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I had dinner with a Korean War vet and he recounted a story that three Chinese soldiers had crawled yards from a machine gun pill box and dug a hideout under it. They hid in there all day waiting to attack at night. He said that was the bravest thing he ever saw in the war. Even if they succeeded it was suicide. Decades later he and his wife visited China often and he made friends with many Chinese veterans of that war.

The First Indochina War also had a hero who did the same heroic deed. He was Phan Dinh Giot, a Vietnamese soldier who fought in the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. He used his body to cover up a machinegun nest to make way for his comrade. He died at the age of 32, posthumously awarded the "Hero of the People's Armed Force".

Pretty cool you actually covered an opposition soldier. As you said politics aside, end of the day they were everyday people who tried their best to serve their countries. Deserve recognition from both sides.

Thanks for showing all sides of each conflict. I love hearing those stories I would never otherwise hear about soldiers, campaigns and heroism because they were 'the opposing armies', etc. Thank you!

My grandpa was on the Chinese side as a captain in the Korean War, I served in Australia and my Chaplin was a private back then and them two would have most likely faced each other not knowing, how small the world is sometimes

Props to Simple History for showing stories from both sides of conflicts

我的父亲之前在PLA作为少校在第十五军的某团服役，黄继光营就是这个团所辖的一个营。是的，PLA后来用这位英雄的名字命名了他所属的营。

My grandpa fought in this war. Forced to be a medic and fixed army jeeps he was a rancher had his own property received the Purple Heart

In my country Vietnam we also had a hero like this during the Indochina War called Phan Đình Giót whom used his body to block a machine gun nest to allow his comrades to advance forward into the French's trenches. This moment was also recreated in our mediocre video game titled 7554 released in 2011.

I’m so glad Simple History exists. It’s such an amazing channel. ❤

It's good to see a video from the other side of the wa. Great work as always 👍🏻

War brings out the craziest stories

always like your videos for historical accuracy and unbiased story telling.

Qiu Shaoyun is another popular war hero in the korean war, he essentially self-immolated to not give away his squad's position

Damn this reminds of those deleted history ones "sihang warehouse" where units in German uniform strap with grenades jumping off to defend the warehouse

Good to see heroes on all sides of wars being recognised, be they Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Arab

Dear Fallen Soldiers, Thanks for your service to your countries whatever urged you into making the ultimate sacrifice may God have mercy upon your souls. If I could I would, not for me for my family, and for them. Thanks for this upload👍👍

I am surprised how much this story effects me. Respect.

What a legend Huang is. The fact we haven't heard of him in the west, me included until I watched this video, is a crime.

Every brave man and woman should be recognised for his or her valour despite being whatever the uniform, race ,creed he or she belongs .

Amazing video! I hope more Korean War vids get published. Maybe one about the battle of yultong?

I love your channel keep up the great stuff

As a history major who specializes in the Korean War, I'm so happy to see more Korean War Simple History videos.

I like how all of the Chinese infantry are armed with M1 Carbines

British historian Max Hastings made a documentary about the Korean War in 1988, 'The War in Korea.' Many veterans recounted their combat experiences and what struck me was the story of a British unit, tanks and infantry that was literally being chased by the whole Chinese Army (or so it must have felt to the British). The commander told how they were on a road, the tanks in the rear rolling at a soldier's walking speed so the infantry could keep up. Every time, a group of Chinese soldiers would appear on the road running at them, and every time, the rear tank fired a tank round into that group, killing all. As they reached a plateau, the British found they were surrounded on all sides. Hesitating what to do next, the British noticed the Chinese were firing around them, not at them. That gave the British commander the sense to order his men to destroy their weapons and surrender and the men followed suit. This story has remained in my memory for all those years since I saw the documentary. When we see Chinese Communist troops charging UN positions, we only see a faceless mob of probably murderous villains who mean to wipe out all. But as this case shows, the pursuing Chinese, even though having suffered probably more losses than the retreating British, still suggested the British surrender so no further lives would be wasted. That's my own conclusion.

