A Beach Too Far: Task Force Inchon and the Siege of Elblag -Steve Hastings
The definitive history of the battle dubbed the "Chosin Resevoir of WWIII". During XI Corp's offensive in the summer of 2000, Task Force Inchon (a reinforced Marine battalion) was tasked with capturing the Elblag canal bridge over highway 21 in advance of the 8th Mechanized Infantry Division's raid into Soviet territory, and securing the rest of 2nd Marine Division's left flank, centered around Gdansk. What started out as a fairly routine operation turned into a bloody siege when TF Inchon was cut off by an unexpected Soviet counteroffensive. TF Inchon's epic struggle to hold out in the rubble of the city, and their eventual breakout and return to NATO lines is ably told here by renowned military historian, Steve Hastings.
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