RE: New page for korean-war.com

[Ed Evanhoe <ede@oio.net>]

David,

 >>At 07:01 AM 5/22/00 +0900, you wrote:
>I think I have to agree with Stuart.  The Imjin River engagement (on what we
>now call Gloucester Hill) was part of the CCF offensive and is an example of
>a tactical battle having an operational (if not strategic) result (if the
>CCF had captured Uijongbu the effect could have been devastating for EUSA
>and the UNC).  I would not relegate it to a "lesser page" of engagements
>(though since we have not seen the entire project none of us are qualified
>to really judge it.  Just my 2 cents worth.<<

No argument about the importance of the British stand at the Imjim during
the 1st Chinese Spring Offensive.  The loss of Uijongbu would have opened
the floodgates and EUSA and UNC forces probably would have been back
to Line "D" or below.

However, the second list I am building for my web site is  intended to give
students and researchers a list of as many "small unit" engagements
as possible, and in a time-line sequence so will not judge an engagement's
importance, only that the engagement took place, where and when and units
involved.

Given the total number of engagements I will probably have to make this
area into a separate sub-section of the web site and group the engagements
by time periods  -- Retreat to the Pusan Perimeter, Pusan Perimeter Battles,
Breakout, etc -- with each group being a separate page.



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