WW2 in China and the Korean war sound like they were wild, but western media basically acts like it didn't happen. I'd like to see more movies about it. The 800 movie was really good.

I love the unbiased nature of this channel

My grandfather attended this war as a naval private, glad to see some light shone on this more forgotten time in history. Not really sure if he's seen any action, but then again he doesn't really like to remenise on his past.

Amazing story without bias, cheers.

everyone was afraid, but some chose to be brave, made them heroes

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I'm team USA always, but it is pretty interesting to hear enemy accounts of the battles. To be honest I haven't heard very many.

Huang Jiguang was a highly-decorated Chinese soldier, considered a war hero for sacrificing himself to block an enemy machine gun emplacement with his body during the Korean War.

Thank you for this video

The definition of sacrifice wow

Well spoken

theres also a Lion-hearted vietnamese soldier named Phan Dinh Giot whom also use his body to block the battlements but he bring an explosive charge with to drag the french inside to the afterlife in order to save his comrades in the Dien Bien Phu war

What was that carbine right there at 5:39? It fires two shots before cycling the bolt. Is it an animation error or jamming captured m1 carbines?

oh hey that's kinda same case in the First Indochina War between the viet minh and the french army, with a Viet minh soldier named "Phan Đình Giót" who also blocked the french machine gun bunkers using his own body for his comrade to keep moving (and obviously he died from there)

Reminds me of the story of a spanish (maybe portuguese) guy that was assaulting a moor holdout thingy, they were closing the doors so he just jammed himself between the doors and got crushed to death, but his body stopped the doors to be closed and his buddies just pried them back open and took the fortress

MacArthur: Nuke em! Truman: No! MacArthur: NUKE EM! Truman: NO! MacArthur: AH COME ON! Truman: You’re fired!

My grandpa fought in the same war and he personally new huang jiguang

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Nothing but respect for all those brave souls who fought valiantly and gave up their lives for something greater than themselves.

So many bots 💀

The north koreans actually send volunteers to the chinese civil war, since they already had an established nation and military durring it´s tail end. The chinese decided to repay that favor... 10 fold

You see a lot of this type of media, 1 'hero' sacrificing themselves for many in recent CCP propaganda, worrying.

I wonder what other Korean War vets my gramps got to know personally. I never heard much about his experience back then as a Korean War vet himself since I was too young

We need more content like this. Great episode!

im happy to see such respectful impartialness. politics and opinions aside, these people fight and died for something greater than themselves, usually for the well being of their brothers in arms rather than political ideals. you can disagree with their leaders and ideals all you want as long as you respect that these are still humans sacrificing their lives. be it americans, nazis, soviets, confederates, or what have you. lets try not to lose our humanity in our idealogical squabbles

Are Mosin Nagant and SKS rifles and too difficult to render or something?

Glad to see an account of the other side.

I learned something new today

In Vietnam also had person who use his body to cover bunker hole in Dien Bien Phu. His name is Phan Dinh Giot, his family now just only his adopted son

Speaking of the Korean War, can you also do a video on the Battle of Yultong, where a force of less than a thousand Filipinos held the line against a combined Chinese and North Korean human wave attack.

In the end, soldiers from both side served their country. That’s something to be proud of.

Imagine being the literal definition of canon fodder.

I shook the hands of a veteran of the battle of hill 355. I think I surprised him.

I’m surprised by how balance Simple History is now with China. Hope this channel continues to be this balance with world history.

My grate grandfather was in Korea for four tours of combat he said that most enemy soldiers were under 18 and he did parse the North Korea and Chinese soldiers for there fighting spirit although it was futile and reckless 90% of the time

He is not only one do that , in VietNam there is a guy name Phan Dinh Giot do that too .

I recommend a Korean War video on Unit 8240.

I would love to see a Simple History video on the Battle of Kapyong Blue, specifically the Australian point of view

In Vietnam, we are also proud because there is a hero who blocked the enemy's bunker with his body. His name is Phan DINH GIOT. He sacrificed at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 to help our army fight. military victory

Will you talk about these men are the forgotten hero’s of history like many others in the forgotten war

this also happened in vietnam long before this event btw make a video about it

The Korean war was kind of like WW1 in terms of how the infantry fought each other. Its a shame it so forgotten.

