Pohang's road airteries an shippin port made it a place o strategic significance durin the Korean War. An unopposed laundin o UN forces at Pohang on 18 Julie 1950 wis the first large-scale amphibious operation syne Warld War II, an the region aroond Pohang saw fierce clashes atween Sooth Korea's 3rd Infantry Division an North Korea's 5t Infantry Diveesion durin August–September 1950.