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The Battle That Prevented A Nuclear World War Three | Kapyong: The Forgotten War | Timeline
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- On April 24, 1951, following a rout of the South Korean army, the Chinese People Volunteer Army pursued their enemy to the lines of Australian and Canadian troops still digging fall-back defences, 39 kilometres to the rear. Here, sometimes at the length of a bayonet, often in total darkness, individual was pitted against individual in a struggle between a superpower and a cluster of other nations from across the world. They fought for a valley, the ancient and traditional invasion route to Seoul. If it fell the southern capital and the war, was lost. The United Nations troops had the military advantage of the high ground and artillery support: the Chinese relied entirely on vastly superior numbers. As a result, young men from both sides found a battle which was very close and very personal.
The Battle of Kapyong became the turning point of China’s Fifth Offensive in that Korea spring. The aim of the offensive was to finally drive the foreign troops out of South Korea and into the sea. What happened instead, changed the history of the Korean War. The Chinese were denied victory and forced back into negotiations. Had they succeeded, another crushing defeat for the US could have triggered events that led to a nuclear holocaust in Asia - and World War Three.
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I'm Canadian , my uncle went to this war , when I was growing up he was the silent one in the corner , he ended up in a military hospital ...PTSD destroyed his life .He was alone with his memories in rural place ... 😔
😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤ I am Korean,we know that, many Korean people thank you very much all our heart.🙏 we very sorry for help of many country's youth Always.
@@Dpb-236Appreciate your gratitude, but it was American capitalism that caused the war in Korea, with its 3,000,000+ deaths. Korea should never have been handed to the Soviet Union after the War, but its communist leadership destroyed. Truman was a wuss!!
I went to school with the oldest son of "Smiley" Douglas. When I knew Mr. Douglas, his right arm was made of strap steel shaped like an arm so that a shirt or coat would make it look like he had two arms. He lost his arm in this battle playing catch with the Chinese using live hand grenades. The Chinese would throw some grenades and "Smiley" picked them up and threw them back, until one had a shorter fuse and blew his arm off.
Imagine sacrificing your life, siging a blank check payable up to and including your life... then returning home to a country where you can't even own a firearm.
Bless him
As a British person I can only say how truly proud I am of the Australian, New Zealand and Canadian Commonwealth troops. These young countries have always stepped up in times of crisis and punched above their weight. Also the Royal Marines in the long retreat (correction: advance to the rear) from Chosin. These countries have every reason to be proud of their military history.
I am a Korean American who was born in the U.S. 31 years after the armistice was signed. I don't think I would've been born in the free world if it weren't for these men. Not all of us have forgotten.
The United States is not free 😂😂 the terrorist Washington and nato regimes are world terrorist and war criminals Mexico stands with our North Korean and Russian and Chinese brothers and sisters 🇲🇽🇷🇺🇨🇳🇨🇺🇻🇪🇧🇷🇸🇦🇦🇷🇵🇸🇰🇵 🇮🇳 🇷🇸
Hello I'm Korean. ❤-south Korea 🇰🇷
We have survived for help of USA and many freedom nations UN. Thank you very much. 🙏🙏 All my heart.
I interviewed an Australian veteran of this battle, Ted Hearn. It was one of a series of interviews I did with second world war veterans of the 2/14 Battalion. These men had fought in the middle east, on the Kokoda track and elsewhere in New Guinea and on Borneo. Ted had re-enlisted for the Korean war.
Ted said Korea had two temperatures. Boiling hot and freezing cold. He said 'We should have apologised and given the place back to the Koreans.'
Of Kapyong he said. 'They came on in waves like ants, blowing bugles and making funny noises.' He said it was worse than anything he experienced in WWII, including the epic ferocious struggle against the Japanese in the appalling conditions of the Kokoda track.
Thank you.
Koreans fighting for their land - whether justified or politically motivated…. They go till the last man standing. 20 kill death ratio during Vietnam War. Tiger division. Not people to mess with lol.
@@asianmaddness56 The North Koreans were fighting to impose a communist dictatorship over the whole of Korea. The South Koreans were fighting for their land.
