Sad scene from The Assembly - General

[media] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZK_9g8TNog8&NR=1[/url] [/media] I don't know about you guys... But that is the most saddest war scene I've ever seen from a movie.

ew grose he's getting his snot all over the fuckin dieing guy. Stopped watching there

I love war movies.

You people are dumb. I just saw this movie a few days ago, probably one of the best war films I've seen for a long while. Really good.

It looks pretty good but little yet widespread historical inaccuracies really bother me in any war movie.

Looks amazing.

Wow, looks great, I'll have to see this.

What was is this, Korean? Oh, Chinese civil war.

[QUOTE=peterson;19178540]What was is this, Korean?[/QUOTE] Chinese. It's about the Chinese Civil War.

I'm planning on renting it. I stumbled on it while watching Pashendaele.

[QUOTE=peterson;19178540]What was is this, Korean? Oh, Chinese civil war.[/QUOTE] [sp]He does go to Korea for a bit[/sp] [editline]03:49PM[/editline] Aw shit terrible 3000th post

Assembly is the single greatest war film I have ever studied. I would reccomend it to anyone, you wouldn't be dissapointed!

Is it bad if I laughed when he raised the Molotov and it got shot and exploded in his hands?

I don't know what's worse. The fact that I've never heard of this movie, or the fact that I've never heard of this war

That's why they call it the Forgotten War.

[QUOTE=xamllew;19187660]That's why they call it the Forgotten War.[/QUOTE] A lot of wars get called that. Hell, last year the media was calling Afghanistan the forgotten war

Were those barrel things just improvised mortars? Also, I couldn't help but laugh at the sound the guy made when they shot his Molotov out of his hands. I felt like a bad person the moment i did. Edit: Nevermind, subtitles told me.

Oh shit, I was looking for this movie. This and The 9th Company.

[QUOTE=TunnelSnake;19186502]I don't know what's worse. The fact that I've never heard of this movie, or the fact that I've never heard of this war[/QUOTE] Really? Well the breakdown goes that after the Russian Revolution and the communists gaining control in Russia, support for communism in China skyrocketed, with millions dedicating themselves to the communist cause. Only few years before the Russian Revolution, the Chinese government reformed, and was no longer a dynasty/monarchy led nation, but rather a single-party republic. During the war, the Republic of China, led by the KMT party, had government control, and were known as the nationalists, while the Chinese Communist Part, later the People's Republic of China, were known as the communists. In the 1920s, politically the KMT split into left and right wing factions, creating tension in the people and the government. The Communist Party, the CPC, began to gain power and bring people towards their side. The communists were forced underground, and armed resistance soldiers and partisan peasants led several uprisings in China, controlling seperate portions of China for short periods. This was the beginning of the war. Then, the Japanese invasion complicated things. As the Japanese ate away on the East Coast of China, the KMT split their commitment against the CPC to combat the Japanese. The CPC took advantage of this. Battles thousands strong, under different CPC commanders, led to brutal conflicts. The KMT was able to force a CPC retreat in one of the largest, and the CPC marched the majority of China to flee the chasing KMT. This was known as the Long March, and thousands died. During the march, the CPC was able to aid peasants and workers, and to increase appeal, recruit for their cause and gather weapons for their armies. In 1937, the Japanese were becoming an increasingly worse threat. They controlled Manchuria, and many of China's eastern districts, but the leader of the KMT, Chiang Kai-Sheck, refused to ally with the CPC to fight off the Japanese. He was kidnapped by two of his generals and forced into a treaty with the CPC to form a united front against the Japanese, putting the civil war on hold to fight against the Japanese. After WWII, things got interesting. The revived Chinese Civil War was the first war of the Cold War, and an obvious proxy war. Imagine Korea and Vietnam, but without US soldiers. As soon as shit cooled down int he world, China lit back up. The Japanese were forced to surrender due to nuking, and according to the terms of their surrender, all Japanese forces in China must surrender to KMT, and specifically not CPC, forces. This led to skirmishes between CPC and Japanese forces even after the war. In Manchuria, the Soviets had begun pushing south to liberate territory for China. Japanese forces in Manchuria were also forced not to surrender tot he Soviets, as the KMT had no troops in Manchuria and the CPC would gain control of the region if the Japanese surrendered to the USSR. The KMT made a deal with the Soviets- they would not depart from China until KMT forces could get closer to the regions. The Soviets agreed, and the United States airlifted KMT troops into Manchurian cities as the CPC closed in around them. The Soviets dismantled the industrial base of the Chinese cities and shipped it back with them as they withdrew, leaving CPC forces in the upper hand. Fighting began immediately. Both sides were supplied by opposing Cold War powers. The Soviets supplied large amounts of arms tot he communists, while the US did the same to the nationalists. Both sides made heavy use of Japanese weaponry left in China after the Japanese surrender. The war was brutal and long. 3 years, with millions involved. We all know the results. In 1949, the war ended, with the PRC victorious over the ROC, which was pushed back to control only the single island of Taiwan/Formosa. tl;dr: Korea, without the Americans fighting in the war directly and with some Soviet/Japanese thrown in there.

Nice, glad to know someone knows some Chinese history.

Saw title, came in, hoped for a dramatic 256k demo at Assembly. I was disappointed.

6:19" kna kna kna"

haha I know chinese. The guy wanted to give his CO a watch because his was broken, and in the process he gets shot.

Well that destroyed my holiday cheer.

The facial expressions are the best part

[QUOTE=some_hobo;19186055]Assembly is the single greatest war film I have ever studied. I would reccomend it to anyone, you wouldn't be dissapointed![/QUOTE] You probably didn't watch Band of Brothers, did you?

What about Tae Guk Gi? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCnyJZafn-w[/media]