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Take your Time K&G, we need high quality videos after all. Anyway, this video is really superb and helpful, anyway Battle of Surabaya is next perhaps ?
‘All right. They’re on our left. They’re on our right. They’re in front of us, they’re behind us. They can’t get away this time’. ~ Colonel "Chesty" Puller
@Danijel Mornarić with all due respect, history would have to disagree with you on that one. Chesty Puller’s quote was said during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, directly after the US Army had just been pushed back by the Chinese Army’s massive surprise attack when they suddenly decided to join the war to aid North Korea. The US Army’s withdrawal left the 1st Marine Division separated on a mountain behind enemy lines and completely surrounded by Communist troops. By November 12th, General Song Shilun of the People’s Volunteer Army had devised a plan to attack and destroy the two leading regiments of the 1st Marine Division, the 7th and 5th Marine Regiments. The remainder of the UN forces of X Corps could then be annihilated, one by one. General Song sent his plan to Mao Zedong for approval. In reply, Mao said: *"The American Marine First Division has the highest combat effectiveness in the American armed forces. It seems not enough for our four divisions to surround and annihilate its two regiments. [You] should have one to two more divisions as a reserve force."* General Song listened to Chairman Mao’s words of caution and proceeded to bolster additional troops to his reserve force before launching their heavy assault on the Marines. During those next 17 days of intense combat is when Chesty Puller is remembered as saying some of his famous quotes: *“All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time!”* *“Don't forget that you're First Marines! Not all the Communists in hell can overrun you!”* *“There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.”* The Army had written the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22 enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men. *“The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!”* - Major General Frank E. Lowe, US Army; Korea, 26 January 1952.
Danijel Mornarić I believe you may have misinterpreted my intentions as if I was writing that reply with negative intent. I was not. It is not my goal to diminish, but simply to report what others throughout the war have stated on the matter. The US Army fought hard and tirelessly as well, but that was not my point. My point was that it cannot be denied that 1st Marine Division (1stMarDiv) happened to come out of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir as the premier unit from that battle. Everyone acknowledges that, even the Chinese had to grudgingly accept that. Speaking of which, the 31st Infantry you mentioned were more precisely the _remnants_ of *Regimental Combat Team 31* (RCT-31), also known as *“Task Force McLean/Task Force Faith”* that later joined up with the 1st Marine Division. RCT-31 happened to comprise of multiple units, _including_ infantrymen from the 31st Infantry Regiment of course, but also artillery, tank, and infantry personnel from other units, including 600 South Korean soldiers. The combined forces that made up RCT-31 numbered around 3200 men and they were important to the battle too because they were also having their own brutal siege _elsewhere_ at Chosin Reservoir; in which they were also attempting to break out of an encirclement by the Chinese at the same time that 1stMarDiv was trying to. RCT-31 fought bravely and put up a fierce resistance against the Communist forces. But in the end, after many casualties were sustained and losing nearly all of their officers, RCT-31 was ultimately routed and its personnel were scattered. Many of the survivors who weren’t captured made it over to the 1st Marine Division’s encirclement and they were gladly welcomed to join them in those trying times. Of those survivors from their original 3200-man taskforce though, only about 385 of them were still able-bodied. They were quickly formed into a provincial battalion and attached to support the Marine Division in any way that was required of them. And, yes, they would all have to help fight through 1stMarDiv’s breakout as well. So of course it wasn’t _only_ the Marine personnel and Navy Corpsmen who were fighting through the 1st Marine Division’s breakout. There was also a small contingent of British Commando Royal Marines attached with them as well. Historically, there have always been British troops fighting alongside the US in every _major_ war the US has had since WW1. Yet, are we supposed to mention them on _every_ single occasion in a war when we achieve something? Do _they_ mention who they fought alongside with _every_ single occasion when they achieved something? Nobody was denying the Army’s presence or their value to the war effort. However, this was undoubtedly the 1st Marine Division’s great achievement that everyone recognizes across the board, even the Army. And as a side-note, if your intention was to respond to someone’s bullsh¡t with simply only more bullsh¡t of your own (by your own admission, not mine), then all that gets left behind for others to read is sadly just bullsh¡t. Leaving behind a reasonable correction to him would have been a more preferable thing to read.
My grandfather was part of the PVA send to North Korea in 1951. He was a back line medic but he still witnessed many things, things that can and will scar you for life. Before he passed away in 2014, he never told us any details of what happened. It was only before his death and he shared his war stories, and passed his medals to me. I kept them in a safe with my relatives in Harbin.
Shane Cox The South Korean government at civil war was just a renamed one from the puppet government during Japanese occupied time. So, their incompetence was expected.
This war was even more atrocious for the ordinary people who had no idea about ideology. Since pro Japanese people who were viewed as a traitor to the people were rich and had every reason to hate communist, American military government decided to spare them. Still, these former traitors were hated by ordinary Korean people, so to avoid this hatred they tried to instill fear to the people telling them about Communist threat. This had very profound effect in the forming of current political situation in South Korea, my motherland.
This anti communist propaganda, of course included a lot of blood shed. Masscre of 200,000 is just part of the dark side of this. Even more people lost there lives and were persecuted under this cause of Communist threat, up until even 21 century.
The war is not totally forgotten in Denmark, we got a song about the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia, which treated wounded soldiers off the coast of Korea. Great video! Also, more!
During its service in Korea, its staff treated 4.981 wounded allied soldiers from 24 different nations, alongside more than 6.000 civilian Koreans (numbers are uncertain: and it could be up to three times more), including an unknown number of children. Only 29 patients died. The most prominent civilian patient was the first President of the Republic of Korea Syngman Rhee. He was treated by the dental clinic. It spent 999 days in UN service. Translated from Danish Wiki.
@@Senovitj wow this is great. I never knew Denmark had such a role in the war, its kind of concerning how these things don't get mentioned! And quite sad...
My grandfather fought with U.S. and U.N. forces in 1952. The war was at its height.The owner of the mountain was changed several times a day to the South and the North.Thank you for making this video.
1반인 Thank you for sharing this, you’re grandfather sounds like a great man who served under a great general, it would’ve been an honor for me to meet him
@Dmitri Patronov my great grandparents family member was kidnapped by today's PLA soldiers for ransom purposes. Hence, I'm the Russian version of white émigrés.
Philippines was the 1st asian country to send military man to help south korea.about 7,500 filipinos fought bravely to help south korea.thats was in 1950-55.during that time Philippines was still recovering from the davstation of ww2.
@@Qwertyl6996 I remember the UN army of 16 countries. Since Korea is a country with a cease-fire, all of them receive military training. I'm a student and a reserve force at the same time after my discharge.
@@Qwertyl6996 Agree, soliders from Philippines fought bravely. "Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world." Douglas MacArthur
These 3D modern warfare battles are absolutely awesome guys, the next battle you could do is either operation market garden or the gulf war, just some ideas, keep up the good work guys we love it
Kings and Generals I get it, I’m fine with everything you guys do, I’m not kicking and screaming about it, I just absolutely love your videos, very well crafted
Yes of course you listen to everyone. My point is you listen a little more to patrons. And if a fan is interested enough they should consider becoming a patron.
My grand uncle was a lieutenant of Turkish brigade in Korean war. He once told me that they were dug in on a hill and was surrounded by thousands of chinese. He also told me that chinese had more men than we had ammo. He was wounded and sent to a hospital in Japan. There are rumours that he had a relationship with a nurse there. I think I might have Japanese cousin(s) lol.
I know a man who was posted in Kokura, Japan at this time. He was in the 24th Infantry Division and among the first into the fighting in Korea. Getting pushed back all the way to the Pusan perimeter was a hair raising experience for those poor GI's. They were performing occupation duties in Japan and the next thing they knew was an all out fight for their lives against a much larger number of North Korean troops. He's 91 today and still has a hard time going to sleep at night.
oh yea, that campaign was amazing, wargame is one of these games that teaches you to stop whining and plug the gaps with whatever you have and use it best you can, infantry division vs tanks? deal with it and fight
As a Korean, I've never seen such a good video for foreigners to understand the Korean War. It is the best video for foreigners to understand the Korean War. I wish the sequel would be made soon, too!
Ever since K&G started videos on WW2 battles, I have been eagerly waiting for their treatment on the Korean War. Thank you Kings & Generals for shining more light on a war that doesn't get much attention, but whose consequences resonate even more strongly to this day.
