South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu

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Название: South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu

Автор: Roy E. Appleman

Издательство: Center of Military History United States Army

ISBN: 0160359589

Год: 1992

Страниц: 852

Формат: PDF

Размер: 31.2МБ

Язык: английский

Korean War 50th Anniversary. United States Army in the Korean War.

At the outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950, the U.S. Army combat units nearest the scene were the four infantry divisions performing occupation duties in Japan. When the Army of the Republic of Korea, supported only by U.S. air and naval forces, was unable to halt the North Korean aggressors, these divisions, seriously understrength and only partially trained and equipped for fighting, provided the troops that were committed initially to action in response to the call of the United Nations Security Council. Colonel Appleman's narrative portrays vividly the grimness of "limited war" against a fanatical enemy, and the tragic consequences of unpreparedness. His writing recaptures the dismay that most Americans experienced in the realization that a small, little-known country could achieve military success against a coalition that included this, the world's most powerful nation. Here is the story of how U.S. Army combat units, thrown piecemeal into the battle to slow Communist advances, fought a desperate and heroic delaying action, buying time until the United Nations forces could attain the military strength necessary to take the offensive. When that offensive was launched, it quickly crushed the North Korean forces, only to be met with the massive intervention of a more formidable adversary, Communist China. This volume covers U.S. Army action in Korea from the outbreak of war to the full-scale intervention of the Chinese Communists.

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