Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver: The Frozen Chosen

Cover: 9781472824882 | The Frozen Chosen | Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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Beschreibung

In November 1950 The US 1st Marine Division was trapped in the Chosin Reservoir following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War. Fought during the worst blizzard in a century, the ensuing battle is considered by the United States Marine Corps to be 'the Corps' Finest Hour.' The soldiers who fought there would later become known as the 'Frozen Chosen'.

Published now in paperback, this incredible story is based on first hand interviews from surviving veterans, telling of heroism and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds, as a handful of Marines fought desperately against wave after wave of Chinese forces. Sometimes forced into desperate hand to hand combat, the fighting retreat from Chosin marked one of the darkest moments for Western forces in Korea, but would go on to resonate with generations of Marines as a symbol of the Marine Corps' dogged determination, fighting skill, and never-say-die attitude on the battlefield.

Über den Autor

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40 years, with his most recent work being the best-selling Osprey titles MiG Alley (2019), I Will Run Wild (2020), Under the Southern Cross (2021), The Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club (2021), Going Downtown (2022), The Cactus Air Force (2022) alongside the late Eric Hammel, and most recently Clean Sweep ([...] served in the US Navy in Vietnam and currently lives in Encino, California.

Zusammenfassung

Based on previously unpublished first-hand material, this title provides a dramatic retelling of a famous episode of US military history.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Maps
List of Illustrations
Prologue

Introduction
1. Brother's Keeper
2. Background to War in the Land of The Morning Calm
3. The Wages of Hubris
4. The Fatal Decision
5. First Contact
6. Where is the Enemy?
7. The Chinese Attack
8. Holding On
9. Breakout
10. "Retreat, Hell, We're Just Attacking in a New Direction!"
11. Evacuation
12. Aftermath

Bibliography
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472824882
ISBN-10:	1472824881
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Cleaver, Thomas Mckelvey
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	196 x 127 x 28 mm
Von/Mit:	Thomas Mckelvey Cleaver
Erscheinungsdatum:	24.10.2017
Gewicht:	0,363 kg