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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) is a British war film that tells the story of the British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up in the Chinese Civil War and involved in the 1949 Yangtze Incident. Directed by Michael Anderson, it stars Richard Todd, William Hartnell, and Akim Tamiroff . It was based upon the book written by Lawrence ...
This is a short introduction to the HMS Amethyst incident in the Yangtse River when she was fired on by Communist forces with heavy losses to herself and those ships that attempted to rescue her. The London Gazette lists the honours awarded but did not include an official despatch.
The Amethyst incident, also known as the Yangtze incident, was a historic event that occurred on the Yangtze River for three months in the summer of 1949, during the late phase of the Chinese Civil War.
- 20 April-30 July 1949( 1949-04-20-1949-07-30)
- British forces expelled from Yangtze River
Oct 26, 2023 · Richard Todd and his Stalwart Crew Repel the Chinese Rebels after an unexpected attack on the RN in the Yangtse River in 1949
- 108 min
- 21
- Sabbatical
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire.
In April 1949, with civil war raging in China between the Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army and Nationalist Kuomintang forces, the frigate (a type of warship) HMS Amethyst was ordered up the Yangtze River to act as a guardship for the British Embassy in Nanjing.
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Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst is a British war film that tells the story of the British sloop HMS Amethyst caught up in the Chinese Civil War and involved in the...
