KOREA: The Never-Ending War

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Narrator

The UN forces had been caught in a massive trap sprung by the Chinese. MacArthur it seemed had miscalculated. Mao's army had entered the war. (gun firing) (slow music) Attacking at night to retain the element of surprise and to avoid aerial bombardment, hundreds of thousands of Chinese troops stormed the front line in an overwhelming display of force. Over 200,000 Chinese managed to infiltrate across the Yalu River. When the Americans are taken by surprise they find that they're basically surrounded. And instead of fighting for victory they're fighting for their lives. (horns blowing) We could hear the bugles sounding and all the screaming and what have you and then the Chinese coming at you in hordes. (men yelling) And we was outnumbered probably five to one, 10 to one, something like that. And then their sole purpose was to annihilate the 1st Marine Division. (slow music)