🇨🇳 志愿军: 存亡之战 The Volunteers 2: The Battle of Life & Death (TRUE STORY, Eng sub)

The Volunteers 2: The Battle of Life and Death (2024) is a war drama film that tells the true story of the Battle of Cheolwon during the Korean War. The film is based on the third to fifth battles of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. What happened during the Battle of Cheolwon? - In May 1951, the 63rd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) fought against four divisions of the United Nations Army (UNA). - The battle was part of the PVA's “fifth campaign”, a spring offensive to drive UN forces out of the peninsula. - The battle was a bloodshed, but it led to armistice negotiations that started that summer. What does the film focus on? - The movie focuses on the battle of Cheolwon, where the 63rd Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPVA) was ordered to enter the battlefield of Cheolwon in May 1951, just after a month-long battle, to fight against four divisions of the United Nations Army (UNA). - The film also follows the Li family, who are connected to the war through Li Xiang, an army political instructor, his father Li Moyin, a staff officer, and his sister Li Xiao, an English interpreter. Part 1: 志愿军: 雄兵出击 The Volunteers 1: To the War (a.k.a. The Great War 1) 2023 Part 2: 志愿军: 存亡之战 The Volunteers 2: The Battle of Life and Death (a.k.a. The Great War 2) 2024 Part 3: (TBA)