An important thing to note with regards to Korean geography is that even though Seoul is about 10 miles from the DMZ in SK, in 1945, the North was considered far more urban, with the South being much more rural and agrarian. This was part of why NK was so much better prepared compared to SK. Interestingly to note as well is that SK remained a dictatorship into the 1980's. The video also glosses over the UN resolution in the war. Due to the recent Chinese Civil war, with the former republican government of China holed up in Taiwan, there was contention as to who would be considered the government of China in the UN. The UN had effectively chose to stay out of the conflict and maintained that Taiwan was still the government of China as the conflict was recent and it was not clear who would win. This lead the Soviet Union to boycott the UN. This meant that the Soviets' veto on the UN Security Council was not present and allowed the US to go to the UN with a resolution for UN assistance to SK. This is the leading example as to why you don't boycott the UN.
@Krose00 The real Korea hasn’t existed since China and Russia took chunks from it and later the US and Russia split the peninsula. Best Korea on the other hand is still around kicking their missiles but the other Korea is more populous by far
As a Korean I'm really thankful to US and UN forces. God bless America. Thank you Philippines UK Turkey and all those who came to help Korean who they never knew or met before.
Thanks for doing a video on the Korean War. You're right that it isn't discussed enough. My uncle fought in that war as an engineer guarding one of the perimeter bridges, so I'm happy to see that explained from a strategic context.
Yet it was purges by the ruler of not best korea that gave the attackers their justification for war. The South was not that under equipped it just had more resources pointed at people living in their controlled territory than the border.
Usally better prepared, yes, but now always. Japans attack on USA in 1941 must have been one of the most suicidal attacks ever. It was like a skinny guy at a bar who had been drinking too much starting a fight with the heavy weight champion in boxing. There was no way Japan could have won the war.
@Nikkimond lol But they did move in from Europe and claim it was their right to take possession of the land they were welcomed in as guests and migrants and when it seemed like England was not going to grant it all to them they prepared to take it by FORCE lol but it is what it is
@nattygsbord the Japan bit was more like someone who had been at the mercy of those stronger around him for a while yet had won some regional championships during their life. And it was definitely a down when Pearl Harbor happened and Japan expected it would take at least three downs to get a good chance at a ko or two if they got super lucky. In this instance you could say the US was blocking Tojo from getting endorsements and making calls to keep them from getting good fights or good trainers. So Japan went a threw a dolly at the bus and then went of to fight all the other fighters in their weight class before a response occurred.
My girlfriend's Grandfather lived close by the 38th parallel when the north attacked. I remember him just saying that it was total chaos. He didn't even realize that they were at war until a couple hours later.
Such a good video. I lived in Seoul, Korea, directly south of the DMZ, through the 60th anniversary of the war. The train from the mainland to the Incheon airport was lined with the flags of all the nations who contributed troops and aid to the war with text thanking them. I heard some testimony from those who survived the war as children, including initial attacks. It was always very sobering.
Kim il Sung was not just helped by Chinese, in fact he was a acting general under Communist China during the war against Japan. He made some reputation and learnt a lot from both Mao and Peng during this time which helped him a lot afterwards. But as a Chinese I must point out that his decisions to over stretch his supply which allowed his major troop to be cut off by McArthur later had been warned by both Mao and Soviet side before, but his blind confidence led to devastating outcome. According to “unofficial “ record that General Peng, leader of Chinese volunteer army, slapped Kim on the face on their first meeting in North Korea and called him an idiot for making such immature mistakes.
my grandpa would readily talk about his service against the japanese in WW2, but he didn't like to bring up korea. all he would ever say was it was, "a dirty little war."
Ahmad Zubair Maybe you are not really known about the war. The human wave attack is useless before machine guns, and you guys have absolutely Air Force advantage and weapon advantage, so human wave attack never works. Actually, Chinese fight this war with 3 people one small group, small groups Quickly interspersed with roundabout outs. By the way, if we Chinese have 50% weapons as you guys at that time. We can win the war easily. Now we have more than that.
@@tengliu2502 Also, more corrupted government officials, more family members and assets of theirs settled in Northern America & Western Europe, more mindless CCP commentators, more arrogance & ignorance, more SHANZHAI creativity, more enemies and fewer allies around the globe, so forth. Things are looking swell for the Chinese people! Keep it up, dork.
It is amazing that the South Korea today now exists when looking back at the infancy of the state. No one could have suspected such an incredible turn of events.
The quality of this channel is unbelievable, I remember watching the videos from a long time ago even then and thinking man this is good quality but now it’s unbelievable what y’all can do with the maps! 100% like!
My Uncle was fought in the Pusan Perimeter in 1950-51(14 months) and Vietnam 68-69(20 months)and is now buried at Arlington and God I miss Him so much!
Thank you so much! My father was born in a fishing village on the East Coast of Korea during the war. Of course, he is too young to remember the war itself but too many stories of filling his belly with water during lunchtime while kicking around a pig's bladder filled with air.
Not only the music (which you seem to feel obligated to play during the ENTIRE time) do not add ANYTHING it actually LESSENS the enjoyment of your otherwise EXCELLENT video
That was great, more please! Ever since seeing the film Brotherhood I've been intrigued by the Korean War, and it deserves to be covered by a dedicated and entertaining historical researcher such as youself :)
Great animations! The terrain models were the best visual help for the campaign that I have ever seen. The only thing I think that could use improving is maybe adding the sound of small arms gunfire instead of only explosions during battle sequences.
Very nice animations indeed. I hope I myself could do something similiar one day. The only things I would add is some animations similiar to battlefield Vietnam where one can see the heights of the hills and the direction of attack of specific units and how roads are laid out geographically. th-cam.com/video/AhYn49kLg6w/w-d-xo.html And the soundtrack of the old World war 2 battlefields series is just epic. th-cam.com/video/_RCw8OIrlAs/w-d-xo.html
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As a Korean, I’m really honored to see documentary about Korean War in my favoirte channel, and I want to add some supplementary comments and facts on some controversies. (Please forgive my bad English :D ) 1. Why South Korean Army was so weak? Well, there are several reasons. As mentioned in video, massive uprising of communist guerillas obstructed development of South Korean military. Also, United States feared that if they provide weapons to South Korea, South Koreans shall march North to reunite Korea, provoking war between USA and USSR. So they provided mostly minimum and light support(such as infantry training) to South Korean military. US even refused to sell heavy equipments like fighters to South Korea. For this reason, initial 22 airplanes of South Korean military weren’t fighters like P-51. They were light aircrafts with no armaments such as Stinson L-5. So pilots had to hand-drop bombs like WWI. In comparison, North Korea received tremendous support from Soviets with ambition to conquer Korea. So only advantage South Koreans had against North Koreans was infantry firepower. (Thank you Mr. Garand!) South Koreans were outgunned and outnumbered but never outmanned. Approximately 70~100 South Korean soldiers without Anti-tank weapons were killed in several heroic attempts to destroy North Korean tanks with grenades and some of them succeeded. In Pohang, 71 voluntary student soldiers refused to retreat and halted full assault of North Koreans for 11 and half hours to cover the retreat of other troops and civilians. During their last stand, despite they spent all their ammunitions they refused to surrender and fought with bayonet. Only few of them survived. 2. South Korean legitimacy I see some comments(probably by the South Koreans) speak BULLSHIT about South Korea that South Korean government was pro-Japanese imperialist. This is common opinion and IMAGINARY HISTORY of South Korean lefts with little or no evidence. First you must define what is Japanese Imperialist, traitor to Korean nation. Scumbags who were eager to support Japan and tormented Koreans are absolutely traitors. But is it treason to just serve in Japanese government or military as officer? Is Skanderbeg a traitor because he once served in Ottoman army? With this standard, many members in Korean Left parties are also descendants of Japanese Imperialist.(For example, father of president Moon was also a bureaucrat during Japanese rule) Korean government hired ex-Japanese bureaucrats and soldiers for realistic reason. They were able workers and newborn Korean government needed them. It is true that this also obstructed proper punishment on real national traitors, but you cannot just blame Korean government as Japanese Imperialists. (You also have to notice that heads of Korean government, including president Lee were mostly ex-independent fighters.) You can(and maybe have to) criticize South Korean government, but I want people speak with responsibility. 3. Massacre on ex-communists This incident is called Bodo League Massacre(보도연맹 학살사건). Bodo league was a league organized by South Korean government, to monitor and convert ex-communists. Therefore, initially members of Bodo league were communist turncoats. However, the problem is, that if a bureaucrat attract many people in Bodo league, it meant that he converted many communists therefore showing good performance! For this reason, some bureaucrats were eager to draw many people to Bodo league. Although Bodo league included real communists, many ignorant farmers and citizens who had participated in petty left parties(which were so numerous after independence) with petty reasons(money, rice, friends, familes) were also listed in Bodo league. Even some people who were ignorant and had no relationship with communists joined Bodo league because some bureaucrats attracted people with gifts such as rice and shoes.(This is why fiancee of main character in movie ‘Tae Guk Gi’ joined in Bodo league.) During initial phase of Korean war, South Korean military were crushed and South Korean government feared that members of Bodo league might cooperate with North Korea. In fact, betrayal of few Bodo league members in Seoul(where was conquered by North Korean army and massacre on innocent citizens occured) were reported to South Korean government. Subsequently, scared and resentful South Korean government ordered massacre. Massacre of Bodo league is a tragedy and critical fault of South Korean government. And I believe we must remember it to prevent similar mistakes. However, I don’t doubt South Korean cause. The one who started war is North Korea. North Korean army calling themselves liberators massacred way more than South Koreans did. Even Stalin was shocked by atrocities of North Korean soldiers. Above all, South Koreans are living in free and prosperous state while enslaved North Koreans are suffering under Kim’s tyranny. Lastly, I really want to thank all members of United Nation forces who protected us from North Korean tyranny. Although some leftards in South Korea speak bullshit about them Koreans must not forget their sacrifice.
