II Corps (South Korea) [SEP] inception
II Corps (South Korea)
II Corps (South Korea) is a field corps of the Republic of Korea Army and it was active in the Korean War. It is also known as Double Dragons.
History.
II Corps was created July 24, 1950, just before the Battle of Pusan Perimeter and it consisted of the 1st Division and 6th Infantry Division.
During the battle of the Pusan Perimeter (July–September, 1950), its headquarters was at Hamch’ang.
Currently, its headquarters is
formation of Volunteer Fighting Corps. At this stage of the war, the lack of modern weaponry and ammunition meant that most were armed with swords or even bamboo spears.
Within Japan proper, the Volunteer Fighting Corps were never used in combat, except in South Sakhalin (the Battle of Okinawa occurred before its formal inception, with local "Boeitai" home guard conscripts forming part of the defences there). And the similar units organized in Japanese exterior provinces were used in battle. The units in Korea, Kwangtung, and