As a Korean American, I wouldn’t be here without their service. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
you'd be in a reunified Korea ruled by Koreans. instead S. Korea is still occupied by foreigners with no sovereignty. see it all depends on how you frame it.
@@magnaviator reunified Korea ruled by China and Russia you mean. No fricking thanks. Much prefer capitalism.
@@magnaviatorCommunist Koreans, yeah.
@@magnaviator My family in South Korea enjoys the right to make a living, religious freedom, high speed internet, and cutting edge technology, I think that's not too bad, what how myself and many South Koreans frame it.
My Father was in Korea with the Queens Own Highlanders even though he came from near Liverpool. He never spoke much about what happened he kept it bottled up like many of our brave men.
I spent four years stationed in the ROK, Area 1- 2nd ID 9th Infantry Regiment. Both of my grandfathers fought in the Korean War. One grandfather was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for the 65th Infantry Regiment, "The Borinqueneers" action during the Korean War. Whole stationed innthe ROK I was interested of other nation's exploits during the Korean War. During one battle around Seoul, Canadian forces hosted a hockey game on the forzen river. The old black and white photos were interesting that soldiers still found ways to destress while the world around them was in termoil.
Si es Cruz tiene que ser BUENO!
As a Western Canadian I tell you amongst military circles and the Royal Canadian Legion and stuff like that this battle is definitely not forgotten.
In fact just last month in a town very close to me they dedicated a new epitaph to this battle.
With the parade and colors and everything
Bless our hero soldiers of Canada 🇨🇦 & Australia 🇦🇺.
and New Zealand 🇳🇿
Thank you for keeping this content alive. Much more than other cable channels do for history. 👍
These brave heroic men. May they always be remembered.
Occupiers will be occupiers
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Hello Mr. CCP !
@@d.o.g573 Thank you, I appreciate it. Am honestly with no irony so happy you addressed me as CCP :* :*
@@user-pk2ff2cz6l because that’s what you are my little Wumao
As a Korean Australian, thank you, Aussies, Kiwis and Canadians for your sacrifice.
I can't get enough of these war documentaries best channel out there history hit never misses with these !!
Thank 😊 you UN army..!!
From free democracy of korea 🇰🇷..!!^^
Most battalion sized battles are forgotten, even in more heavily covered wars. Rarely are the actions of a single battalion talked about unless it's part of a larger battle.
this makes me wonder when UN and other experts tout modern times we have less wars and conflicts than past centuries, that is by this filtering only big enough fights are qualified and counted... coz in ancient times 5000 men was enough to write many books and stories. also WW2 seems to have hazed views simply due to those staggering numbers which are unhealthy for societies.
McCarther's plan was absolutely insane. Thank God he was relieved of command by Truman.
Well...I don't think so, many Korean support General MCthur know and then.
The 6.25 war was very difficult and brutal. Koreans today also shed tears when they think of the wonderful young man of many countries who died in unknown countries too far after being called by the nation to defend freedom. Thank you very much.
And I recently heard that American and UN forces prisoners of war died in North Korea, having lived and died in prison under brutal conditions. You don't know how heartbreaking it was.ᆢᆢ The Korean War was the invasion of South Korea by North Korean and Soviet Chinese forces. It was very tragic.
Nah, we could've had a reasonable nuclear war given the Chinese had no nukes and the Soviets only had a couple of dozen warheads at the most with limited delivery capabilities. We should have gone all the way....
@sunburn063 No one today thinks bombing China or NK with a nuclear weapon was a good idea.
This was one of the greatest stand of the Korean war ,but like the war most Australians don't know this battle
Present day Australians , aint what they used to be
A friend of mine who fought with the PPCLI at this battle believed that the Platoon Commander Levy was denied a decoration because he was Jewish. When will we ever learn?
Uncle John Jourdain Canada was there , unfortunately we'd never hear his accounts , they did not talk about it or WWII , Him or Grandpa.
the war will be over by christmas - what a classic line
In memory of Lance-Bombardier Jack O'Neil, RNZ Artillery - Kapyong and K Force veteran - and a good mate!
