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    The Imjin and Kapyong Battles, Korea, 1951

    By Paul MacKenzie

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    The sacrifice of the "Glorious Glosters" in defense of the Imjin River line and the hilltop fights of Australian and Canadian battalions in the Kapyong Valley have achieved greater renown in those nations than any other military action since World War II. This book is the first to compare in depth what happened and why. Using official and unofficial source material ranging from personal interviews to war diaries, this study seeks to disentangle the mythology surrounding both battles and explain why events unfolded as they did. Based on thorough familiarity with all available sources, many not previously utilized, it sheds new light on fighting "the forgotten war."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIndiana University Press
    Release dateMar 12, 2013
    ISBN9780253009166
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      A nice comparative study of the 29th & 27th Commonwealth Brigades at their respective climactic battles during the PRC's 1951 Spring Offensive. Besides cutting through the the stereotypes deployed to create a "usable" history of the respective nations' participation in Korea, the particular focus is on whether the Gloucester Regiment's battle was a glorious stand or more the case of someone had blundered. The reality seems to be a bit of both. There were problems with deployment (too few troops trying to cover too much territory), problems with equipment (more firepower is better) and problems with inter-allied relations (much mutual incomprehension). The single biggest issue though was probably a British failure of imagination to realize just how formidable the Chinese "Volunteers" could be and factor this into the calculation of risk. As for the question of whether the "Glosters" were left in the lurch and hung out to dry, well, it could also be argued that the right decision was made not to sacrifice forces in a lost cause in the teeth of the main force of the Chinese offensive; for all the acclaim granted the Imjin battle no one up and down the chain of command seems to have been kidding themselves that the decisions they had made were impecable.