Korean War - Chinese Invasion (Paperback)
People's Liberation Army Crosses the Yalu, October 1950–March 1951
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Series: Cold War, 1945–1991
Pages: 128
ISBN: 9781526778093
Published: 16th April 2020
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In his first four volumes on the Korean War, the author traces the war’s progress from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the desperate American defence of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur’s daring and highly successful amphibious offensive at Inch’ŏn, and his subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border
Communist Chinese forces, that have been secretly infiltrating North Korean territory by slipping across the Yalu from mid-October 1950, ambush a South Korean regiment in the mountains of central North Korea. This is the first of several Chinese victories over unsuspecting and overstretched South Korean and American units in the winter of 1950/1.
On 27 November 1950, Chinese leader Mao Zedong, ostensibly fearful of the consequences of hostile American forces on his country’s border along the Yalu River, orders 250,000 troops into Korea, with express orders to annihilate the UN forces. In the western half of the theatre, US General Walton H. Walker’s Eighth Army front along the Ch’ŏngch’ŏn axis is breached, while to the east, the US X Corps suffers a series of crushing defeats, including at the Chosin Reservoir, precipitating a massive evacuation from the North Korean port of Hungnam.
The Cold War series has proved very popular and this new addition to the series is up to that high standard. The combination of well-researched insightful text with a high image content at an aggressive price is too tempting to miss – Highly Recommended
Firetrench
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This is an interesting book with a considerable number of photographs and comments by many who were there.
Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
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In his previous books in this series, author Gerry Van Tonder traces the Korean War’s genesis from the North Korean invasion of June 1950, the American defence of the Pusan Perimeter, General Douglas MacArthur’s amphibious offensive at Inchon and the subsequent advance across the 38th Parallel to the Yalu River on the Chinese Manchurian border.
Hellbound
But, Chinese forces had been covertly infiltrating North Korea and began to attack the overstretched South Korean and American units in the winter of 1950/51.
On the 27th of November 1950, Chinese leader Mao Zedong ordered 250,000 troops into Korea to destroy the UN Forces.
In reality the war had moved from a battle between the communist-backed North and the Western-backed South to a potential World War.
This book tells a complex and important story in an accessible style, and you have only to look at the tensions between South Korea and the rest of the world, to see this story is sadly still very relevant to this day.
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Enhanced for the reader with the inclusion black-and-white historical photographs, a one page Glossary, a three page Timeline, a two page Bibliography, and a three page Index, "Korean War - Chinese Invasion: People's Liberation Army Crosses the Yalu, October 1950 March 1951" is an extraordinarily informative and exceptionally well written, deftly organized and presented, detailed history that is very highly recommended for community and academic library Korean War military history collections and supplemental curriculum reading lists.
Midwest Book Review
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Readers attracted to the Korean War will no doubt find this book interesting and a useful addition to their collection.
Beating Tsundoku
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About Gerry van Tonder
Gerry van Tonder was born in Zimbabwe and came to Britain in 1999. He is a full-time historian and a published author. Specializing in military history, Gerry has authored Rhodesian Combined Forces Roll of Honour, 1966–1981; Book of Remembrance: Rhodesia Native Regiment and Rhodesian African Rifles; North of the Red Line (South African Defence Force’s border war), and the co-authored definitive Rhodesia Regiment, 1899–1981, a copy of which he presented to the regiment’s former colonel-in-chief, Her Majesty the Queen. Gerry has also written on British local history, including Derby in 50 Buildings, Chesterfield’s Military Heritage and Mansfield Through Time. He recently started with a series of Cold War titles and Echoes of the Coventry Blitz.
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