I watched this video yesterday with no comments just a fresh empty area.....felt like fresh snow with no footprints
Without the Filipino Soldiers the Chinese and North Korea will take the whole Korean peninsula. That means Filipino Soldiers fought strongly and win the battle. That is why General Mac Arthur said: if he has 10,000 Filipino Soldiers he can conquer the whole world. Proud to be a Filipino...Filipino Soldiers beat the Chinese and North Korean soldiers. My grand father is world war 2 veteran.
Thank god he never commanded German soldiers….
I’ve heard that the country that likes America the most is the philapines.
hahahahahahahaha yabang!
감사합니다
Most of our military men never see war, those that do almost never talk about it, the reason is one word and a book gets remembered, mostly about those that never got to return, they always remember that they are lucky, and we can never understand what that kind of "lucky" really is to them.
against a peasant chinese army and the US and UN allies barely managed to hold on, if the chinese army had been better armed the result would had been rather different.. raw manpower against tanks and air superiority......which proves that the chinese are no pushovers
You prove a point - raw personal power is useless against tanks and air superiority…thank you
Yes they are they are pathetic
I'm a filipino proud to be a huge help in korean war for victory
This whole doc is very well put together and informative but this defense was part of a far bigger offensive happening at the same time this battle was happening so the tag it changed the course of the war is should not be made especially when happening at the same time The Battle of The Imjin River also known as the Battle of Gloster Hill which is i think is closer to Seoul in many ways the Glosters have been credited with changing the course of the war this is not meant to downplay the action of the Canadians or Australians I'm just pointing out that this was part of a bigger battle and main force of this attack was focused on the British positions.
If anything this documentary instead of singling our certain regiments for topic they could have just done it on the whole offensive and spoke about all the Commonwealth and South Korean forces taking part and the battles surrounding it compare both battles and there's alot of similarities every Commonwealth force on these 5 - 7 days faced the exact same scenario for the British their tanks tried to get through but couldn't the Chinese were so massive in numbers the tanks had to spray each other with their co-axles machine guns.
Even In the information of the aftermath of this battle it says"the resistance by British Commonwealth forces in the battles at the Imjin River and at Kapyong had helped to blunt its impetus and prevented a potential encirclement of the U.S. forces in Korea, which were then in full retreat across the Korean front lines. The defence mounted by the 27th Brigade stopped the PVA from isolating US I Corps from US IX Corps, and prevented a potential surrounding of the UN forces. This also halted the PVA advance on Seoul and prevented its capture.
There's also the Battle of Yultong wherein the 10th BCT of the Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea were able to hold off the Chinese in their sector despite being outnumbered and almost surrounded...
And since they were the only remaining unit nearby that was relatively intact even after their own battle just the previous night, they got temporarily attached to 29th Brigade in an attempt to reach the Glosters' position during the Battle of the Imjin River.
Leave it to the Americans to make a mess off everything.
Actually, the Canadians and Australians numbered about 700 men each supported by NZ gunners were opposed by about 20,000 Chinese of two divisions, while at Imjin the British had a full regiment of four battalions opposing 27,00 Chinese. Comparable opposition but the British were less outnumbered. Also the Brits surrendered 80% of their men, the Canadians made a last stand and fought to the death.
Calling South Korea democratic is a stretch in the 50s. The south Koreans had to fight a lot longer for their democracy
Massive stretch
My grandfather's brother was a army veteran who fought in this war... His name was John Glenn I have no recollection of ever meeting him but I remember my grandmother had photos of him taking pictures with beautiful Korean women as a soldier and when he passed away in early 1980... My grandfather was presented with a folded American flag in honor of his dedication to this war.... May they rest in eternal peace 🙏
Never heard of this battle. Thank you for this fine doc.
Yes sadly in Australia the memory of Kapyong it is completely overshadowed by ANZAC Day, but Kapyong Day is commemorated by the modern day 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment (Infantry). Also their battalion's barracks in Australia are known as the "Kapyong Lines". 🙂In Australia the Vietnam veterans mark one of their most well known battles during Vietnam at "Long Tan" which occurred on 18th August 1966, and today commemorate that day nationally as "Vietnam Veterans Day". But alas, Korea did become the forgotten war and there is no national day to commemorate their service and sacrifices except on ANZAC Day. 🙁
Commonwealth troops are some of the best ever. Tough as nails.
