American casualties did not come to half one week’s total in the Ardennes campaign

Monday, November 23rd, 2020

This Kind of War by T.R. FehrenbachThe action on the Ch’ongch’on and at the reservoir, T. R. Fehrenbach explains (in This Kind of War), was described as the greatest defeat in American history:

To place the defeat in North Korea in perspective, American casualties during the entire time of action did not come to half one week’s total in the Ardennes campaign, when Germans killed or wounded 27,000 Americans in one seven-day period.

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  1. Adar says:

    Reverse amphibious operations with pressure being exerted by the enemy must be the most difficult of all military operations. But USA military was able to accomplish taking troops, gear and enormous numbers of Korean civilians as well.

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