I feel like an angry chinese hater is not gonna like this one video 😅

As a WW2 buff, so many insane stories coming from the Korean war.

I love thw commitment of you mouthing your ad reads, its fuckin awesome LMAO

Thank you Simplehistory for sharing the story of Huang Jiguang, He was a special-class combat hero of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, all students in China have learnt about his heroic deeds and the craziest part is that my grandparents witnessed his self-sacrifice during the Battle of the Triangle Hill in 1952! A hero never to be forgotten!

His action and sacrifice was indeed an unknown to the outside of China. Not only Huang Jiguang, but also Qiu Shaoyun who was burned to death without giving away his comrades' position in the same war. Also, another Chinese soldier, Dong Cunrui who blew himself to destroy the enemy's bunker during the Chinese Civil War. Indeed any soldiers from any sides who sacrificed themselves deserve some respect. Two mistakes: Chinese soldiers were members of People's Volunteer Army (PVA), not People's Liberation Army and they never flew Chinese national flag, but only plain red flag and sometimes they flew North Korean flags.

7:02 Actually three of them (Wu Sanyang, Xiao dengliang, Huang jiguang) were both carrying RPG-43 grenade one of each doing kind of kamikaze with no back up plan and no PDW for self defence.

You should make a video about military police (MP)

First Indochina War got the same tale like this one and they keep drilling us that in school _ _' One Viet Minh soldier used himself to cover French MG bunker hole during Dien Bien Phủ

We also have the same story like this in vietnam war. While they seems very possible, i just dont understand why they use a heavy machine gun just 7mm for a bunker, not the mighty .50caliber gun

"Follow the example of Lei Fong" intensifies!

Plz do about Phan Dinh Giot a hero who blocked the machine gun like him😢

the rifle looks like m1 carbine. However in 5:44, I noticed that it's bolt action m1 carbine. I don't know the name of that rifle

I’m Chinese and this is the first time I’ve heard of a Chinese war hero (on the communist side) and it was very interesting to me in my opinion

They should make PLA figures out of funko POP!

He reminds me of the hero Phan Dinh Giot

those thick winter coats helped

One minor mistake, it’s the PVA(people’s volunteer army) not PLA in Korean War, little difference in name only but worth mentioning

and American still cope with: "They fight by spamming masses of cowards" when they talk about Korean War, or any war other they ever touch in East Asia.

5:41 what is this gun is this a M1 carabine with a bolt action ??

I mean say what you will if you're on the Allied nations side, but... that man was a beast and even a somewhat patriotic American like myself can look at that and go " You put it all out there for your country and that's honorable. "

My Grandpa was in the army during the Korean War, he didn’t take part because when his unit left he missed the train and was unable to catch up. When the war ended and his unit came back, a lot of his friends lost their lives in that war.

You should read about Aleksandr Motrosov and other Soviet heroes.

The bing chilling is strong with this one!

My great uncle was in the Chinese soldier during the Korean War. He said that his finger was shot off during a battle against Americans ans he managed to get the finger reattached but it was deformed for the rest of his life. He also said he remembers the freezing cold winters and how many of his comrades died due to the cold each passing day.

There is story of famous Red army soldier during we2 who did the similar thing to save his comrades.

Please make a Parachute Regiment figure! Love the historical figure!

I can see some Chinese soldiers shooting PPSh41s but why are most shooting US M1 carbines?

The heroes didn't fight for territory but they also fought for the recognition of their country.

The original of fame for this was Alexander Matrosov, who blocked a pillbox in Chernushki 1943 to allow an advance, and then Soviet Mi-24 pilots in Afghanistan were named "Mandatory Matrosovi" as the Mi-24 pilots deliberately drew fire to expose mujahadeen positions decades later

Just a reminder: those things were meant to plow through infantry like a chainsaw. This man ate it like Curtis Jackson. If that wasn't metal, I don't know what is.

Someones social credit score just went up lol

salute too this brave soldier