Hungnam evacuation

Hungnam Evacuation
Part of the Korean War
Demolition charges destroy Hŭngnam port on 24 December 1950; USS Begor is in the foreground.
Date 15–24 December 1950 Location South of Hamhung, Hamhung, North Korea Result Successful United Nations withdrawal
Belligerents
United Nations  United States  South Korea	North Korea  China
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Edward Almond Shin Sung-Mo Earle E. Partridge James H. Doyle	Choi Yong-kun Kim Chaek Kim Ung Kim Mu Chong Peng Dehuai
Units involved
X Corps 1st Marine Division 3rd Infantry Division 7th Infantry Division 1st Marine Air Wing I Corps 3rd Infantry Division Capital Division Fifth Air Force	Korean People's Army 1st Division 3rd Division People's Volunteer Army 27th Army 79th Division 80th Division 81st Division 94th Division
Strength
100,000	Unknown

The Hungnam evacuation^[1] or Heungnam redeployment^[2][3] (Korean: 흥남 철수 작전; Hanja: 興南撤收作戰), also known as the Miracle of Christmas, was the evacuation of United Nations (UN) forces and North Korean civilians from the port of Hungnam, Hamhung, North Korea, between 15 and 24 December 1950 during the Korean War. As part of the fighting withdrawal of UN forces against the People's Volunteer Army (PVA) during the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir (27 November to 13 December), they abandoned some 59,000 square kilometers of North Korean territory to enemy forces and retreated to Hungnam from where they were evacuated to South Korea.^[1]