My great grandpa helped liberate the Nederlands in WW2. He was an abrasive man to be around but its understandable given what he must have seen and done.
And shutout to our cousins in the southern hemisphere too. We love ya lads.
From an Australian Love ya to mate
@19:58 I'm no artillery gunner but, couldn't they fire blind at night with maps and compass and just observe the flashes?
Yes but there's a risk they hit friendlies if they hit friendlies line is broken and with out zeroing the guns in its guaranteed to hit friendlies
Sadly they didnt even mention philippines. Hope they could include that story during the korean war. God bless and may the souls of the heroes who help bring democracy to Korea rest in peace. 🙂
stupi*
God Bless Australia! 🇦🇺
🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
Covid Concentration Camps is what you fought for yeah?
@@BedroomBully88 no one need listen to an American.
The war that turned madness
That’s every war
My gratitude and reverence to the brave ANZAC troops that fought in this battle!!!
and the Canadians.
@peterwhite507 100% Canadians as well! I honestly thought ANZAC stood for Australia, New Zealand, American, Canadian but it only relates to Australian and NZ.
“Last night I had the strangest dream , I never dreamed before. I dreamed the world had all agreed to put an end to war…” Simon and Garfunkel ❤️🙏🌹
The song was by Edward Potts McCurdy. Many have covered it, including Simon and Garfunkel.
Great piece of work guys!
Makes me feel proud to be an Aussie, and not put much faith in British leadership!
It took us a while after the lessons learned from Gallipoli.
Nice to see what our heroes did to contribute to another dark near forgotten memory.❤😊
Certainly be proud being an Aussie. But do not disparage the British that also fought in Korea. The Gloucester's, again with NZ 25pdrs, held up the Chinese foir days before being literally wiped out.
Also throughout the video the Australian commander looks to be a complete idiot.
@@Ubique2927 Hi Nick
Definitely no disrespect for our British, 2 PPCL1 Canadian or 16th NZ field regiment arty brothers in arms whatsoever, nor were the PVA!
The Middlesex seemed to be on a very different tangent though…..
It was only Burke’s indecision to reorder Ferguson for 3RAR to return to their original positions that was my only problem, just a sheer waste of life.
Yes, Ferguson, even though awarded a DSO, for sure seemed to be a bit of a phantom, as the comment was made by some of the diggers who were there.
The Gloucesters at Imjin river were a different story poor buggers!
Take care mate
The 25pdr should still be in service. An excellent weapon, maneuverable and precise. With updates it would still be a good system.
I understand your emotional ties. But no
The question whether or not Truman would have approved the use of the Atomic Bombs under any circumstances.
MacArthur had a great landing at Inchon. But arrogance and racism caused him to dismiss the idea that the Chinese army would enter the war, even though there were clear warnings. His atomic war plan would have forced the Russians to use tactical nukes too.
So US has always been fond of brandishing and using N Weapon. Thanks god, several countries now possess this weapon.
Your expostion with narration is lovely.
Yep 25 pounders really helped.
Chinese were tough no doubt
Got a draw at 38 th Parallel .
OMG Hit by US napalm strike!!!!!!
Canadian were One of three British Divisions von DDay. With British Divisions they Saved D-Day. Americans alone would have Been liquidated.
Chinese didn't use mortars on Canadians during attack?? Big mistake no matter how brave Canadians were.Thank God.Canadians called New Zealand artillery on own positions!!!. Chinese didn't realize bad shape Canadians were in.Saved war. No Victoria Crosses???. A damn Forgotten War. I remember it as a kid. At 38th Parallel a year and a half of trench warfare.So many die days Chinese veteran says.God Bless them all for a politicians war.Nothing new.
Hate to be pedantic but it's the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Australian Regiment, not 3rd Royal Australian Regiment.
Let's face it calling it 3rd rar makes it sound larger then it does. 1 infantry regiment in the army. It's not funny. Yet it's the way Australia has been for decades. Understrength
Only surprised you didn't try to make out that Lt Col Fergusson was the only Brit there.
