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Korean War - Chinese Invasion: Cold War, 1945-1991

Autor Gerry Van Tonder
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 apr 2020
In his first four volumes on the Korean War, the author traces the war's progress from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the desperate American defense of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur's daring and highly successful amphibious offensive at Inch'ŏn, and his subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border

Communist Chinese forces, that have been secretly infiltrating North Korean territory by slipping across the Yalu from mid-October 1950, ambush a South Korean regiment in the mountains of central North Korea. This is the first of several Chinese victories over unsuspecting and overstretched South Korean and American units in the winter of 1950/1.

On 27 November 1950, Chinese leader Mao Zedong, ostensibly fearful of the consequences of hostile American forces on his country's border along the Yalu River, orders 250,000 troops into Korea, with express orders to annihilate the UN forces. In the western half of the theater, US General Walton H. Walker's Eighth Army front along the Ch'ŏngch'ŏn axis is breached, while to the east, the US X Corps suffers a series of crushing defeats, including at the Chosin Reservoir, precipitating a massive evacuation from the North Korean port of Hungnam.
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ISBN-13: 9781526778093
ISBN-10: 1526778092
Pagini: 136
Ilustrații: 24 colour & 75 black and white illustrations
Dimensiuni: 233 x 157 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Editura: Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Colecția Cold War 1945-1991
Seria Cold War, 1945-1991


Notă biografică

Born in Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, historian and author Gerry van Tonder came to Britain in 1999. Specializing in military history, Gerry has authored multiple books on Rhodesia and the co-authored definitive Rhodesia Regiment 1899-1981. Gerry presented a copy to the regiment's former colonel-in-chief, Her Majesty the Queen.

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Peoples Liberation Army Crosses the Yalu October 1950March 1951.