I thank you for your great effort in providing accurate, useful and wonderful information on your esteemed channel. A thousand greetings of respect, appreciation and pride. I wish you success and progress in your wonderful work. Much respect
Mao had forecasted the Incheon landing in July 1949. "Given that the US military may land in Incheon, it is necessary to establish a strong defense line behind Incheon." On July 2, the Soviet ambassador to China, Nikolai Vasilievich Roshchin, told the Moscow that Zhou Enlai conveyed Mao Zedong’s suggestion to North Korean in Zhou's conversation with Roshchin. Mao Zedong also mentioned that in a telegram to Stalin on October 2: "In mid-July, in late July and early September, we had told the North Korean comrades three times about that they should pay attention to the danger of the US Army, who would move from the sea to Incheon and Seoul to cut off the KPA's reinforcements."
@@alantan9863 Mao Zedong also better understood the Koreans culturally and told Stalin that Kim Il Sung might be allied with them but would never trust them.
Do you have a cite. Sound like after the fact stuff trying to make Mao all knowing. There we many was US could have attacked North Koreans from behind, so predicting Incheon seems too good.
This video is awesome for me because I have been listening to The Coldest War: America and the Korean War by Halberstam for last week. He goes into detail about battles and locations but without a map I am just lost. This battle is chapter 3 and which has has me already feeling like "craaaap“ I didn't know they got pushed back back that far
I actually find this topic especially interesting, especially as an Army vet whose first-duty station as a fresh new Private was in Camp Casey with 2ID from 2002 to mid-2003.
Hello, Kings and Generals, These Modern historical videos want to become like you guys, K&G historians, I gotta say that as a South Korean citizen, it really makes me feels pain that The PRC, The Soviet Union, and The North Korea were really harsh about the reunification about The Korean Empire, The Joseon Kingdom, I really appreciate that you guys making these detailed information about how that made means the 19th Century were the serious of the Chaotic time! I love these videos! Please keep up the great work!
Thank You kings and generals a soooooo much I watch all of your videos once they come out and I recently Won A Nj and Ny regional history bee for sixth graders! There where a couple HUNDRED kids involved! Your videos have helped me Learn history so much I aim to become a history professor when I grow up!
I was stationed in Korea for a year and you can still see the scares form the war. Its crazy to think i spent some much time in these cities where so many lost there lives.
USA: Too many Chinese, we failed. Japan: China has only 400 million sheep. The process of our invasion of China seemed like a tour. MacArthur: Fuck, my army can't go back to Christmas!
Thanks for your grandfather. I'm a Korean of South Korea. We can save people and democracy by him. It's mercy he had return your homeland after military service.
Well it might seem Admiral Yi wasn't that important if you're plainly looking at it, but if you do look deeper Admiral Yi did do *A VERY SIGNIFICANT* role. Without him Joseon wouldn't have even been able to ask for help to Ming. The Japanese invasion plan was on two routes pushing up, one on land pushing from Busan to Seoul to secure the land route. The other route was for the navy to advance on the western coastline up to Seoul, conquering all the rich lands in Jeollado. (FYI, Jeollado grew nearly 70% of the crops in Joseon.) And those two forces were to meet in Seoul and reorganize with all the resources scooped from Jeollado. But while the land route resistances were just crushed by Japanese forces and opening the road unexpectadly fast, naval forces were also unexpectedly, just unable to advance at all, every try being turned down by Admiral Yi. As a result, the Japanese land forces that arrived at Seoul could not resupply enough, so had a lot of difficulties advancing north. This time was very valuable for Joseon, since Ming Govt was very reluctant to send aids at first, and only had to realize how powerful the Japanese forces were and how fast they were eating up Joseon to organize aid forces. Also, the strongest and most experienced army divisions of Joseon were all at the northern border facing Manchuria. This is because since old times the Manchurian nomads often raided the northern borders of Korea and Joseon, just like China suffered. The time Admiral Yi earned was very valuable for these experienced divisions to march down south and push back Japanese forces. Got a bit long trying to explain the whole war, but I hope you get the point. Without Admiral Yi, Joseon wouldn't have had any chances at all. AND he also did accomplish quite a few extraordinary feats on the sea. That's why he's just so honored in Korea.
Actually, South Korea do had antitank weaponry like American M1 57mm antitank gun and bazooka. But they lacked proper training and those weapons were not enough for soviet T-34. However, thank you for this amazing work about my country's history.
Ive been waiting for a video on ancient korea but this will do but please do a series on ancient korea and the 7 years wars against Hideyoshi's invasion with admiral Yi Sun-Shin or on the mongol invasion of Korea! Thank you so much for these amazing videos on history and wars yours truly one of you're greatest fans.
I lived for one year in Haman, site of the Battle of Haman, which occurred during the southern attack on Masan. Battle Mountain, was a short bicycle ride to the south and west. I was young in those days, and spent nearly every spare moment hiking the small mountains and hills around the Haman valley. 3 rolls of Chamchi Kimbop and 2 jugs of water set me for the day. I saw incredible things on Battle Mountain and the smaller spur ridges to the West of Haman. Helicopter landing pads, old pillboxes, clear evidence of shell craters, foxholes, and shallow trenches. I hiked Battle Mountain more than a few times, and could never fathom the fear and terror the men of the 24 Infantry and 5th RCT must have felt walking those same trails in the dead of night with shells and bullets raining down. Imagine being wounded on top of that ridge, the nearest aid station 6 hours down. In late August, no less. I poured over a copy of Appleman's "South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu"; it was my bible and guidebook for these hikes. I tried to find the location of William Thompson's MoH action, and believe i did so, based on the citation and unit deployment records for the area. What a place that was.
It was speculated that Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs on North Koreans and their allies but Harry Truman didn't let him. Edit: A very good comedy movie about Korean war is MASH by Robert Altman.
@@tusidex5228 But because MacArthur was popular at home, I think almost nobody would have cared about those bombings if they ever happened. Again, It has been speculated that one of the important factors in Truman's loss at primary elections was his clashes with Douglas MacArthur. Funny thing is that Truman himself was responsible for dropping both atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, despite the fact that the Japanese forces were ready to surrender.
peyman mostafaei Were they? The Japanese basically militarised their whole population in preparation for an American naval invasion. They were preparing to fight to the last person.
"All the South Korean leadership could do was order a massacre of communists in the south" "It's not much, but it's honest work." - South Korean diplomat, after asking US congress for military aid
This is why i love history. It always interests us with the motion. To me it always makes me curious and always happy to learn from the past. Always do best work like this one. Big fan
i dont participate in war, except if my country was invaded. if i died and my country was defeated, at least i died defending my land, not dying invading other people land which will be taken again by the enemy. i mean look at how nazi soldiers fought to conquer europe, they almost succeeded but then the land was reclaimed again
@@alantan9863 It's true that it is a little different, but it's pretty much changed from a straight line to a line that follows geographical features. That land is also largely mountainous terrain, not a valuable city like Seoul for example.
Shouldn't it be pointed out that the US declared that Korea was not in its sphere of influence? That was pretty much the green light for communist aggression. Just an observation from a retired Marine.