Well done video
It wasn't a retreat,it was an advancement in another direction.
MacArthur wasn't going to drop any nuclear bombs because it wasn't his decision - only the President had that power. That being said , this battle was a turning point.
Wonderfully narrated and Dangerously was born - Now if they showed all on one table then wow! Look what the Canadian soldier says of no hate...Beautiful!
Truman nixed MacArthur's nuke idea, right? It was for fear that the Sovs would retaliate. Little known at the time was that the Soviets had 2 or 3 bombs at most, and no delivery systems with which to drop them. No missiles.. yet.
왜 잊어진 전쟁이라고 하는가? 우리는 절대 잊지 않는다.
Last war proud Canadians fought in, I don't know were our Canadian patrism has gone
My seniors said the C6 just missed the Korean War. Had the Canadians had the C6 I wonder how different things would have turned out.
MacArthur put the British under Australian command, but despite that control he proved that their perfidy gave the Chinese and North Koreans advance knowledge of allied movements and battle plans.
In fact, acting Brigadier Brian Arthur Burke, who was British, was in command of the 27th Commonwealth Brigade. That Australian commander Bruce Ferguson was the CO of the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment. He was not the commander of the Commonwealth Forces.
@@truesouth4784 The position of Commander in Chief of BCKF was always held by an Australian officer.
@@seanlander9321 Fair enough
我是中国人，我姥爷也参与了这场战争，这些军人也是我们的骄傲，不然朝鲜也不复存在了
People's Volunteer Army only battalion-3rd Battalion, 354th Regiment, 118th Division. 450 chinese soldier. The UN has 10 times the number of troops and 30 times the firepower of the Chinese army.
China didn't have nukes at this time, so there couldn't have been a nuclear war.
But the Soviets did and they were very active during the Korean War. It’s admitted on the Black Tulip war memorial in Ekaterinburg.
SOVIETS had nukes and huge army in Germany. It would have been WW3 then and now world is real close to world war and CONUS would not be Exempt from nuclear attack.
Russia did and backed their communist comrades
Subtitles please , subtitulos por favor
That USMC pilot was extremely careless or misinformed.
the chinese just throwing their lives away
Not a smart strategy
China had the highest casualty rate in the Korean War.
Mao Zedong just sent his army to their deaths, Mao later did horrible things to his own people in China later on like the Great Leap Forward (from my perspective I call it the Great Leap Backwards) and the Cultural Revolution.
Horrors
@@robertbobbypelletreaujr2173 Exactly!
Mccarthur was a joke. From leaving his men behind in ww2 to wanting to drop a couple dozen nukes.
McCarthur was correct, and cowardice from people like you is the reason we have an authoritarian China and a rogue North Korea.
All UN forces were under the command of Matthew Ridgway before this battle. Truman already sacked MacArthur 2 weeks earlier. Ridgway, unlike MacArthur, made concise study on the weaknesses of the Chinese, and was managing the battlefield far better than MacArthur. There was really little likelihood of the US entering the nuke war as planned by MacArthur.
S. Koreans always were running south like Arvn in Nam.
South korean army at the time was 10 times worse than ARVN in nam. They have no tanks, no anti tank and little artilerry while north korean have tanks, experienced troops and have warplanes.
Imagine having to go there right after Japan surrendered, you could find Japanese documents and artifacts laying everywhere! Including things of the unknown. It might still buried down there, especially on the North Korean side, imagine what we could find out about WW2 in the north
13:08 Imagine seeing this is a Dance
What a terrible thing war is men killing men they never met and if they met each other they could a been good friends, I remember in my village 2 young married girls in my village wearing black and spend the rest of their lives alone cause their husbands died in Korea as my grandfather used to tell me war is the devil's curse on humanity few Cypriots were drafted and send to Korea many never returned
It's terrible when you live on Korea in 1950 and suddenly your communist neighbor invades rapes kills and enslaves you. Fighting North Korea and China was one of the most justified wars ever
@@Dilley_G45yes
49:30 Few things are as inexcusable as when a government fails to recognize those who sacrifice for that government.
Fresh flowers what a pooft
No wonder people want to forget this war (except the N. Koreans, of course).
