Operation Thunderbolt, 1951 @TheHistoryGuyChannel
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Uploaded January 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
When Communist China decided to intervene in the Korean War in December, 1950, hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the People’s Volunteer Army drove UN troops below the 38th parallel. Less than a month later, in late January, 1951, UN troops of General Matthew Ridgeway’s 8th army prepared to counter attack.

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