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Don't forget Philippine forces in the Korean war .. Philippines soldier win the war on Korean war Chinese soldiers died in the hand of Filipino warriors
Great job except the city names. Pohangdong sounds like poe - hang (a like in father) - dong (long o sound). Taegu sounds like Dtae (short d&t sound together and a like in "day") - gu (goo). So ALL "a" in Korea are like a in Father. ALL "u" are oo, all "ae" like in day, all "o" are long o sound, all "i" are ee sound...etc. oh, "eu" is a sound that is learned since there is no sound like it in English. Once you learn the Korean alphabet it's so easy to read Korean characters and easier to read the Konglish words. But overall, great job!
Thank for covering the Korean War! You didn't even butcher the names as badly as I feared. There are only two minor things I want to mention, in Korean names a 'u' is pronounced the same as 'oo' in soon and an 'a' is pronounced the same as the 'u' in sun which means 'san' in a Korean name is pronounced just like 'sun'. For anyone wondering why the numbers looked so bad for the South Koreans, the South was traditionally farmlands and fisher villages while most of the big cities and nearly all of the industry and natural resources were located in North Korea. What makes the Korean War so significant is that it was the first time that the UN sanctioned a war and the major success of the counteroffensive set the tone in international politics for decades to come. The Korean War also had a big impact on Japan because the US heavily relied on supplying their units by ship and air they needed Japan as a staging ground. Which meant heavy American presence in Japan and led to the Americans not being all that interested in bringing war criminals to court which would have included a lot of much needed administrators. When you look at what became of North and South Korea since the war one cannot help but be greatful for the Americans and every other nation that send their personnel to fight for the South Koreans. It was a war they didn't have to fight but that they fought at a great cost. Also when Kings and Generals says 'conscripts', it's very much so non-volunteers. Both North and South Korea 'conscripted' by sending army units to villages and grabbing people of the streets and forcing them to join the army.
What amazes me, is how underdeveloped was the south compared to the north, and how that changed in only a few decades I mean, before getting into Korean history, i always thought that the south was the most developed part of the peninsula
@@akai4942 yes, the development towards a modern country in South Korea happened insanely quickly. There were times in history when the South was rich, mainly when Korea was split into 3 kingdoms but the good times for the Southern part of the peninsula were over for centuries by the time the Korean War happened.
you know, as much as i support the idea of a democratic modern china emerging out of ww2, the KMT was borderline fascist, so im not sure that wouldve been a great alternative... One can only wonder though. If only the UN actively interfered in 1937 against Japanese aggression. Too bad the west didn't give two shits about Asian countries until one of them shits on their plate at home. China had to fight off the extremely murder happy and rapey IJA for 5 years on their own until pearl harbour. That's the kind of shitty situation that allows ideas like communism to take root.....
KMT controlled mainland China would have had an economic development like KMT controlled Taiwan. Would have been the largest of the tiger state economies. Probably the most powerful country these days given the status the Peoples Republic of China achieved DESPITE decades of muderous and inefficient communism.
@@LuisBrito-ly1ko But it existed in 1945-1949 when he Chinese civil war was decided. And if General McArthur would have had his way in 1950 communism on the Chinese mainland would have been crushed after red Chinese intervention in Korea. General Chian Kai Shek and the KMT planned a liberation of the mainland as late as the mid 1960s and 1970s. But by then it was too late.
Honestly the Korean War seems to be even more influential than the Vietnam war. South Korea is a strong US ally while Vietnam is neither a strong ally of China or Russia.
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You deserve a Imperial Pardon,
Unlike that bastard Murat
Np :) those 3d videos hard to make.
Do indo pak wars
Can you guys do Battle of Yultong?
Take your Time K&G, we need high quality videos after all. Anyway, this video is really superb and helpful, anyway Battle of Surabaya is next perhaps ?
‘All right. They’re on our left. They’re on our right. They’re in front of us, they’re behind us. They can’t get away this time’.
~ Colonel "Chesty" Puller
Excellent! We know where they are and we can fire in every direction!
And the army command with him wanted to surrender...
@Danijel Mornarić with all due respect, history would have to disagree with you on that one. Chesty Puller’s quote was said during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, directly after the US Army had just been pushed back by the Chinese Army’s massive surprise attack when they suddenly decided to join the war to aid North Korea. The US Army’s withdrawal left the 1st Marine Division separated on a mountain behind enemy lines and completely surrounded by Communist troops.
By November 12th, General Song Shilun of the People’s Volunteer Army had devised a plan to attack and destroy the two leading regiments of the 1st Marine Division, the 7th and 5th Marine Regiments. The remainder of the UN forces of X Corps could then be annihilated, one by one. General Song sent his plan to Mao Zedong for approval. In reply, Mao said:
*"The American Marine First Division has the highest combat effectiveness in the American armed forces. It seems not enough for our four divisions to surround and annihilate its two regiments. [You] should have one to two more divisions as a reserve force."*
General Song listened to Chairman Mao’s words of caution and proceeded to bolster additional troops to his reserve force before launching their heavy assault on the Marines. During those next 17 days of intense combat is when Chesty Puller is remembered as saying some of his famous quotes:
*“All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time!”*
*“Don't forget that you're First Marines! Not all the Communists in hell can overrun you!”*
*“There are not enough chinamen in the world to stop a fully armed Marine regiment from going where ever they want to go.”*
The Army had written the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22 enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men.
*“The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!”*
- Major General Frank E. Lowe, US Army; Korea, 26 January 1952.
@@MrJH101 HOLLY SH*T...!
Danijel Mornarić I believe you may have misinterpreted my intentions as if I was writing that reply with negative intent. I was not. It is not my goal to diminish, but simply to report what others throughout the war have stated on the matter. The US Army fought hard and tirelessly as well, but that was not my point. My point was that it cannot be denied that 1st Marine Division (1stMarDiv) happened to come out of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir as the premier unit from that battle. Everyone acknowledges that, even the Chinese had to grudgingly accept that.
Speaking of which, the 31st Infantry you mentioned were more precisely the _remnants_ of *Regimental Combat Team 31* (RCT-31), also known as *“Task Force McLean/Task Force Faith”* that later joined up with the 1st Marine Division. RCT-31 happened to comprise of multiple units, _including_ infantrymen from the 31st Infantry Regiment of course, but also artillery, tank, and infantry personnel from other units, including 600 South Korean soldiers. The combined forces that made up RCT-31 numbered around 3200 men and they were important to the battle too because they were also having their own brutal siege _elsewhere_ at Chosin Reservoir; in which they were also attempting to break out of an encirclement by the Chinese at the same time that 1stMarDiv was trying to.
RCT-31 fought bravely and put up a fierce resistance against the Communist forces. But in the end, after many casualties were sustained and losing nearly all of their officers, RCT-31 was ultimately routed and its personnel were scattered. Many of the survivors who weren’t captured made it over to the 1st Marine Division’s encirclement and they were gladly welcomed to join them in those trying times. Of those survivors from their original 3200-man taskforce though, only about 385 of them were still able-bodied. They were quickly formed into a provincial battalion and attached to support the Marine Division in any way that was required of them. And, yes, they would all have to help fight through 1stMarDiv’s breakout as well.
So of course it wasn’t _only_ the Marine personnel and Navy Corpsmen who were fighting through the 1st Marine Division’s breakout. There was also a small contingent of British Commando Royal Marines attached with them as well. Historically, there have always been British troops fighting alongside the US in every _major_ war the US has had since WW1. Yet, are we supposed to mention them on _every_ single occasion in a war when we achieve something? Do _they_ mention who they fought alongside with _every_ single occasion when they achieved something? Nobody was denying the Army’s presence or their value to the war effort. However, this was undoubtedly the 1st Marine Division’s great achievement that everyone recognizes across the board, even the Army.
And as a side-note, if your intention was to respond to someone’s bullsh¡t with simply only more bullsh¡t of your own (by your own admission, not mine), then all that gets left behind for others to read is sadly just bullsh¡t. Leaving behind a reasonable correction to him would have been a more preferable thing to read.
That intro cost 5 million dollars.
50 thousand dollars! (c)
It is a joke
@@KingsandGenerals "50 thousand dollars! (c)"
For real? :0
براہمداغ no
@Baron Von Grijffenbourg I guess to the tanks?
5 million!? That's like a half a billion dollars to North Korea!
My grandfather was part of the PVA send to North Korea in 1951. He was a back line medic but he still witnessed many things, things that can and will scar you for life. Before he passed away in 2014, he never told us any details of what happened. It was only before his death and he shared his war stories, and passed his medals to me. I kept them in a safe with my relatives in Harbin.
you better not deliver this juicy steak of a video and not follow up on the rest of the war
Hear hear
I second that
Agreed
I need it
Yes
South Korea: Not gonna lie, they had us in the first half there.
