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Greatly outnumbered by their Communist Chinese and North Korean enemy, the United Nations forces fought with extraordinary resolve and gallantry. The two costliest battles are described in detail in Fortune Favours The Brave, a classic account of the war.

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pen & Sword Books The Limited
ISBN-10
1399013416
ISBN-13
9781399013413
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10050102070

Product Key Features

Book Title
Fortune Favours the Brave : the Battles of the Hook Korea, 1952-1953
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Military / Korean War, Asia / General
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Author
A. J. Barker
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
951.9042
Synopsis
All Too Little Remembered Today, the Korean War was bitterly fought out under atrocious conditions of weather and terrain. Greatly outnumbered by their Communist Chinese and North Korean enemy, the United Nations forces fought with extraordinary resolve and gallantry. The Hook, the name given to a prominent ridge on the Peninsula, saw more blood spilt than any other feature in this prolonged and grisly war. Not surprisingly it became known as 'the bloody Hook'. The two costliest battles are described in detail in Fortune Favours The Brave, a classic account of the war. Both involved British infantry battalions of 29 Commonwealth Brigade. In November 1952, The Black Watch saw off a major Chinese attack against all odds. In May 1953 it was the turn of 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington's Regiment to face what must have seemed an overwhelming onslaught. Along a 1,000 yard front the greatest concentration of artillery fire since the Great War was brought to bear on Chinese human-wave attacks. In the morning the Dukes still held the ground despite heavy casualties. This fear of arms, achieved by a battalion made up mainly of young National Servicemen from Yorkshire, ranks among the finest in the long and glorious history of the British Army. Book jacket., The Hook, a prominent ridge on the Korean Peninsula, saw more blood spilt than any other feature in that grisly and intense war. So much so that it was known as the bloody Hook. The two costliest battles are told in detail in this military classic.
LC Classification Number
DS918

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