The battle of Maryang San : 1951

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Label

The battle of Maryang San : 1951

Title remainder

1951

Statement of responsibility

Dayton McCarthy

Creator

• McCarthy, Dayton, 1971-

Author

• McCarthy, Dayton, 1971-

Subject

• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Campaigns -- Korea (South) | Maryang San
• Australia, Australian Army | Royal Australian Regiment | Battalion, 3rd
• Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Participation, Australian
• trueKorea -- History, Military -- 20th century

Language

eng

Summary

Australian Regular Army (ARA). In this regard, the Army?s premier infantry organisation, the Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), received its baptism of fire in Korea and in the process, earned a number of battle honours for its regimental colours. Over one week in October 1951 and as part of a wider divisional assault, the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR), manoeuvred across difficult terrain to dislodge and destroy Chinese forces three times its number. As such, Maryang San is widely regarded as one of the RAR?s and the Australian Army?s greatest battlefield accomplishments. Although the battle itself had no lasting impact on the course and outcome of the Korean War, it demonstrated a number of key attributes that make it worthy of professional study such as the use of ground, small unit leadership, integration of combined arms and the role of aggression in close combat

Member of

• Australian Army campaigns series, 23

Dewey number

951.9042

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Australian Army campaigns series

Series volume

23

Target audience

adult