Lmao
"I dropped my hot Pocket"
Nearing end of 2nd half
North Korea: Damn this shit's not looking goo....Yoooo Wassup China!?
The United States saved South Korea during the Korean War. Koreans are very grateful for this.
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17,000 Australians army and airforce were there too!!! in 1950-1953.
MacArthur went Kenobi with that landing in Incheon
“Hello there...”
General MacArthur.
You are a bold one.
Army or not you must realize you are doomed
Another happy landing.
@@nikoladedic6623 oh...he was a general? I thought he was a private...lmao
"all the South Korean leadership could do was order a massacre of communists in the south"
sorry what!?!? o_0
Shane Cox 200,000 people get massacred this war was brutal 👌💀
Shane Cox The South Korean government at civil war was just a renamed one from the puppet government during Japanese occupied time. So, their incompetence was expected.
200 000 people massacred in a mere few weeks just casually mentioned
This war was even more atrocious for the ordinary people who had no idea about ideology.
Since pro Japanese people who were viewed as a traitor to the people were rich and had every reason to hate communist, American military government decided to spare them. Still, these former traitors were hated by ordinary Korean people, so to avoid this hatred they tried to instill fear to the people telling them about Communist threat. This had very profound effect in the forming of current political situation in South Korea, my motherland.
This anti communist propaganda, of course included a lot of blood shed. Masscre of 200,000 is just part of the dark side of this. Even more people lost there lives and were persecuted under this cause of Communist threat, up until even 21 century.
The war is not totally forgotten in Denmark, we got a song about the Danish hospital ship Jutlandia, which treated wounded soldiers off the coast of Korea.
Great video! Also, more!
During its service in Korea, its staff treated 4.981 wounded allied soldiers from 24 different nations, alongside more than 6.000 civilian Koreans (numbers are uncertain: and it could be up to three times more), including an unknown number of children. Only 29 patients died. The most prominent civilian patient was the first President of the Republic of Korea Syngman Rhee. He was treated by the dental clinic.
It spent 999 days in UN service.
Translated from Danish Wiki.
Senovitj tack
@@Senovitj wow this is great. I never knew Denmark had such a role in the war, its kind of concerning how these things don't get mentioned! And quite sad...
thank you all. we won't forget you guys.
-a Korean passing by
We Koreans will always feel grateful toward Denmark. Thank you
My grandfather fought with U.S. and U.N. forces in 1952. The war was at its height.The owner of the mountain was changed several times a day to the South and the North.Thank you for making this video.
1반인 Thank you for sharing this, you’re grandfather sounds like a great man who served under a great general, it would’ve been an honor for me to meet him
@Dmitri Patronov my great grandparents family member was kidnapped by today's PLA soldiers for ransom purposes. Hence, I'm the Russian version of white émigrés.
Philippines was the 1st asian country to send military man to help south korea.about 7,500 filipinos fought bravely to help south korea.thats was in 1950-55.during that time Philippines was still recovering from the davstation of ww2.
@@Qwertyl6996 I remember the UN army of 16 countries. Since Korea is a country with a cease-fire, all of them receive military training. I'm a student and a reserve force at the same time after my discharge.
@@Qwertyl6996
Agree, soliders from Philippines fought bravely.
"Give me ten thousand Filipino soldiers and I will conquer the world."
Douglas MacArthur
These 3D modern warfare battles are absolutely awesome guys, the next battle you could do is either operation market garden or the gulf war, just some ideas, keep up the good work guys we love it
The next thing they could do is the rest of this war
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Kings and Generals I get it, I’m fine with everything you guys do, I’m not kicking and screaming about it, I just absolutely love your videos, very well crafted
Yes of course you listen to everyone. My point is you listen a little more to patrons. And if a fan is interested enough they should consider becoming a patron.
My grand uncle was a lieutenant of Turkish brigade in Korean war. He once told me that they were dug in on a hill and was surrounded by thousands of chinese. He also told me that chinese had more men than we had ammo. He was wounded and sent to a hospital in Japan. There are rumours that he had a relationship with a nurse there. I think I might have Japanese cousin(s) lol.
I know a man who was posted in Kokura, Japan at this time. He was in the 24th Infantry Division and among the first into the fighting in Korea. Getting pushed back all the way to the Pusan perimeter was a hair raising experience for those poor GI's. They were performing occupation duties in Japan and the next thing they knew was an all out fight for their lives against a much larger number of North Korean troops. He's 91 today and still has a hard time going to sleep at night.
Just done playing Wargame: Red Dragon Busan Pocket and Second Korean War
When this video uploads: *Last Stand Mode Intensifies*
oh yea, that campaign was amazing, wargame is one of these games that teaches you to stop whining and plug the gaps with whatever you have and use it best you can, infantry division vs tanks? deal with it and fight
Those Unit tokens in the video look remarkably similar to the ones used in Red Dragon's strategic mode too.
Try do it with the ash and shadow MOD. It's even more crazy with that mod, seeing raptors dominanting the sky wile t14 rolling forward unopposed
Kaga San
@@rungsukburanarungsuk8816 what is it bro ?
As a Korean, I've never seen such a good video for foreigners to understand the Korean War. It is the best video for foreigners to understand the Korean War. I wish the sequel would be made soon, too!
Thanks for watching! Consider sharing!
Love korea from Turkey 🇹🇷❤🇰🇷
@@ramboxd2475 Certainly, Turkey and Korea are closely related in many ways.from ancient to modern times
@@wwee-fi8rs And i learn korean Hapkido and i love the people and culture and FOOOD KIMSHI
Rambo XD kimchi you mean, I’ve surely seen other turkic nations that had similar food. *comments while smoking narguile*
Ever since K&G started videos on WW2 battles, I have been eagerly waiting for their treatment on the Korean War. Thank you Kings & Generals for shining more light on a war that doesn't get much attention, but whose consequences resonate even more strongly to this day.
Thanks!
An important thing to note with regards to Korean geography is that even though Seoul is about 10 miles from the DMZ in SK, in 1945, the North was considered far more urban, with the South being much more rural and agrarian. This was part of why NK was so much better prepared compared to SK. Interestingly to note as well is that SK remained a dictatorship into the 1980's. The video also glosses over the UN resolution in the war. Due to the recent Chinese Civil war, with the former republican government of China holed up in Taiwan, there was contention as to who would be considered the government of China in the UN. The UN had effectively chose to stay out of the conflict and maintained that Taiwan was still the government of China as the conflict was recent and it was not clear who would win. This lead the Soviet Union to boycott the UN. This meant that the Soviets' veto on the UN Security Council was not present and allowed the US to go to the UN with a resolution for UN assistance to SK. This is the leading example as to why you don't boycott the UN.
Ok 7o Ipp
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3:17 the first Korean president Syngman Rhee's wife was Francesca Donner, an Austrian, 25 years younger than Syngman Rhee.
Nik Nik The fuck has that got to do with anything you clown?
@Nik Nik no. she was a translater in Switzerland when she met her future husband in the mid 30ties. They married and moved to the US very soon after.
Nik Nik M8, you got the wrong Austrian
25 years younguer?? Nooiiccee!!!
Was she a former nun? Did she teach his children to sing Austrian folk songs? Was she a flibbertigibbet, a will-'o-the-wisp, a clown?
The ROK is like the AI that keeps respawning no matter how much defeat they take.
That is why SK is better than NK who want to be rain with propaganda that Kim Jung Un is from the heavens
@@Dexusaz coughatillacough
@Krose00 if that's real go there and lived in NK is you have the permission by Kimmy 😂
@Krose00 The real Korea hasn’t existed since China and Russia took chunks from it and later the US and Russia split the peninsula. Best Korea on the other hand is still around kicking their missiles but the other Korea is more populous by far
Communists. Many such cases.
As a Korean I'm really thankful to US and UN forces. God bless America. Thank you Philippines UK Turkey and all those who came to help Korean who they never knew or met before.
Me too from Turkey.
Love learning about the "forgotten war" . The way that you present the facts in so well done. I cant wait till more come out. Thank you
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for doing a video on the Korean War. You're right that it isn't discussed enough. My uncle fought in that war as an engineer guarding one of the perimeter bridges, so I'm happy to see that explained from a strategic context.
4:00 The aggressor is usually better prepared for war. That's how you identify them.
Yet it was purges by the ruler of not best korea that gave the attackers their justification for war. The South was not that under equipped it just had more resources pointed at people living in their controlled territory than the border.
So Israel is the aggressor in the Middle East?
