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  • That’s why I literally specified the “north” pushed all the way to Seoul. The halting was pretty single handedly the intervention of China, there was no means of counter offensive without them. Then the Korean People’s Army managed to push back to Seoul. Keep in mind at the very start of the war, following the outbreak, the KPA actually captured Seoul. The UN forces arrived following this and came close to ending the war in defeat for the liberation movement.

    People forget there are essentially four battles of Seoul in that war, the first two are the DPRK on their own, the later ones are with China having intervened. The UN captured Pyongyang ffs in October 1950. In early 1951 with the PVA having pushed the overstretched US back, the KPA was at Seoul again.

    I think the wikipedia map gif is honestly a great visual of it, keep in mind Seoul is inly a little south of the 38th parallel https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/Korean_war_1950-1953.gif

    also this map showing in dotted lines how far things got by January of 1951. https://www.enemyinmirror.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/korean_war_inset_c-1.jpg

    Some Korean units had actually been stationed in manchuria to rebuild strength during that far extent of the UN forces northward. For instance the 5th corps of the KPA. A lot of forces didn’t get the chance to take part fully in the collapse of the UN incursion, instead reentering or being at full force again when fighting reached near the 38th parallel. After all the PVA could do this incredible shocking campaign, but it means nothing if there are not Korean forces to hold those gains and get their footing again.

    I sadly couldn’t find a number for the size of a Korean corps in comparison the a PVA army.