Operation Ripper, or the Fourth Battle of Seoul, was a United Nations military campaign meant to eliminate as many enemies as possible and recapture Seoul from the hands of the communist armies of China and Northern Korea.
The plan was conceived by General Matthew Ridgway of the US Eighth Army. The main objective of the operation was to push the Chinese and Korean troops back to the 38th Parallel, the place where the war originally began in 1950.
In a press conference, General Ridgway said that regaining the Parallel would stop the encroachment of communism in Korea and would therefore be, [QUOTE]: "a tremendous victory."
Operation Ripper was formally launched on March 6, 1951, with a combined force of American, South Korean, and other UN units. The campaign began with the largest artillery bombardment of the three-year-long war.
Instead of making a direct assault across the Han river to recapture Seoul, UN forces encircled the city through a series of flanking attacks that overwhelmed the Chinese and Korean enemy soldiers, forcing them to withdraw.
At the end of March 1951, UN forces reached the 38th Parallel alongside the South Korean forces. They managed to advance an average of 30 miles from their starting lines.
American forces could have gone further, but General Ridgway did precisely what the United Nations Mandate ordered. Secure the border with North Korea.
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