The Battle of Kapyong Valley Part 1

The Fight to Halt the Chinese

In April 1951, as troops from 3RAR were resting and preparing for Anzac Day commemorations, the Chinese army launched its largest offensive since its entry to the Korean War. The UN front collapsed and soon the Australians on the right of the Kapyong Valley, with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry Regiment on the left with some minor support units in between, would soon be all that stood between the Chinese army and a devastating victory.

A and D Company Positions

The View from B Company Position overlooking the road which Chinese troops attacked from.

4 Platoon, B Company, 3RAR

Chinese prisoners taken on 24th April 1951, while the battle is still being fought.