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Bookmark or Share- Liquid geography : the Yalu River and the boundaries of ...A focus on what I call the liquid geography of the Yalu border shows how the transnational flow of people, goods, and the river itself exposed the limits of the colonial state even while providing the material underpinnings for further imperial expansion.
- THE CHINESE INTERVENTION IN KOREA, 1950 - The World FactbookSouth Korean troops advanced to (and, in places. reached) the Yalu River, Korea’s northern border. Thirty divisions of Chinese troops, rather than the 12 carried on order of battle charts, attacked the UN forces with appalling effect. Within weeks, ROK units, including whole divisions, had been destroyed. US
- Yalu River | Location, Map, China, North Korea, & Facts ...Yalu River, river of northeastern Asia that forms the northwestern boundary between North Korea and the Northeast region (Manchuria) of China. The Chinese provinces of Jilin and Liaoning are bordered by the river.
- Catastrophe on the Yalu: America’s intelligence failure in KoreaThree days later Peng’s armies struck the American forces as they were driving to the Yalu River. The result was a disaster. The Eighth Army was routed again and its South Korean allies destroyed.
- October 19, 1950: MacArthur’s Greatest Blunder, China Invades ...On October 19, 1950, the worst fears of President Truman came true, when despite General Douglas MacArthur’s confident assessment that the Chinese would not cross the Yalu River and interfere with the Korean War, 200,000 Chinese soldiers streamed across the river and attacked UN/South Korean forces.
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