Name: Scorched Earth, Black Snow: Britain and Australia in the Korean War
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In late summer 1950, under-equipped, under-gunned British and Australian troops joined United Nations forces defending a South Korea reeling from invasion by the communist North. As the tide turned, 27th Infantry Brigade1st Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 1st Middlesex and 3rd Royal Australian Regimentspearheaded the counterattack into North Korea, decimating North Koreas army. Meanwhile, the elite 41 Commando, Royal Marines was raiding deep behind enemy lines. With victory imminent, men expected to be “home by Christmas.” It was not to be. In a shock onslaught launched out of Manchurian blizzards, Maos legions stormed south. Fighting for survival, 27th Brigade broke free of a closing trap before holding open the route for US units escaping a massive ambush. Then, as rearguard, it covered broken UN forces and desperate refugees fleeing through an apocalyptic winter warscape of devastated villages, blown bridges, and burning cities. And on the wars most harrowing battleground, 41 Commando braved “Hellfire Valley” to reinforce besieged US marines surrounded amid North Koreas most hostile mountains. What followedthe breakout from Chosin Reservoir to the searemains the most epic fighting withdrawal of modern history. Though Korea remains the biggest, bloodiest, most brutal war fought by British troops since World War II, the story of their central role in the conflicts most terrible months has never been fully told. Far more than mere battlefield history, Andrew Salmons book draws on interviews with some 90 veterans and survivors to pain an unforgettable portrait of an immense human tragedy.

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Manufacturer	Aurum Pr Ltd	Author	Salmon, Andrew
Item Weight	1.9 Pounds	ItemDimensions	6.25 x 1.5 x 9.25Inches
NumberOfItems	1	binding	Hardcover
Amazon Category	Books » History » Asian History » Korean History	Amazon Category	Books » History » Military History » Korean War History
Amazon Category	Books » History » World History	EAN	9781845136192
ISBN	1845136195

Weight	1.90 lbs

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