Chosin Reservoir : The Battle That Stalled a War
The Chinese Intervene in the West - October 25 - November 1 , 1950 . The US Army in the Korean War , Center of Military History , US Army , Washington , DC .
a victory over the Eighth Army , turning the tide of the United Nations ’ campaign . This was followed by an attack on the X Corps ’ Marines at Sudong , which was repulsed .
A number of factors had come together to bring these events to fruition . MacArthur believed in a guaranteed victory despite the input he was receiving from his field commanders . In fact , MacArthur was noted as not spending a single night in Korea , preferring to return to his headquarters in Japan . The overwhelmingly successful landing in Inchon had bolstered his view of the X Corps and his dangerous underestimation of China . China was concerned that the Americans would not stop at the Chinese / Korean border as part of the Truman Doctrine ’ s approach to communism . China ’ s response was to form the People ’ s Volunteer Army ( PVA ) of expatriated North Koreans in the same manner US forces were officially dubbed the United Nations Police Force . Both of the administrative moves indicated that both nations were committed to fight for dominance but did not want to risk an all-out war between the two countries .
MacArthur ’ s response to Chinese forces joining the conflict was to organize a Home-By-Christmas campaign due to his belief that the PVA had
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