Usally better prepared, yes, but now always. Japans attack on USA in 1941 must have been one of the most suicidal attacks ever. It was like a skinny guy at a bar who had been drinking too much starting a fight with the heavy weight champion in boxing. There was no way Japan could have won the war.
@Nikkimond lol
But they did move in from Europe and claim it was their right to take possession of the land they were welcomed in as guests and migrants and when it seemed like England was not going to grant it all to them they prepared to take it by FORCE lol but it is what it is
@nattygsbord the Japan bit was more like someone who had been at the mercy of those stronger around him for a while yet had won some regional championships during their life. And it was definitely a down when Pearl Harbor happened and Japan expected it would take at least three downs to get a good chance at a ko or two if they got super lucky. In this instance you could say the US was blocking Tojo from getting endorsements and making calls to keep them from getting good fights or good trainers. So Japan went a threw a dolly at the bus and then went of to fight all the other fighters in their weight class before a response occurred.
Hyundai ad in the video - a rare TH-cam good call. LOL
I only get ads telling me I have 5-10 lb. of toxix poop in my body.
@@Mgunner7623 Yikes!
My girlfriend's Grandfather lived close by the 38th parallel when the north attacked. I remember him just saying that it was total chaos. He didn't even realize that they were at war until a couple hours later.
Such a good video. I lived in Seoul, Korea, directly south of the DMZ, through the 60th anniversary of the war. The train from the mainland to the Incheon airport was lined with the flags of all the nations who contributed troops and aid to the war with text thanking them. I heard some testimony from those who survived the war as children, including initial attacks. It was always very sobering.
Kim il Sung was not just helped by Chinese, in fact he was a acting general under Communist China during the war against Japan. He made some reputation and learnt a lot from both Mao and Peng during this time which helped him a lot afterwards. But as a Chinese I must point out that his decisions to over stretch his supply which allowed his major troop to be cut off by McArthur later had been warned by both Mao and Soviet side before, but his blind confidence led to devastating outcome. According to “unofficial “ record that General Peng, leader of Chinese volunteer army, slapped Kim on the face on their first meeting in North Korea and called him an idiot for making such immature mistakes.
Mao's only son also died in this war, which devastated Mao and sidelined Peng.
my grandpa would readily talk about his service against the japanese in WW2, but he didn't like to bring up korea. all he would ever say was it was, "a dirty little war."
Andrew Hansen The father, who left for war years before, was not the father, who returned from war years later.
Ahmad Zubair Maybe you are not really known about the war. The human wave attack is useless before machine guns, and you guys have absolutely Air Force advantage and weapon advantage, so human wave attack never works. Actually, Chinese fight this war with 3 people one small group, small groups Quickly interspersed with roundabout outs.
By the way, if we Chinese have 50% weapons as you guys at that time. We can win the war easily. Now we have more than that.
Why?
@@tengliu2502 Also, more corrupted government officials, more family members and assets of theirs settled in Northern America & Western Europe, more mindless CCP commentators, more arrogance & ignorance, more SHANZHAI creativity, more enemies and fewer allies around the globe, so forth. Things are looking swell for the Chinese people! Keep it up, dork.
It is amazing that the South Korea today now exists when looking back at the infancy of the state. No one could have suspected such an incredible turn of events.
@@thisisaname5589 Truth.
My General, the production quality of your movies became - step by step- perfect and all I can add is a huge thumbs up from Hungary!
Thanks :-)
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The quality of this channel is unbelievable, I remember watching the videos from a long time ago even then and thinking man this is good quality but now it’s unbelievable what y’all can do with the maps! 100% like!
Thanks :-)
My Uncle was fought in the Pusan Perimeter in 1950-51(14 months) and Vietnam 68-69(20 months)and is now buried at Arlington and God I miss Him so much!
Modern day King's and Generals video?
I clicked on this faster than the North Koreans reached Pusan
영상이 전체적으로 정확하게 제작된 것 같습니다. 한국전쟁의 진행상황을 일목요연하게 이해하는 데 많은 도움이 될 것 같습니다.
Wow.. You guy's really have put a lot of efforts in for this video... Simply amazing
Thank you so much! My father was born in a fishing village on the East Coast of Korea during the war. Of course, he is too young to remember the war itself but too many stories of filling his belly with water during lunchtime while kicking around a pig's bladder filled with air.
Amazingly unbiased and good approach to a documentary! Keep it up!
Not only the music (which you seem to feel obligated to play during the ENTIRE time) do not add ANYTHING it actually LESSENS the enjoyment of your otherwise EXCELLENT video
That was great, more please! Ever since seeing the film Brotherhood I've been intrigued by the Korean War, and it deserves to be covered by a dedicated and entertaining historical researcher such as youself :)
The quality of your videos have been increased a lot in the past months. I love it.
Thanks :-)
Great animations! The terrain models were the best visual help for the campaign that I have ever seen. The only thing I think that could use improving is maybe adding the sound of small arms gunfire instead of only explosions during battle sequences.
Very nice animations indeed.
I hope I myself could do something similiar one day. The only things I would add is some animations similiar to battlefield Vietnam where one can see the heights of the hills and the direction of attack of specific units and how roads are laid out geographically.
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And the soundtrack of the old World war 2 battlefields series is just epic.
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A thousand greetings, great respect and admiration for your esteemed and wonderful channel, which provided accurate and useful information. I wish you lasting success. A wonderful work and a great effort that deserves pride, appreciation and pride. My utmost respect and appreciation to you
As a Korean, I’m really honored to see documentary about Korean War in my favoirte channel, and I want to add some supplementary comments and facts on some controversies. (Please forgive my bad English :D )
1. Why South Korean Army was so weak?
Well, there are several reasons. As mentioned in video, massive uprising of communist guerillas obstructed development of South Korean military. Also, United States feared that if they provide weapons to South Korea, South Koreans shall march North to reunite Korea, provoking war between USA and USSR. So they provided mostly minimum and light support(such as infantry training) to South Korean military. US even refused to sell heavy equipments like fighters to South Korea. For this reason, initial 22 airplanes of South Korean military weren’t fighters like P-51. They were light aircrafts with no armaments such as Stinson L-5. So pilots had to hand-drop bombs like WWI.
In comparison, North Korea received tremendous support from Soviets with ambition to conquer Korea. So only advantage South Koreans had against North Koreans was infantry firepower. (Thank you Mr. Garand!)
South Koreans were outgunned and outnumbered but never outmanned. Approximately 70~100 South Korean soldiers without Anti-tank weapons were killed in several heroic attempts to destroy North Korean tanks with grenades and some of them succeeded.
In Pohang, 71 voluntary student soldiers refused to retreat and halted full assault of North Koreans for 11 and half hours to cover the retreat of other troops and civilians. During their last stand, despite they spent all their ammunitions they refused to surrender and fought with bayonet. Only few of them survived.
2. South Korean legitimacy
I see some comments(probably by the South Koreans) speak BULLSHIT about South Korea that South Korean government was pro-Japanese imperialist. This is common opinion and IMAGINARY HISTORY of South Korean lefts with little or no evidence.
First you must define what is Japanese Imperialist, traitor to Korean nation. Scumbags who were eager to support Japan and tormented Koreans are absolutely traitors. But is it treason to just serve in Japanese government or military as officer? Is Skanderbeg a traitor because he once served in Ottoman army? With this standard, many members in Korean Left parties are also descendants of Japanese Imperialist.(For example, father of president Moon was also a bureaucrat during Japanese rule)
Korean government hired ex-Japanese bureaucrats and soldiers for realistic reason. They were able workers and newborn Korean government needed them. It is true that this also obstructed proper punishment on real national traitors, but you cannot just blame Korean government as Japanese Imperialists. (You also have to notice that heads of Korean government, including president Lee were mostly ex-independent fighters.)
You can(and maybe have to) criticize South Korean government, but I want people speak with responsibility.
3. Massacre on ex-communists
This incident is called Bodo League Massacre(보도연맹 학살사건). Bodo league was a league organized by South Korean government, to monitor and convert ex-communists. Therefore, initially members of Bodo league were communist turncoats. However, the problem is, that if a bureaucrat attract many people in Bodo league, it meant that he converted many communists therefore showing good performance! For this reason, some bureaucrats were eager to draw many people to Bodo league. Although Bodo league included real communists, many ignorant farmers and citizens who had participated in petty left parties(which were so numerous after independence) with petty reasons(money, rice, friends, familes) were also listed in Bodo league. Even some people who were ignorant and had no relationship with communists joined Bodo league because some bureaucrats attracted people with gifts such as rice and shoes.(This is why fiancee of main character in movie ‘Tae Guk Gi’ joined in Bodo league.)
