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US Marine vs North Korean Soldier

US Marine vs North Korean Soldier

Author: Bob Cashner

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

ISBN: 9781472849205

Category: History

Page: 81

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This absorbing study casts light on the tactics, weapons and combat effectiveness of the US Marines and North Korean soldiers who fought one another in August and September 1950. Equipped with Soviet tanks and bolstered by a cadre of combat veterans returning from the Chinese Civil War, North Korea's army launched its surprise offensive against the Republic of Korea on 25 June 1950; within days Seoul had fallen and the majority of South Korea's divisions had been shattered. American ground troops rushed to Korea also seemed incapable of stopping the rapidly advancing North Koreans. By August, the remnants of the South Korean and US Army divisions had been pushed into a small corner around the port of Pusan, their backs to the sea. Time was also running out for the North Koreans; virtually all of their planning and preparations were based on a two-month campaign. Although the North Korean People's Army had enjoyed an impressive string of victories, its losses were no longer being replaced in the needed quantity or quality. It was truly a do-or-die moment for both sides. In the wake of World War II, the United States Marine Corps had shrunk from 473,000 men in 1945 to only 70,000 in 1950. Despite its heavily slashed budget and manpower, the Marine Corps responded swiftly and decisively. Active-duty Marines from all over the globe gathered and for once the Marine Corps even received some of the latest American military equipment; it was the Marines' esprit de corps that made the real difference, however. Using first-hand accounts and specially commissioned artwork, this study assesses the KPA and US Marine Corps troops participating in three crucial battles – Hill 342, the Obong-Ni Ridge and the Second Battle of Seoul – to reveal the tactics, weapons and combat effectiveness of both sides' fighting men in Korea in 1950.
US Marine vs North Korean Soldier
Language: en
Pages: 81

US Marine vs North Korean Soldier

Authors: Bob Cashner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-17 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

This absorbing study casts light on the tactics, weapons and combat effectiveness of the US Marines and North Korean soldiers who fought one another in August and September 1950. Equipped with Soviet tanks and bolstered by a cadre of combat veterans returning from the Chinese Civil War, North Korea's army
US Marine vs North Korean Soldier
Language: en
Pages: 81

US Marine vs North Korean Soldier

Authors: Bob Cashner
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-17 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

This absorbing study casts light on the tactics, weapons and combat effectiveness of the US Marines and North Korean soldiers who fought one another in August and September 1950. Equipped with Soviet tanks and bolstered by a cadre of combat veterans returning from the Chinese Civil War, North Korea's army
Marines in the Korean War Commemorative Series
Language: en
Pages: 107

Marines in the Korean War Commemorative Series

Authors: Department of Defense (DoD), U. S. Marine Corps (USMC), U. S. Military
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-05-08 - Publisher:

In the early morning hours of 25 June 1950, mechanized and ground units of the North Korean Peoples' Army (NKPA) rolled across the 38th Parallel into the neighboring Republic of Korea (ROK). Within 48 hours, President Harry S. Truman placed U.S. forces in Japan on alert. Within a week's time,
Artillery In Korea: Massing Fires And Reinventing The Wheel [Illustrated Edition]
Language: en
Pages: 27

Artillery In Korea: Massing Fires And Reinventing The Wheel [Illustrated Edition]

Authors: D. M. Giangreco
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-11-06 - Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

[Includes 10 photos illustrations] The first 9 months of the Korean War saw U.S. Army field artillery units destroy or abandon their own guns on nearly a dozen occasions. North Korean and Chinese forces infiltrated thinly held American lines to ambush units on the move or assault battery positions from
Blood Brotherhood
Language: en
Pages: 88

Blood Brotherhood

Authors: M. Zachary Sherman
Categories: Juvenile Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-11-01 - Publisher: Capstone

On December 1, 1950, during the heart of the Korean War, Lieutenant Everett Donovan awakens in a mortar crater behind enemy lines. During the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, a mine explosion has killed his entire platoon of U.S. Marines. Shaken and shivering from the subzero temps, the lieutenant struggles to

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