UN air raids and bad weather hampered logistics and food was in short supply. The soldiers wore thin cotton tunics more suited for the warmer climate of East China ( 华东 Huadong ) as they were originally destined for invading Taiwan. Unfortunately for the Chinese, due to the urgent nature of their deployment to North Korea, the PVA 9th Army had little time to be fully prepared and equipped for winter warfare. The soldiers had to fight their way to safety through numerous PVA blockades and they were also constantly harassed by PVA elements occupying the high grounds both sides along the only retreating route. The allied troops were badly outnumbered and were forced into a hasty retreat along a narrow road over mountainous terrain to the port of Hungnam 126km away where evacuation by naval vessels awaited. It coincided with one of the harshest winters on the Korean Peninsula with temperatures plunging to -38C. The Battle of Chosin Reservoir had began on 27th November when the elite PVA 9th Army launched a surprise all out attack on the US X Corps. Marines halted on the road south of Hagaru-ri waiting for roadblock to be cleared, In the following month, the PVA staged a second offensive in an attempt to destroy the UN forces advancing along the west coast of the Korean Peninsula and those in the north-east in the area of the Chosin Reservoir. Elements of the Chinese People's Liberation Army ( PLA ), renamed the People's Volunteer Army ( PVA ) for the Korean campaign would secretly cross the Yalu River which marked the Chinese-Korean border on 19th October and the first engagements with UN troops ensued. The United Nations Command then decided to advance across the 38th Parallel in pursue of the retreating North Korean forces despite warnings from China that it would intervene. It was only after a massive reinforcement effort and an audacious amphibious landing behind enemy lines at Incheon in September that the allied forces turned the table and routed the North Koreans. It would be the start of a three year conflict known to the world at large as the Korean War.īy July, the South Korean Army and the United Nations mandated allied forces sent to its aid was besieged at the port city of Pusan and were on the brink of total annihilation. On 25th June a few months prior, the North Korean Army had crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded South Korea with the implicit backing of the Soviets and the Chinese. It was here in November through December 1950 that one of the fiercest and most pivotal battle of the Korean War was fought between the Chinese and American lead allied forces. The immediate area around the lake has an average altitude of 1300m above sea level and was very sparsely populated. It is invariably known to the Chinese as Changjinhu and to the Koreans as Jangjinho. The name Chosin is derived from the Japanese pronunciation Choshinko. The Chosin Reservoir ( 長津湖 ) is an artificial lake in the mountainous north-east region of the Korean Peninsula. Tanks on the road south of Koto-ri, 1950. Propaganda aside, what really happened at Chosin? Combat rations of frozen raw potatoes? Really? In cahoots with the North Koreans who started the Korean War, one can only say to the Chinese aggressors : Serves You Right.
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The movie attempted to glorify the extreme hardship that the soldiers had to endure during the winter campaign, while distorting the truth and historical facts.Īlthough the Chinese ultimately helped recapture North Korea and forced the tactical withdrawal of the United Nations mandated allied forces, the self-proclaimed victory came at a very high cost in human casualties, many of which were exposure related. Well at least that was the claim made by numerous Chinese " documentaries " through the years and also by the Chinese Communist Party's latest propaganda war movie The Battle At Lake Changjin.
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The winter of 1950 was one of the harshest ever encountered on the Korean Peninsula and some of the ill-equipped and poorly supplied Chinese infantry units were said to have nothing more than a single frozen raw potato to eat each day. This was exactly what happened to Chinese soldiers at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War.
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Failure to ensure a continual supply of rations to the frontline troops is therefore a definite recipe for disaster.
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Because soldiering is by nature physically demanding, think trench digging, force marches across difficult terrain in harsh climates and combat, military personnel would have a higher than average daily calorie need. It is absolute common sense that soldiers would have to be properly fed in the field in order for them to attain peak performance and accomplish their missions successfully. An army marches on its stomach is an old saying that is most frequently attributed to Napoleon Bonaparte.