During initial phase of Korean war, South Korean military were crushed and South Korean government feared that members of Bodo league might cooperate with North Korea. In fact, betrayal of few Bodo league members in Seoul(where was conquered by North Korean army and massacre on innocent citizens occured) were reported to South Korean government. Subsequently, scared and resentful South Korean government ordered massacre.
Massacre of Bodo league is a tragedy and critical fault of South Korean government. And I believe we must remember it to prevent similar mistakes. However, I don’t doubt South Korean cause. The one who started war is North Korea. North Korean army calling themselves liberators massacred way more than South Koreans did. Even Stalin was shocked by atrocities of North Korean soldiers. Above all, South Koreans are living in free and prosperous state while enslaved North Koreans are suffering under Kim’s tyranny.
Lastly, I really want to thank all members of United Nation forces who protected us from North Korean tyranny. Although some leftards in South Korea speak bullshit about them Koreans must not forget their sacrifice.
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@@mseiksby4541 yet you guys still licking boots of usa.. so shame
Yet you guys locking boots of those yankees
85 %of the massacres where committed by the anticommunist forces like it is everytime
Wow great video!
Fast and the Furious
North Korea: dude I almost had you!
USA: you never had me, you never had your car..
I thank you for your great effort in providing accurate, useful and wonderful information on your esteemed channel. A thousand greetings of respect, appreciation and pride. I wish you success and progress in your wonderful work. Much respect
Would you cover Operation Ichi Go? The largest Imperial Japanese Army offensive of WWII against China.
Grand Moff Yup any video on the Burma and Chinese campaigns would be amazing!
Give me Kalkhin Gol or give me death
Good idea. It would be better if kings and Generals covered all the battles of war of resistance or the second Sino Japanese war.
Animation on this video was next level. Totally awesome, channel keeps getting better and better.
Mao had forecasted the Incheon landing in July 1949.
"Given that the US military may land in Incheon, it is necessary to establish a strong defense line behind Incheon."
On July 2, the Soviet ambassador to China, Nikolai Vasilievich Roshchin, told the Moscow that Zhou Enlai conveyed Mao Zedong’s suggestion to North Korean in Zhou's conversation with Roshchin.
Mao Zedong also mentioned that in a telegram to Stalin on October 2: "In mid-July, in late July and early September, we had told the North Korean comrades three times about
that they should pay attention to the danger of the US Army, who would move from the sea to Incheon and Seoul to cut off the KPA's reinforcements."
A serious underestimation for the "Crazy Yellow Legs."
Maybe they have no troops to spare. Who knows?
@@alantan9863 Mao Zedong also better understood the Koreans culturally and told Stalin that Kim Il Sung might be allied with them but would never trust them.
Do you have a cite. Sound like after the fact stuff trying to make Mao all knowing. There we many was US could have attacked North Koreans from behind, so predicting Incheon seems too good.
Ricar燭君 Chairman Mao is an immortalized conqueror!毛主席是不败的战神！
Looking forward to the inevitable video on Kapyong. Stone was a badass. Keep up the great work.
This video is awesome for me because I have been listening to The Coldest War: America and the Korean War by Halberstam for last week. He goes into detail about battles and locations but without a map I am just lost. This battle is chapter 3 and which has has me already feeling like "craaaap“ I didn't know they got pushed back back that far
I actually find this topic especially interesting, especially as an Army vet whose first-duty station as a fresh new Private was in Camp Casey with 2ID from 2002 to mid-2003.
I hope you guys do more videos about the Korean War (and the Cold War in general)
Hello, Kings and Generals, These Modern historical videos want to become like you guys, K&G historians, I gotta say that as a South Korean citizen, it really makes me feels pain that The PRC, The Soviet Union, and The North Korea were really harsh about the reunification about The Korean Empire, The Joseon Kingdom, I really appreciate that you guys making these detailed information about how that made means the 19th Century were the serious of the Chaotic time! I love these videos! Please keep up the great work!
Thank You kings and generals a soooooo much I watch all of your videos once they come out and I recently Won A Nj and Ny regional history bee for sixth graders! There where a couple HUNDRED kids involved! Your videos have helped me Learn history so much I aim to become a history professor when I grow up!
Good luck!
Good luck young man
I was stationed in Korea for a year and you can still see the scares form the war. Its crazy to think i spent some much time in these cities where so many lost there lives.
UN , USA , SK : We Won Whole Korea ! Quality Over Quantity
China : We Gonna Do this Traditional Way
Include Philippines... They fought thousands of Chinese during north and south Korea war.
@@josumapig8626 😂😂😂😂
@@josumapig8626 yup. So did the British, French, Belgians, Greeks, Canadians, Australians, Turks etc.
USA: Too many Chinese, we failed. Japan: China has only 400 million sheep. The process of our invasion of China seemed like a tour. MacArthur: Fuck, my army can't go back to Christmas!
My grandfather served in this war and defended against the Naktong Offensive. He lived until he was 78 (RIP).
Thanks for your grandfather. I'm a Korean of South Korea. We can save people and democracy by him. It's mercy he had return your homeland after military service.
Re-edit the sound, can’t hear properly the speaker because the sounds of bombs etc.. is on the video..
Great video, informative and well done! Looking forward to more of the "story." I really enjoy how K&G have been showing modern battle. Thanks Fellas!
Please a series on Admiral Yi Sun Shin!
Empatheia Multiversalis Ppl should realize without Chinese garrisons from Ming Empire, how much damage could Lee caused...
@Empatheia Multiversalis - Turtle ships, YES!
@@liran547 wait...what? o0o
Well it might seem Admiral Yi wasn't that important if you're plainly looking at it, but if you do look deeper Admiral Yi did do *A VERY SIGNIFICANT* role. Without him Joseon wouldn't have even been able to ask for help to Ming.
The Japanese invasion plan was on two routes pushing up, one on land pushing from Busan to Seoul to secure the land route. The other route was for the navy to advance on the western coastline up to Seoul, conquering all the rich lands in Jeollado. (FYI, Jeollado grew nearly 70% of the crops in Joseon.) And those two forces were to meet in Seoul and reorganize with all the resources scooped from Jeollado.
But while the land route resistances were just crushed by Japanese forces and opening the road unexpectadly fast, naval forces were also unexpectedly, just unable to advance at all, every try being turned down by Admiral Yi.
As a result, the Japanese land forces that arrived at Seoul could not resupply enough, so had a lot of difficulties advancing north. This time was very valuable for Joseon, since Ming Govt was very reluctant to send aids at first, and only had to realize how powerful the Japanese forces were and how fast they were eating up Joseon to organize aid forces.
Also, the strongest and most experienced army divisions of Joseon were all at the northern border facing Manchuria. This is because since old times the Manchurian nomads often raided the northern borders of Korea and Joseon, just like China suffered. The time Admiral Yi earned was very valuable for these experienced divisions to march down south and push back Japanese forces.
Got a bit long trying to explain the whole war, but I hope you get the point. Without Admiral Yi, Joseon wouldn't have had any chances at all. AND he also did accomplish quite a few extraordinary feats on the sea. That's why he's just so honored in Korea.
Koreans claim that he lost no ships against a Japanese force with 500 ships that ended up losing many.
Wow one of the best documentation of the Korean War
Actually, South Korea do had antitank weaponry like American M1 57mm antitank gun and bazooka. But they lacked proper training and those weapons were not enough for soviet T-34.
However, thank you for this amazing work about my country's history.
Love layering about this war, love from Canada 🇨🇦
I volunteer at the Korean War Veterans Memorial. I strongly recommend creating a video about Heartbreak Ridge.
Missing this part is a CRIME！
My favorite. Hope to support you guys
McArthur: I'm Douglas McArhtur, don't tell me I can't cross into China.
Mao: Come in. Don't matter all those people across the Yalu river.
Man, the animation is something else. Fantastic video.
Thanks!
Ive been waiting for a video on ancient korea but this will do but please do a series on ancient korea and the 7 years wars against Hideyoshi's invasion with admiral Yi Sun-Shin or on the mongol invasion of Korea! Thank you so much for these amazing videos on history and wars yours truly one of you're greatest fans.
I lived for one year in Haman, site of the Battle of Haman, which occurred during the southern attack on Masan. Battle Mountain, was a short bicycle ride to the south and west.
