The Farthest Valley (Joseph Wheelan)

Bloomsbury presents The Farthest Valley: Escaping the Chinese Trap at the Chosin Reservoir by Joseph Wheelan, read by Jeff Harding. A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources. Knee-deep in snow, and under a leaden sky, American Marines thousands of miles from home watched more snow settle onto the frozen ground, glittering in the fading light.

Author:: Joseph Wheelan
Narrator:: Jeff Harding
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 13:03 h
Format:: MP3 download (603 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Osprey Publishing (2024)
Genre:: History
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01 - Chapter 1	0:12	1 MB
02 - Chapter 2	12:20	9 MB
03 - Chapter 3	75:16	58 MB
04 - Chapter 4	59:32	46 MB
05 - Chapter 5	8:30	6 MB
06 - Chapter 6	35:18	26 MB
07 - Chapter 7	22:32	17 MB
08 - Chapter 8	30:05	23 MB
09 - Chapter 9	35:14	26 MB
10 - Chapter 10	19:30	15 MB
11 - Chapter 11	36:27	28 MB
12 - Chapter 12	30:36	23 MB
13 - Chapter 13	13:36	10 MB
14 - Chapter 14	27:12	21 MB
15 - Chapter 15	24:56	19 MB
16 - Chapter 16	27:29	21 MB
17 - Chapter 17	6:35	5 MB
18 - Chapter 18	35:57	27 MB
19 - Chapter 19	42:38	34 MB
20 - Chapter 20	25:36	20 MB
21 - Chapter 21	26:56	20 MB
22 - Chapter 22	36:03	27 MB
23 - Chapter 23	30:49	23 MB
24 - Chapter 24	18:18	13 MB
25 - Chapter 25	31:02	23 MB
26 - Chapter 26	38:00	29 MB
27 - Chapter 27	28:28	21 MB
28 - Chapter 28	2:58	2 MB
29 - Chapter 29	0:44	1 MB

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents The Farthest Valley: Escaping the Chinese Trap at the Chosin Reservoir by Joseph Wheelan, read by Jeff Harding.
A history of the legendary extraction of the Fifth and Seventh Marines from a Chinese trap, told for the first time using Chinese sources.
Knee-deep in snow, and under a leaden sky, American Marines thousands of miles from home watched more snow settle onto the frozen ground, glittering in the fading light. Suddenly, the still Korean night roared to life with the sound of Chinese mortar fire. The Fifth and Seventh Marine Regiments were besieged and surrounded by the Chinese 9th Army Group in a surprise attack at Chosin Reservoir in what is now North Korea. Vastly outnumbered and outgunned, defeat and death seemed guaranteed. Their improbable escape after a week of brutal combat required all the Marines' fighting skills and supreme combat leadership.
It has become the stuff of legend and is brilliantly brought to life in this book through first-hand accounts by Joseph Wheelan, himself the son of a Chosin veteran. However, The Farthest Valley also uses Chinese military documents to give a unique perspective on Chinese strategic and tactical failings which allowed the Marines to escape. Without the Marines the entire United Nations core strength was at risk of collapse which would have changed the outcome of the Korean War. This is a compelling history of the Marines' incredible tenacity and of woeful combat leadership as the Chinese gambled away their men's lives and ultimately victory.

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