Will not be the first tie we fought and killed Chinese troops......although.....this time we may be judged by God.......and lest we forget...Russia is also Communist!
The
Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the
Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the
Changjin Lake Campaign (
Korean: 장진호 전투;
hanja: 長津湖戰鬪;
rr:
Jangjin ho jeontu;
Chinese: 长津湖战役;
pinyin:
Cháng Jīn Hú Zhànyì),[SUP]
[c][/SUP] was a decisive battle in the
Korean War. The name "Chosin" is derived from the Japanese pronunciation "
Chōshin" of the Chinese word 長津.[SUP]
[12][/SUP][SUP]
[13][/SUP] The UN forces relied on Japanese language maps dating from their occupation of Korea which had only ended five years earlier at the conclusion of
World War II. Shortly after the
People's Republic of China entered the conflict, the
People's Volunteer Army 9th Army[SUP]
[d][/SUP] infiltrated the northeastern part of
North Korea.
On 27 November 1950, the Chinese 9th Army surprised the US
X Corps commanded by Major General
Edward Almond at the Chosin Reservoir area. A brutal 17-day battle in freezing weather soon followed. In the period between 27 November and 13 December, 30,000[SUP]
[4][/SUP]
United Nations troops (later nicknamed "The Chosin Few") under the field command of Major General
Oliver P. Smith were encircled and attacked by approximately 120,000[SUP]
[6][/SUP] Chinese troops under the command of
Song Shi-Lun, who had been ordered by Mao Zedong to destroy the UN forces. The UN forces were nonetheless able to make a fighting withdrawal and broke out of the encirclement while inflicting crippling losses on the Chinese. The
evacuation of the X Corps from the port of
Hungnam marked the complete withdrawal of UN troops from North Korea