The Glorious Glosters and the Battle of the Imjin River
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- Опубликовано: 31 окт 2022
- The Battle of the Imjin River 1951
United Nations Forces, comprised of United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Philippines and South Korea troops in the vicinity of the Imjin River fell under direct attack when the Chinese Spring Offensive commenced on 22 April 1951.
The 29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group, commanded by Brigadier Tom Brody, was under the most severe attack and was eventually surrounded by the enemy. An attempt to reinforce them failed due to harsh terrain and overwhelming enemy power.
The 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Carne, bravely held out for more than three days against more than 30,000 Chinese troops. Of the 700 Gloucesters, only 40 men reached safety, the rest were captured or killed by the Chinese. Lt. Col. Carne was held at a Chinese POW Camp in North Korea till after the armistice agreement was signed. He spent 19 months in solitary confinement, and many of his men died due to harsh treatment at the camp.
The British 29th Brigade's brave stand provided UN Forces enough time to re-group and block the Chinese advance onto Seoul, but not without sacrifice, they suffered 1,091 casualties, including 622 of Glosters. The US lost 1,500 men either killed or missing in action, the South Koreans 8,000 and the other UN forces approximately 1,000 men. Chinese casualties were estimated at 70,000.
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Some men. My grandfather was one of the POW, but passed away sadly just before I was born so never got to hear these stories first hand. Can only imagine the thought of being stranded on a hill with 10,000 Chinese/North Korean enemies surrounding
Outstanding documentary covering a truly outstanding defensive action by a truly OUTSTANDING infantry battalion. Fascinating to hear the testimony of people I have read about many times. Some outstanding individuals across all ranks. Thoroughly enjoyed this! UP THE GLOSTERS! RESPECT!
Magnificent, magnificent men.
South Koreans are still visiting Gloucester today by the bus load ❤ Quite moving
Proud to have worn the back badge. What bravery! What men ! What soldiers!
Ex. Gloucestershire ,Cadet Lance Corporal, Bristol , Gloucestershire.
Kudos to you Sir!
4 battalions against 27 battalions! Hell of a fight.
28LXI will never die..
Very brave men. Please mention the othe other George Cross. The Northumberland Fusiliers
Thanks for the upload... 👍
My uncle Eric woods was in that battle he said he,d ran 7 miles to get back to NATO's lines he said we lost a lot of men and the Chinese had taken control of 600 men all prisoners
NATO wasn't involved in Korea. It was a UN action.
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They stood and fought they didnt BUG OUT much respect for them
They surrendered. Not a last stand.
@musicmasterplayer4532 yeah but 650 glosters took on 10000 chinese soldiers and managed to hol them off for 3 days
@@TomGodson95 At the exact same time at Kapyong, 700 Canadians in the 2 PPCLI were surrounded for two days and held out successfully against 20,000 Chinese PVA and prevailed. The Canadians were assisted crucially by long distance artillery fire from 5 miles distant by the New Zealand artillery.
Not much choice when you are surrounded either fight or surrender Bugout means running, retreating US soldiers did it a lot until Gen. Walton Walker put a stop to it
@@Earl.the.Pearl.696 A surrender is not a last stand. A last stand is a fight to the death, which is what the Canadians did at Kapyong. The Canadians were fortunate to get artillery support and prevail.
There was others 45 arty - the Belgium's the RoK the rifles ect.
The boys excelled all of them.
Is that John Craven speaking?
We know! ,.Things usually does what it says on the tin, meaning the GLOUCESTERSHIRE RGT, so it going to be about???, yep youve guessed it!, if it was just a generic bog standard documentary on the korean war in general, then i agree all parties who participated in it should get a mention!! , now get down of that virtue signalling pedastool before you fall and hurt yourself..theres a good lad..
A good majority had retreated leaving the Glosters alone British Tank Regiment with support of other UN Forces tried to break through but there was so many Chinese that some tanks got cut off and had to spray each others tanks with machine gun fire because the Chinese were crawling all over them
I wasn't even born then
Any left?
My Stepfather Nelson Dowell was there.
Contacs?
P.S. Was amongst those not captured......didn't receive his U.N. Citation.
Do indiotas que lutar em uma guerra. Morrer em vão feito um sem noção