I live in Korea and I ride my bicycle to explore old battlefields, many of them from the various Chinese offensives in late 1950-early 1951, like Gapyeong and Solmari (Gloster Hill). The story of Chinese intervention is really remarkable, not least that the initial Chinese attack on October 19th was a warning shot almost, that went unheeded. The Chinese forces went quiet for a while afterwards and it was only in November 1950 that the UN mauling really got underway. If anyone's interested, there is a great book called The Marines of Autumn by James Brady. It's fiction, but excellent fiction, and details the retreat of the Marines to the coast at Hamhung after their disastrous incursion into NE Korea, as the Chinese chased them all the way. Very much worth the time to read.
I live in Korea and I ride my bicycle to explore old battlefields, many of them from the various Chinese offensives in late 1950-early 1951, like Gapyeong and Solmari (Gloster Hill). The story of Chinese intervention is really remarkable, not least that the initial Chinese attack on October 19th was a warning shot almost, that went unheeded. The Chinese forces went quiet for a while afterwards and it was only in November 1950 that the UN mauling really got underway. If anyone's interested, there is a great book called The Marines of Autumn by James Brady. It's fiction, but excellent fiction, and details the retreat of the Marines to the coast at Hamhung after their disastrous incursion into NE Korea, as the Chinese chased them all the way. Very much worth the time to read.
And now China is itching for a war with the US. That’s per someone on MSNBC’s Morning Joe yesterday. Crap!