China Enters Korea: The War Escalates
Three hundred thousand soldiers crossed the Yalu River in secret. No air support. No motorized columns. Just men, moving at night, hiding by day. General Peng Dehuai commanded the push, and UN forces — stunned — collapsed backward for miles. MacArthur had promised the war would end by Christmas. It didn't. China's entry stretched the conflict two more years and killed tens of thousands more. But here's what stings: American intelligence had warnings. The frozen hills of North Korea were already full of them.
November 25, 1950
76 years ago
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