Breakout: The Chosin Reservoir Campaign, Korea 1950
by Martin Russ
Rating
LanguageEN
Total Pages464 pages
ISBN
9780140292596
Description
On general 's orders, a force of 12,000 u.s. Marines were marching north to the yalu river in late November 1950. These three regiments of the 1st marine division--strung out along eighty miles of a narrow mountain road-...On general 's orders, a force of 12,000 u.s. Marines were marching north to the yalu river in late November 1950. These three regiments of the 1st marine division--strung out along eighty miles of a narrow mountain road--soon found themselves completely surrounded by 60,000 Chinese soldiers.