I was young in those days, and spent nearly every spare moment hiking the small mountains and hills around the Haman valley. 3 rolls of Chamchi Kimbop and 2 jugs of water set me for the day. I saw incredible things on Battle Mountain and the smaller spur ridges to the West of Haman. Helicopter landing pads, old pillboxes, clear evidence of shell craters, foxholes, and shallow trenches.
I hiked Battle Mountain more than a few times, and could never fathom the fear and terror the men of the 24 Infantry and 5th RCT must have felt walking those same trails in the dead of night with shells and bullets raining down. Imagine being wounded on top of that ridge, the nearest aid station 6 hours down. In late August, no less.
I poured over a copy of Appleman's "South to the Naktong, North to the Yalu"; it was my bible and guidebook for these hikes. I tried to find the location of William Thompson's MoH action, and believe i did so, based on the citation and unit deployment records for the area.
What a place that was.
It was speculated that Douglas MacArthur wanted to use atomic bombs on North Koreans and their allies but Harry Truman didn't let him.
Edit: A very good comedy movie about Korean war is MASH by Robert Altman.
he also wanted to use the Kuomintang army to invade mainland China, not to mention that he also wanted to nuke Chinese cities.
@@tusidex5228 based mcarthur
Yeah, that MacArthur dog actually planned it.
@@tusidex5228 But because MacArthur was popular at home, I think almost nobody would have cared about those bombings if they ever happened. Again, It has been speculated that one of the important factors in Truman's loss at primary elections was his clashes with Douglas MacArthur. Funny thing is that Truman himself was responsible for dropping both atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, despite the fact that the Japanese forces were ready to surrender.
peyman mostafaei Were they? The Japanese basically militarised their whole population in preparation for an American naval invasion. They were preparing to fight to the last person.
Thanks for being the least biased korean war video creator on youtube.
Bombing sounds were too loud I can barely hear the voice of the storytelling guy
Topics, Graphics and Video Clips getting better each time. Keep them coming Kings and General team!
Thanks!
"All the South Korean leadership could do was order a massacre of communists in the south"
"It's not much, but it's honest work."
- South Korean diplomat, after asking US congress for military aid
That's mighty fine work there!
@@AlphaSections yeah.. acting like god just becoz they want something different. I wonder what china should do with pro amercans . May be massacure
This is why i love history. It always interests us with the motion. To me it always makes me curious and always happy to learn from the past. Always do best work like this one. Big fan
Exactly!
Why did Kim Il sung invade South Korea
He didn't have a Seoul
I hate you lol
Lololololol
Ahhahahha
Yeah, that city is so near, yet so far.
love this channel! 😍😍
Even after all that fighting, the border has barely changed from the 38th parallel to what it is today.
all the north korean soldiers died for nothing, this is why war is stupid, and i dont want to participate
Actually, the north loses about 3500km2 of land. A size of a huge city, I presume.
i dont participate in war, except if my country was invaded. if i died and my country was defeated, at least i died defending my land, not dying invading other people land which will be taken again by the enemy. i mean look at how nazi soldiers fought to conquer europe, they almost succeeded but then the land was reclaimed again
@@alantan9863 It's true that it is a little different, but it's pretty much changed from a straight line to a line that follows geographical features. That land is also largely mountainous terrain, not a valuable city like Seoul for example.
Awsome video! Keep up your good work! Can't wait for the follow up episodes!
Here in the UK the Korean War is definitely forgotten. Which is very sad.
Here in the ROK, your UK soldiers of Korean War are not forgotten.
@@coluslll that's good to hear.
@Saper Way before my time ;) Oh I've heard of MASH but most people I've spoken to don't even know there was a Korean War.
Shouldn't it be pointed out that the US declared that Korea was not in its sphere of influence? That was pretty much the green light for communist aggression. Just an observation from a retired Marine.
Bullet and bomb sounds are a bit loud. But otherwise great videos as usual!
@Definitely a George Soros funded bot just slightly difficult to hear the commentary
@@dmal4008 I didn't have problem hearing the dialogues. He should make the explosions louder next time he uploads. Sounds awesome.
You guys are a true treasure of pkh! you make better videos than I see on TV nowadays. Keep up the amazing content Kings And Generals!
PS. Will you ever consider doing a Q&A video?
6:07 Actually North Korean army fails on Chunchon by 6th infantry division.
This was AWESOME! Your channel keeps getting better and better!
Don't forget Philippine forces in the Korean war .. Philippines soldier win the war on Korean war Chinese soldiers died in the hand of Filipino warriors
The quality of these videos is absolutely amazing!
Great job except the city names. Pohangdong sounds like poe - hang (a like in father) - dong (long o sound). Taegu sounds like Dtae (short d&t sound together and a like in "day") - gu (goo).
So ALL "a" in Korea are like a in Father. ALL "u" are oo, all "ae" like in day, all "o" are long o sound, all "i" are ee sound...etc. oh, "eu" is a sound that is learned since there is no sound like it in English. Once you learn the Korean alphabet it's so easy to read Korean characters and easier to read the Konglish words. But overall, great job!
Really enjoying these presentations. Excellent job.
Thanks!
Do a video about the Philippine regiment that hold the line in Korean war(not sure)
Philippine veteran not shown hehe
Great work team - this channel just keeps getting better! I like how at 4:45 it looks like a boxing promotional
Thank for covering the Korean War!
You didn't even butcher the names as badly as I feared. There are only two minor things I want to mention, in Korean names a 'u' is pronounced the same as 'oo' in soon and an 'a' is pronounced the same as the 'u' in sun which means 'san' in a Korean name is pronounced just like 'sun'.
For anyone wondering why the numbers looked so bad for the South Koreans, the South was traditionally farmlands and fisher villages while most of the big cities and nearly all of the industry and natural resources were located in North Korea.
What makes the Korean War so significant is that it was the first time that the UN sanctioned a war and the major success of the counteroffensive set the tone in international politics for decades to come. The Korean War also had a big impact on Japan because the US heavily relied on supplying their units by ship and air they needed Japan as a staging ground. Which meant heavy American presence in Japan and led to the Americans not being all that interested in bringing war criminals to court which would have included a lot of much needed administrators.
When you look at what became of North and South Korea since the war one cannot help but be greatful for the Americans and every other nation that send their personnel to fight for the South Koreans. It was a war they didn't have to fight but that they fought at a great cost.
Also when Kings and Generals says 'conscripts', it's very much so non-volunteers. Both North and South Korea 'conscripted' by sending army units to villages and grabbing people of the streets and forcing them to join the army.
What amazes me, is how underdeveloped was the south compared to the north, and how that changed in only a few decades
I mean, before getting into Korean history, i always thought that the south was the most developed part of the peninsula
@@akai4942 yes, the development towards a modern country in South Korea happened insanely quickly. There were times in history when the South was rich, mainly when Korea was split into 3 kingdoms but the good times for the Southern part of the peninsula were over for centuries by the time the Korean War happened.
"Decided against interfering in the Chinese civil war."
Just imagine history if the UN did intervene in the Chinese civil war....
China (KMT) had veto power in UN :-(
you know, as much as i support the idea of a democratic modern china emerging out of ww2, the KMT was borderline fascist, so im not sure that wouldve been a great alternative... One can only wonder though. If only the UN actively interfered in 1937 against Japanese aggression. Too bad the west didn't give two shits about Asian countries until one of them shits on their plate at home. China had to fight off the extremely murder happy and rapey IJA for 5 years on their own until pearl harbour. That's the kind of shitty situation that allows ideas like communism to take root.....
KMT controlled mainland China would have had an economic development like KMT controlled Taiwan.
Would have been the largest of the tiger state economies.
Probably the most powerful country these days given the status the Peoples Republic of China achieved DESPITE decades of muderous and inefficient communism.
Jon Song
The thing is that the UN didn’t exist in 1937.
@@LuisBrito-ly1ko But it existed in 1945-1949 when he Chinese civil war was decided. And if General McArthur would have had his way in 1950 communism on the Chinese mainland would have been crushed after red Chinese intervention in Korea.
General Chian Kai Shek and the KMT planned a liberation of the mainland as late as the mid 1960s and 1970s.
But by then it was too late.
The graphics team for this video, Six day war, and Tsushima deserve much praise for their efforts.
Thanks!
General MacArthur teleports behind you. "Nothing personnel kid"
Thank you for covering this war.
Honestly the Korean War seems to be even more influential than the Vietnam war. South Korea is a strong US ally while Vietnam is neither a strong ally of China or Russia.
If anything they’re more of a US ally against China.
Damn......what a great video....concise.....fluid....easy to understand......excellent work.......no surprise there
Could you make a video about the battle of Dien Bien Phu