on October 14, 1952, as a limited operation to seize a forested ridge 2 kilometers north of Gimhwa-eup. It ended on November 25 with Chinese forces back in their original positions, the UN command forced to suspend all offensive operations larger than a battalion, and President Truman privately calling the battle a serious blow to morale.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/f/d/battle-of-triangle-hill-wp/wyfd-battle-of-triangle-hill-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Triangle Hill: A V in the Mountains https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. Triangle Hill earned its name from the V-shape it traced on aerial photographs. Hill 598 sat at the apex, overlooking the Gimhwa valley to the south. Two ridges extended northeast and northwest -- the northwestern one dominated by a peak nicknamed Pike's Peak, the other connectin...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/f/d/battle-of-triangle-hill-wp/wyfd-battle-of-triangle-hill-a-v-in-the-mountains.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Triangle Hill: Into the Tunnels https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The opening bombardment on October 14 stripped the foliage from Triangle Hill and destroyed most above-ground fortifications. But the defenders were underground. As US and ROK troops approached, they were met with grenades, Bangalore torpedoes, shaped charges, and rocks thrown fr...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/f/d/battle-of-triangle-hill-wp/wyfd-battle-of-triangle-hill-into-the-tunnels.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Triangle Hill: The Calculus of Attrition https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. By late October, PVA acting commander Deng Hua recognized a strategic opportunity: if China could absorb the losses, the battle would exhaust American willingness to attack. On October 25, the 15th Corps was ordered to retake the hills "regardless of the cost." Fresh reinforcemen...

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/y/f/d/battle-of-triangle-hill-wp/wyfd-battle-of-triangle-hill-the-calculus-of-attrition.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Triangle Hill: The Battle That Ended the Offensives https://qualla.com/battle-of-triangle-hill/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. On November 5, Lieutenant General Reuben Jenkins, commanding US IX Corps, suspended attacks on Triangle Hill. The Chinese had suffered an estimated 11,500 casualties, with many units nearly destroyed, but their ability to sustain such losses had slowly ground down the US Eighth A...

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