The Farthest Valley

Escaping the Chinese Trap at the Chosin Reservoir

Joseph Wheelan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2025
Osprey Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4728-5979-2 (ISBN)

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It has become the stuff of legend and is brilliantly brought to life in this book through first-hand accounts by Joseph Wheelan, himself the son of a Chosin veteran.

Knee-deep in snow, and under a leaden sky, American Marines thousands of miles from home watched more snow settle onto the frozen ground, glittering in the fading light. Suddenly, the still Korean night roared to life with the sound of Chinese mortar fire. The Fifth and Seventh Marine Regiments were besieged and surrounded by the Chinese 9th Army Group in a surprise attack at Chosin Reservoir in what is now North Korea. Vastly outnumbered and outgunned, defeat and death seemed guaranteed. Their improbable escape after a week of brutal combat required all the Marines' fighting skills and supreme combat leadership.

Joseph Wheelan is the author of ten books about 19th- and 20th-century American history including Midnight in the Pacific (2017), Bloody Okinawa (2020) and Bitter Peleliu (2022). Previously, he was an editor and reporter for The Associated Press for 24 years. He lives in Cary, North Carolina.

List of Illustrations
List of Maps
Acronyms
Prologue

Part I: Prelude to Chosin
Chapter 1: West of Chosin Reservoir

Part II: The March Upcountry
Chapter 2: The Chinese Menace
Chapter 3: The March North
Chapter 4: Arctic Cold Arrives
Chapter 5: The Chinese Prepare to Attack

Part III: The Trap Closes
Chapter 6: A Night to Remember
Chapter 7: The Longest Night
Chapter 8: Fox Hill
Chapter 9: East of Chosin Reservoir
Chapter 10: Out on a Limb
Chapter 11: Fox Hill Surrounded
Chapter 12: Hagaru-ri
Chapter 13: Surrounded, Losing Hope
Chapter 14: Hellfire Valley
Chapter 15: The Airfield
Chapter 16: The Chinese Destroy a Regiment
Chapter 17: Yudam-ni and Fox Hill
Chapter 18: The Relief of Fox Company
Chapter 19: Entering Hagaru-ri

Part IV: The March to the Sea
Chapter 20: Readying the Breakout
Chapter 21: Hagaru-ri to Koto-ri
Chapter 22: Koto-ri
Chapter 23: The Bridge
Chapter 24: The Last Furlong

Epilogue
Acknowledgements
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	01.10.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-4728-5979-0 / 1472859790
ISBN-13	978-1-4728-5979-2 / 9781472859792
Zustand	Neuware