The Korean War 1950-53 (Trade Editions) - Softcover

At 4am on Sunday 25 June 1950 powerful North Korean forces invaded South Korea, advancing down the Uijongbu Corridor towards the Southern Capital of Seoul. The South Korean troops resisted bravely, but were crushed by overwhelming Northern superiority. Later that day the United Nations Security Council condemned the aggression, and on 7 July appointed US General of the Army Douglas MacArthur to command UN forces which would be sent to save South Korea. Nigel Thomas and Peter Abbott explore the history of this conflict, which pitted UN forces against the People's Republic of China resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties.

Nigel Thomas has authored and co-authored numerous Osprey titles, such as MAA 282 Axis Forces in Yugoslavia 1941-45. He is currently head of the Modern Languages Centre and Business Language Unit at the University of Northumbria. Peter Abbott has also worked on several Osprey books, including Germany's Eastern Front Allies 1941-45 and Modern African Wars: Angolia and Mozambique. Mike Chappell comes from an Aldershot family with British Army connections stretching back several generations. He enlisted as a teenage private in the Royal Hampshire Regiment in 1952 and retired in 1974, as RSM of the 1st Battalion The Wessex Regiment (Rifle Volunteers), after seeing service in Malaya, Cyprus, Swaziland, Libya, Germany, Ulster and home garrisons. He began painting military subjects in 1968 and since then has gained worldwide popularity as a military illustrator. Mike has also written and illustrated many books in the Osprey Military list.