This movie very accurately depicts what Westerners call "the Battle of Triangle Hill." It is very unfortunate that this movie is not largely known of in western media, and this can largely be attributed to the fact that this movie depicts the members of the People's Volunteer Army as being great heroes while the UN forces were shown as warmongering fools who squabble in their own filth. In this sense the movie does hold a bit of bias, but the overall depiction of the battle is quite accurate. It is very unfortunate how it is incredibly difficult to find this movie online or physical, and English copies are even less common. I have not found any conformation for this, but a few people claim that many of the actors in this movie where actually at the battle, and although this is possible, it is merely speculation.
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Chinese view of a battle in Korean War
zzmale26 November 2003
Literal translation: the ridge of upper Gan
An accurate depiction of tunnel warfare adopted by Chinese as a countermeasure to mitigate the advantage of firepower of UN. The top of the ridge was shortened by ten feet, blown off by UN bombardment. After the final Chinese withdraw from North Korea in 1958, North Korean gave one of the branch from the only surviving tree on the ridge as a memorial gift. (The survive of this single tree is a miracle). More than a quarter century later, when USA military delegation visited China, they saw this broken branch at the People's Liberation Army museum display, and the head of the USA delegation said concluded that "War is brutal and should be avoided."
An accurate depiction of tunnel warfare adopted by Chinese as a countermeasure to mitigate the advantage of firepower of UN. The top of the ridge was shortened by ten feet, blown off by UN bombardment. After the final Chinese withdraw from North Korea in 1958, North Korean gave one of the branch from the only surviving tree on the ridge as a memorial gift. (The survive of this single tree is a miracle). More than a quarter century later, when USA military delegation visited China, they saw this broken branch at the People's Liberation Army museum display, and the head of the USA delegation said concluded that "War is brutal and should be avoided."
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