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Matthew Ridgway
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1944
Battle of Bulge, The
19th Dec Ardennes Sent as a reinforcement to bolster the northern flank
1944
Overlord
6th June River Merderet Commands a landing of paratroopers to capture a bridgehead on the the Merderet
1950
Commander
23rd Dec Appointed Commander of ground forces in Korea, replacement for Walton Walker
1950
Siege of Seoul
Dec Seoul Evacuates Seoul & establishes a defense line at the Han River
1951
Armistice
30th June Makes a radio broadcast offering to send representitives to discuss a cease-fire
10th July Armistice negotiations open between the Commanders of both sides
5th Aug Breaks the Armistice negotiations claiming Nth Korea has broken demilitarization rules
12th Nov Panmunjon A 2nd round of peace negotiations begins
23rd Nov Panmunjon Both sides agree to a cease-fire along a demarcation line
1951
Battle of Imjin River
22nd April River Imjin Carries out a defensive action against the North Koreans
1951
Capture of Chunshon
14th Mar Chunshon Recaptures Cunshon from the communists
1951
Capture of Seoul
14th Mar Seoul Recaptures Seoul from the communists
14th Mar Seoul Seoul is recaptured by the Americans
1951
Commander
11th April Appointed Commander of the UN forces in Korea
1951
Invasion of Korea
1st Jan 400,000 Chinese & 100,000 Nth Koreans open a major offenisive
1951
Ripper
7th Mar Launches an operation to recapture Inchon & Kimpo airfield
1951
Siege of Seoul
3rd Jan Seoul Orders the evacuation of Seoul
1952
Chief NATO Ridgway
11th July Appointed NATO military chief
1952
Commander
Nov Appointed Commander of NATO

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