Invasion on 4 am on June 25th, 1950 the North Korean Army rolled down on the South. The USA had decided NOT to give the South heavy weapons that might be used to attack the North. In two days Seoul was captured, creating chaos and even destroying the ONLY bridge across the Han river. Panic filled the entire country. President Truman appealed to the United Nations for troops to support them in a “Police Action” in stopping the Communist aggression.
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Pusan Perimeter-Last stand, spread thinly with US troops who were soft and unprepared. Gen. Walton Walker, tough tank commander under Gen. Patton, gave a “Stand or die” order because they had nowhere to go but the sea. There would NOT be a Dunkirk evacuation he told them. Piecemeal units were brought in and huge gaps were uncovered. Only air power and heavy artillery held back the hoards of the North Korean Army. They held until August as UN countries contributed troops from 16 nations with others providing medical support units.
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Inchon was the port west of Seoul that had major variations in tide levels, leaving only a two day window to land troops. It was protested by most of the US generals and admirals. Gen. Douglas McArthur chose Marines and US Army into the 10th Corps to make the landing. Most soldiers had no experience with Amphibious landings that must be synchronized with the high tide levels. Sept. 15th the landings began.
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This video shows rare footage as the push to liberate Seoul took place after the Incheon landing. By September 25 the North Korean Army abandoned the city and left. Seoul was to be liberated, then lost again when the Chinese Army entered the war.
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With US President Truman limiting airstrikes across the border into China, General McArthur pleaded to be allowed to have restraints taken off. Instead the rules of engagement were full of limitations to use their superior force. Then Gen. Walker, field commander in theater, was killed in an accident. Gen. Ridgeway was assigned the command and realized the demoralized condition to the UN forces. The tried to hold out north of the Han river but were driven back. Jan. 3rd Seoul was captured again. They were able to hold somewhere in Suwon City.
War is a horrible terrible thing, once it begins though it must be fought with all available means. Total war, not run by politicians but by the military. Unfortunately, this is not the case most of the time. Even today our civilian leaders do not let the military do what is necessary to win.
What will happen here now? Our hands are tied behind our backs, and revenge is thwarted on the 46 lives lost from the ROK ship Cheonan. Whimpering Liberal Socialists of the opposition parties in South Korea call the scientific investigation bogus. Some have direct connections and fully support communism, teach anti-American shit to the children, all in the name of ‘freedom of speech’. Yet in the North hundreds of thousands languish in 22 concentration camps for what their parents might have said or done against the foolish leader Kim Jong Il.
Wonder why during the Korean War that hundreds were ‘executed’ by South Korean police as they were forced back by the Northern army? They had been arrested as 5th elements during the trouble from 1948 to 1950 after the Republic of Korea was declared. That they were killed rather than let them escape and aide the north is just plain practical in WAR. The North refused to take part in the election to decide whether to be Communist or a Democracy.
To HELL with “Sunshine policy”!!!
Dae Han Min Guk
Give me DEMOCRACY or die fighting for it!!
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