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minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 days agoHehe, yeah, the Brits were surrounded by something like 20k Chinese soldiers, as I recall. A bit sticky indeed.
minus-squarefox2263@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 day agoWhat happened to them do you know?
minus-squareespentan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 hours agoI don’t, but from this wiki article it sounds like at least some survivors were eventually rescued: The surviving Glosters were rescued by a column of tanks; they escaped under fire, sitting on the decks of the tank. Further reading: Battle of the Imjin River
Hehe, yeah, the Brits were surrounded by something like 20k Chinese soldiers, as I recall. A bit sticky indeed.
What happened to them do you know?
I don’t, but from this wiki article it sounds like at least some survivors were eventually rescued:
Further reading: Battle of the Imjin River