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  • Vietnam
    Jul, 1950
    Vietnam War

    The People's Republic of China (PRC) began assisting the Viet Minh

    Vietnam
    Jul, 1950

    Military advisors from the People's Republic of China (PRC) began assisting the Viet Minh ((League for the Independence of Vietnam) was a national independence coalition formed at Pác Bó by Hồ Chí Minh on May 19, 1941) in July 1950.




  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jul 3, 1950
    Harry S. Truman

    Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Monday Jul 3, 1950

    However, on July 3, 1950, Truman did give Senate Majority Leader Scott W. Lucas a draft resolution titled "Joint Resolution Expressing Approval of the Action Taken in Korea"




  • Soviet Union, (Russia that time)
    Tuesday Jul 4, 1950
    Korean War

    The Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US

    Soviet Union, (Russia that time)
    Tuesday Jul 4, 1950

    On 4 July the Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister accused the US of starting armed intervention on behalf of South Korea.




  • Osan, South Korea
    Wednesday Jul 5, 1950
    Korean War

    The Battle of Osan

    Osan, South Korea
    Wednesday Jul 5, 1950

    The Battle of Osan, the first significant US engagement of the Korean War, involved the 540-soldier Task Force Smith, which was a small forward element of the 24th Infantry Division which had been flown in from Japan. On 5 July 1950, Task Force Smith attacked the KPA at Osan but without weapons capable of destroying the KPA tanks. They were unsuccessful; the result was 180 dead, wounded, or taken prisoner.




  • South Korea
    Thursday Jul 6, 1950
    Korean War

    General MacArthur ordered Major General Hobart R. Gay, commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, to plan the division's amphibious landing at Incheon

    South Korea
    Thursday Jul 6, 1950

    Against the rested and re-armed Pusan Perimeter defenders and their reinforcements, the KPA were undermanned and poorly supplied; unlike the UN forces, they lacked naval and air support. To relieve the Pusan Perimeter, General MacArthur recommended an amphibious landing at Incheon, near Seoul and well over 160 km (100 mi) behind the KPA lines. On 6 July, he ordered Major General Hobart R. Gay, commander of the US 1st Cavalry Division, to plan the division's amphibious landing at Incheon.




  • U.S.
    Friday Jul 7, 1950
    United Nations

    Security Council resolution

    U.S.
    Friday Jul 7, 1950

    Though the UN's primary mandate was peacekeeping, the division between the US and USSR often paralyzed the organization, generally allowing it to intervene only in conflicts distant from the Cold War. Two notable exceptions were a Security Council resolution on 7 July 1950 authorizing a US-led coalition to repel the North Korean invasion of South Korea, passed in the absence of the USSR, and the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement on 27 July 1953.




  • Malta
    Sunday Jul 16, 1950
    Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

    Philip was promoted to lieutenant commander

    Malta
    Sunday Jul 16, 1950

    On 16 July 1950, Philip was promoted to lieutenant commander and given command of the frigate HMS Magpie.


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