The Frozen Chosen : the 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin River / Thomas McKelvey Cleaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cleaver, Thomas McKelvey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st--History--Korean War, 1950-1953.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Campaigns--Korea (North)--Changjin Reservoir.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, American.

History.

Military campaigns.

Korea (North)--Changjin Reservoir.

Local Subjects:

United States. Marine Corps. Marine Division, 1st.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- American.

History.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

296 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Osprey Publishing, [2016]

Summary:

"After World War II, Russia and the United States divided North and South Korea along the 38th Parallel. When the Communist North Korean People's Army pushed south of this line in June 1950, combined American and British forces under UN commander Douglas MacArthur halted and reversed the advance. By October, the US-led intervention was on the brink of pushing the forces of North Korea out of the peninsula. As they approached the border with China, however, they were faced with an onslaught from Mao Zedong's vast People's Volunteer Army. General MacArthur confidently predicted that the UN forces would brush aside the Chinese--but they had underestimated their foe. By November the 1st Marine Division was among UN forces surrounded at the Chosin Reservoir. Heavily outnumbered in the worst Siberian blizzard in a century, their only option to survive was to break out in a determined, fighting retreat. Featuring first-person interviews with survivors, and illustrated with black and white photographs and detailed campaign maps, this is an enthralling account of the US Marine Corps' Finest Hour."--Dust jacket.

Contents:

Brother's keeper

Background to war in the Land of the Morning Calm

The wages of hubris

The fatal decision

First contact

Where is the enemy?

The Chinese attack

Holding on

Breakout

"Retreat, hell, we're just attacking in a new direction!"

Evacuation

Aftermath.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-290) and index.

ISBN:

9781472814364

1472814363

OCLC:

952674827