Battle of Jangsari
Battle of Jangsari
During the Korean War, student soldiers deployed to the Jangsa landing operation carry out their mission on an unfamiliar coast. In an operation to support the Incheon landing operation, inexperienced young soldiers and their commander face fear and camaraderie.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization
The work directly depicts the 1950 Jangsa Landing Operation. The landing by a unit centered on student soldiers and its mission to block National Route 7 were real, but the figures, such as 772, and individual character stories include a mixture of estimates and dramatization.
Jangsa Landing Operation
A landing operation carried out at Jangsari on the east coast on September 14, 1950, using student soldiers and others.
FACT / FICTION
Verification 7
Fact / Fiction verification
7 recordsThe Jangsa Landing Operation was actually carried out in September 1950.
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- Confirmed in memorial hall and local government materials.
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- 장사상륙작전 전승기념관대한민국 구석구석 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장사 상륙 작전, 인천 상륙 작전을 대성공으로 이끈인천광역시 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
The operation had the character of a rear-area disruption and diversion intended to support the Incheon Landing Operation.
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- Confirmed in local government and commemorative materials.
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- 장사 상륙 작전, 인천 상륙 작전을 대성공으로 이끈인천광역시 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 성공 확률 '수 천분의 일'…772명 학도병이 이룬 기적경북매일 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Many of the participating forces were young student soldiers and volunteers.
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- Confirmed in official tourism and commemorative materials.
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- 장사상륙작전 전승기념관대한민국 구석구석 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 성공 확률 '수 천분의 일'…772명 학도병이 이룬 기적경북매일 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Disrupting North Korean supply routes, including by blocking National Route 7, was a major mission.
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- Confirmed in related accounts of the operation.
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- 장사 상륙 작전, 인천 상륙 작전을 대성공으로 이끈인천광역시 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 성공 확률 '수 천분의 일'…772명 학도병이 이룬 기적경북매일 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Sources give September 15 as the landing date.
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- It needs to be distinguished from a date that was incorrectly reported in the past.
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- 장사상륙작전 전승기념관대한민국 구석구석 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 성공 확률 '수 천분의 일'…772명 학도병이 이룬 기적경북매일 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The figure “772” and the casualty count are widely known, but some are described as estimates.
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- Incheon City materials also express reservations about the accuracy of the figures.
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- 장사 상륙 작전, 인천 상륙 작전을 대성공으로 이끈인천광역시 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
Some of the film’s stories about individual student soldiers and commanders are composites and reconstructions based on the experiences of actual participants.
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- A collective true story was condensed around individual characters.
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- 장사상륙작전 전승기념관대한민국 구석구석 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 성공 확률 '수 천분의 일'…772명 학도병이 이룬 기적경북매일 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
기하륜
Fictional composite character류태석
Fictional composite character박찬년
Fictional composite character이명준
Historical Person Inspired최성필
Fictional composite characterSources used
- 장사상륙작전 전승기념관대한민국 구석구석 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 장사 상륙 작전, 인천 상륙 작전을 대성공으로 이끈인천광역시 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
- 성공 확률 '수 천분의 일'…772명 학도병이 이룬 기적경북매일 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →