Operation Blaze

Operation Blaze
Part of the Korean War
Date 2 July 1952 Location Kangao-ri, Korea Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United Nations  Australia	China
Commanders and leaders
David Thomson	Unknown
Units involved
1 RAR	Unknown
Strength
One company	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed 33 wounded	Unknown

Operation Blaze (2 July 1952) was a United Nations Command (UN) operation near Kangao-ri during the Korean War to capture a prisoner.^[1] The raid involved a company-sized attack from the newly arrived 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) on Chinese People's Volunteer Army (PVA) positions on Hill 227. Although the Australians were able to take some of the PVA positions on the hill, they did not achieve all of their objectives and were eventually forced to withdraw after running out of ammunition.