Combat: Magic Bullet

Die For a Tie: As the Korean War devolves to a bloody stalemate in 1951, that’s what GIs feel their leaders in Washington are asking of them. After winter offensives prove catastrophic to both sides, American commanders resort to magic bullets—unconventional weapons, tactics, and units, like Brigadier General Jock Miles’ regimental combat team—to stem the relentless Chinese human wave attacks at battles like Bloody Ridge and Heartbreak Ridge. As the war’s main battlefield becomes a conference table in Panmunjom, Jock and his men grapple with an uncertain future as they fight a war they cannot win but must not lose.