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1 November 2024
"It's worrying that Russia is now firmly behind Kim Jong Un. They are fearful of military exercises that could lead to open hostilities between North and South." North Korea's deployment of troops to Ukraine could push South Korea to step up support for Ukraine, Robert Fox
31 October 2024
Ukraine's president warns it could lead to "a world war." Is Volodymyr Zelensky overreacting by sounding the alarm over the deployment of North Korean soldiers to Russia? NATO believes the troops are destined for the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine, where the Kremlin's forces have struggled to push back a Ukrainian incursion. Read more about this story in our article: https://f24.my/AhoS.y
19 April 2017
This clip is the sequel to "Taking of Longyuan Hill". It is an excerpt from "38th Parallel", a Chinese war drama in 2016. It re-enacts one of the bloodiest battles during the first few months after the Chinese military entered Korea War. It's an excerpt from the 2016 Chinese war drama, "38th Parallel".
The 1st company has infiltrated and seized the strategic location of Longyuan hill. From there, they could block the escape route of UN forces fleeing south from North Korean territory. This would effectively help the main forces of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army to eliminate UN troops. Eager to survive,
UN and South Korean forces launched desperate attacks against the Chinese hill defenders. The clash will be deadly. This segment is based on the Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River that enabled Chinese forces to completely expel UN troops from North Korea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_...
Hill 235, where the 1st Battalion, the Gloucestershire Regiment (the Glorious Glosters) was ordered to "Hold on where you are", is remembered as "Gloster Hill". The hill is south of the Imjin River and west of the Seolmacheon stream at 37.9472°N 126.9339°E in Jeokseong-myeon, Paju City, Gyeonggi-do Province, South Korea .
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In 1955 I was stationed in Korea our camp in Gloucestershire Valley looking onto Hill 235. Initially I was a teleprinter keyboard and wireless operator after my training at Catterick (after taking a young officers course) in the Royal Signals. After being cleared to top secret I became the Divisional Communications Officer's clerk
