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Coming Together/Coming Apart is a history podcast about civil wars, struggles for independence, and national disintegration. I will take a deep and honest look at why countries form and the ways in which they break down. New episodes release every Tuesday. First up, a History of the Korean War. Next up, a History of the Rwandan Civil War and Genocide.

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1.18 - Breakout: The Pusan Perimeter, September 1950

Oct 20, 2020

September was an eventful month in Korea. Not only were US Marines going ashore in Inchon, both the KPA and UN forces undertook massive offensives to break the Pusan Perimeter. Only one could be successful, though. There is a reason this episode is called Break-out, and not Break-in.