Analysis Of The Battle Of Ork Chop Hill

ork Chop Hill: Conflict that Turned into a Compromise

What is the Battle of Pork Chop Hill? It was a battle from March to July in 1953, the battle was 8 months long. The battle was fought by North Korea and China against the United Nations. Both sides were so heavily fortified that neither could attack without substantial losses, which they did. “The energy and fire spent by both sides is all out of proportion to the meagerness of the stakes and the numbers of men who are actively fighting to seize or hold ground. It is as if both sides are at grips with something they can neither let go of nor hold.” (Marshall 26). The Battle of Pork Chop Hill was the conflict that ended the Korean War not the threatened US nuclear attack, causing the

“They were professional soldiers. They knew how to fight at night. There was torrential rain. They started coming over in great numbers, in great strength.” (Gabriel 1) The front lines of the Chinese infantry were equipped with grenades, but they carried no rifles or machine guns as they proceeded to attack the Americans.(Zimmer 1) They were trained to scare the enemies into dropping their weapons as they run, and use them against them. There was hundreds of thousands of deaths in the battle for high ground. At the battle an amazing 115,000 rounds of artillery were fired by the North Koreans at the United Kingdom's and the other UN outposts during a short five-day fight in July during the 8 month battle for the hill.(Moore 1) “ Pork Chop when the fight was over was as clean picked as Old Baldy and its cratered slopes will not soon bloom again, for they are too well planted with rusty shards and empty tins and bones” (Marshall 197) The hill came part of the demilitarized zone. The Battle of Pork Chop Hill was the last battle of the Korean war some say it was because the very heavily fortified hill was not easily lost by the Chinese, others say it was the large number of men. The hill had multiple bunkers, fox, and rat holes. Rat holes and fox holes are holes dug into the hill by the Chinese and North Koreans. “The sound was indescribable, I cannot explain it. I've been told they fired more than 100,000 rounds of artillery.” (Gabriel 1) There was so much death, over 100,000 rounds of ammunition used at that the battle (Zimmer 1). “There is a great deal of iron in war. There is also irony.” (Marshall