History

The 12th Infantry Division was a military formation of the Korean People's Army during the 20th Century. It was activated in Wonsan and was initially comprised of the Northeast Volunteer Army, Chinese 15th Division and was initially comprised of the 30th, 31st and 32nd Infantry Regiments. The unit was initially equipped with vehicles attained by North Korea from the Soviet Union shortly after April 1950. The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, is technically still at war with the Republic of Korea and according to western estimates now has the fifth-largest military in the world albeit because it has the largest percentage of citizens in the world who... Wonsan is a port city and naval base in southeastern North Korea. ...

In April 1950 Communist China returned 12,000 more veterans of the CCF to Korea where they formed the 7th Division (redesignated the 12th about July 2, 1950).^[1]

Artillery units of the 12th Division, at the time of the division's activation at Wonsan in April or May 1950, were composed of battle-seasoned Korean veterans from the Chinese Communist Army.^[2]

Was part of the North Korean advance from Seoul to Taejon. Seoul (Sŏul[1] 서울)   is the capital and largest city of South Korea (Republic of Korea). ... Daejeon Metropolitan City is a metropolitan city in the centre of South Korea, and the capital of South Chungcheong Province. ...

Fought in the Battle of Pusan Perimeter.^[3] The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was fought in August and September of 1950 between United Nations forces combined with South Korean forces and the forces of North Korea. ...

On 16 September, in the I Corps sector, elements of the Capital Division fought their way through the streets of An’gang-ni. The next day, advancing from the west in the II Corps sector, a battalion of the 7th Division linked up with elements of the Capital Division, closing a two-week-old gap between the ROK I and II Corps. The NKPA’s 12th Division waged a series of stubborn delaying actions against the Capital Division in the vicinity of Kigye as the North Koreans retreated northward into the mountains. Kigye fell back under South Korean control on September 22, 1950.^[4]

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