Battle of Kaplong vs Battle of Yultong
Where are the Mongols when you need them
"Prevented"???
delayed...
will happen NOW!
As i said in another posting o UA-cam MacArthur was arrogant and hated to lose.
Informative and history interesting look video... Thanks for sharing...USA political elites weren't so naive to use atomic bombs and cobalt bombs during the Korean War in 1951....in 1975 the US military defeated front north Vietnam 🇻🇳 military efforts and communism pacts militarily and turned tide to the USA favorite (politically) in Paris conversations [dialogs] with out using atomic weapons ..only used concentrated aviation bombarding
My great grandfather was a captain in the US Navy during the war, I hope he's looking down with pride at how much I hate commies even more than he did 💪 🇺🇸 🇰🇷
But your great-grandfather fought alongside commies, cherub: Google ‘USSR’.
Watch Some Good Older Movies About THIS.
Try: Pork Chop Hill,
One Minute To Zero.
He was a great president.
📍38:34
Pandas vs Roos
致敬单挑并击溃16国联军之英雄。止戈以武，青史重彩。青山存忠骨，英魂佑社稷。
Stop censoring it
Your conclusion is on purposely wrong , DMZ northern to 38, Kin lost his land 3300km sq., 1.5 Chinese million died if injured one killed vs 6 injured or more since Chinese not German , UN won 3300km sq., only 開城扳門 店on 38, Why you want to cheat the viewers
Yea everyone thought of everyone else in stereotypes in those days it wasn’t just westerners white people way of thinking.
Americans would have wilted under such condition's
No artillery?!!!!
Interesting
It's remarkable how interfering in civil wars and local conflicts on other continents is a part of national interests and in the name of democracy. Lately in Afghanistan, Syria and U$raine ... 😎
2:33 South Korea was democratic? I did not know.
Why did America invade North Korea
Because north korea invade south korea and america wanted to reunify korea under democratic ROK or south korea and koreans wanted that.
why dont u sub? but instead dub With an ridiculous why of talkin
cowardly ferguson
Ferguson may have suffered from battle fatigue at Kapyong which would explain his actions.
”China men can’t fight.” 😂😂😂
I guess the dude learnt a big lesson there.
For Chinese soldiers’ bravery, perseverance and determination, absolute respect! That is why other nations come and go, my civilisation stands tall for 5000 years and more to come. 👍👍👍
Too bad they got slaughtered at Kapyong
@@ryanpzy9336 Weak ones always more likely to be slaughtered, you better make sure you don’t end there.
I’ve lived in China for years. Its the women that are the life glue of that culture. With 1.8bn people, it doesn’t matter if they can fight or not. In China, human life is expendable. You only exist as part of a group machine. Unfortunately myopia is on the rise. Some estimates of 75% of the population. I sure hope gun sites have corrective lenses.
We have seen how they fared in Sudan…
Idiots leading their men to the slaughter.
The CCP was, is, and will always remain trash with no concept of the value of human life.
Respect for the Chinese people for persevering despite their idiot dictators.
One million screaming Chinese pouring over the hills as far as the eye could see in the last rays of daylight..
Fabulous- what a feast…
united nations ??? really, what is the definition of united nation for those anglo imperialist
SHAME. He didn't mention the GREEK army.
Yeah they do in the first 5 minutes explaining a camp
@@208flatheads3 "Ethiopia, Costa Rica and Turkey".
The Greeks were WILD MEN in Korea!
@@lifeontheX Exactly.
@@kingpriapatius5832 Mexico had like the most men provided and are never mentioned everywhere. 10,000 turks get more mention than 150,000 troops. Damn shame
Respect for all of those who fought and are still fighting against Western fascism and imperialism!
Cause communism is so much better right! What governments are responsible for the most mass murderers? That’s right it’s COMMUNISM
And Chinas not imperial either right? That’s why they always leave Taiwan alone right? Right????
@@harryparsons2750Taiwan is China you genius!
behh mantap ehh PT.PAL bangun kapal perang kelas Destroyer semoga rudal2nya bisa dibeli dari Turki biar enak dipasangin dikapal Destroyer rancangan PT.PAL