The tragedy of the Chosin Reservoir
Most people reading this are probably not familiar with the Chosin Reservoir battle in Korea in 1950.
There were around 25,000 American troops and allies, surrounded by over 120,000 Chinese soldiers. The American troops consisted of the First Marine Division and miscellaneous Army troops.
The Americans had advanced into a trap. And worse, the temperature was 20 degrees below zero. They finally realized this and started a withdrawal, but there was only one road to get out, and they were attacked all along the road, which went for 78 miles. They had to have troops on each side of the road in the hills for some protection for the convoys. Bridges had been blown and had to be repaired when they were withdrawing.
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