Casualties of both sides in the battle of Changjin Lake

Our army suffered more than 23,000 casualties in the battle of Changjin Lake. The losses of American and British troops exceeded 19000.

The battle of Changjin Lake took place on the eastern front near the 38th parallel at that time. At that time, Pyongyang, the capital of the North Korean army, had been captured, and the border of the North Korean interim government was also suppressed by the US military. It can be said that the whole South Korea is already in do or die. Faced with this situation, the ninth corps of volunteers was urgently transferred to the eastern front of the US-DPRK war. ?

After the Ninth Corps entered Korea, our army took the tactics of attacking the flank of the American army, breaking it up and disrupting it, and then dividing and encircling it. In order to meet the tactical requirements, our army often stays motionless in the snow for a long time. At that time, our army entered the DPRK in an emergency, and the clothing problem was not properly solved. In addition, the temperature in the northern part of North Korea is extremely cold, and it is common to reach MINUS 20 or 30 degrees. Therefore, in this battle, a large number of volunteers were frozen to death by frostbite. ?

The plight of the volunteers reached its peak in the battle of Changjin Lake. 1October 27th, 1950, 165438+ Our elites met in Lake Changjin, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce battle. At that time, the US Army Marine Corps 1 Division and two infantry divisions participated in the Battle of Changjin Lake. If the South Korean First Army, which has been stationed here, is added, the number of allied troops led by the United States will reach 65,438+10,000. As for our army, the 20th, 26th and 27th armies of the Ninth Corps of Volunteers participated in battlefield battles, with the number reaching 1.5 million. ?

After the battle of Changjin Lake began, our army still adopted the tactics of flank attack and dividing troops for a month. A large number of volunteers crouched in the snow and launched a surprise attack on the US military in the middle of the March. Due to the lack of warm clothes, frostbitten volunteers account for one-fifth of the whole army. Of the 6.5438+0.5 million people, at least tens of thousands lost their combat effectiveness or froze to death because of the cold. The "Ice Sculpture Company" recorded in military history was born in the Battle of Changjin Lake. ?

Under the attack of the volunteers, the heavy weapons of the American army could not be used, and the whole army was divided into several parts and was besieged and intercepted by the volunteers. In the face of the crazy offensive of the volunteers, the US military decided to withdraw south. Therefore, War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which lasted for a month, went to the battle of Changjin Lake and became a siege and annihilation war. ?

After that, our army blocked the American troops layer by layer, but because of the front problems, the resistance of the American troops to retreat to the south became smaller and smaller. Finally, the U.S. military fled northeast Korea by boat under the cover of seven aircraft carriers. According to postwar statistics, more than 20,000 Americans were killed, 1 10,000 Koreans were killed, and10.9 million our troops were killed. In addition to the soldiers who died in battle, 4000 people died of the cold. So our army suffered more than 23,000 casualties.

According to American figures, there were more than 6,800 American combat casualties and 65,438+3,000 non-combat casualties in the Battle of Changjin Lake, including 4,433 combat casualties in 1 marine division, 73 non-combat casualties in13, 2,200 combat casualties in the 7th infantry division, more than 4,000 non-combat casualties and about 500 British casualties.

The ice and snow lake is long and Tianjin, and the iron and blood cast brilliance.

The battle of Changjin Lake is of great significance in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea. Under extremely asymmetric and difficult conditions, Chinese people's Volunteer Army defeated steel with "less gas and more gas", which created a record of adowa of an American regiment in the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and broke the myth that the American army was invincible. It is a classic example of defeating the strong with the weak in modern warfare.

The "strength" of the battle of Changjin Lake does not refer to the number of people, but the disparity in weapons and equipment and combat power. For example, the 27th Army, one of the main volunteers who participated in the Battle of Changjin Lake, had only 45 vehicles when it entered the DPRK. Due to the cold weather, the gun bore contracted, the shells could not be fired, grenades became "heavy weapons", and there was a serious shortage of warm clothes.

They are facing the US Marine Corps 1 Division, which is called "the trump card in the trump card". Since the establishment of 194 1, the division has never suffered defeat after the battles of Guadalcanal and Okinawa.

During the battle of Changjin Lake, the US military owned seven aircraft carriers and 500 carrier-based aircraft, as well as many heavy weapons such as tanks and artillery. In this contrast, the volunteers did not fear and fight. They fought the cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius with flesh and blood, attacked the enemy's "iron drum array" with rifles and machine guns, and finally defeated the enemy and reversed the battlefield situation.