Description
Product ID: | 9781472824882 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Title: | The Frozen Chosen |
Subtitle: | The 1st Marine Division and the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir |
Authors: | Author: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver |
Page Count: | 392 |
Subjects: | Asian history, Asian history, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Land forces and warfare, War and defence operations, Korean War, Land forces & warfare, War & defence operations, Korea, USA, c 1945 to c 1960 |
Description: | Select Guide Rating The Battle of the Chosin Reservoir was at the same time one of the US military''s greatest defeats and the US Marine Corps'' finest hour. Based on unpublished first-hand accounts of the battle, this is a dramatic retelling of the desperate Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, where the heavily outnumbered US 1st Marine Division held off vastly superior Chinese forces before successfully withdrawing in good order. The Frozen Chosen is an account of the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir in North Korea by the 1st Marine Division from November to December 1950, following the intervention of Red China in the Korean War. Fought during the worst blizzard in a century, it is considered by the United States Marine Corps to be “the Corps'' finest hour.” Fourteen Medals of Honor, a record for any American battle, and eighty-five Navy Crosses--many awarded in lieu of an original nomination for the Medal of Honor--attest to the intensity of the battle. |
Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2017-10-19 |