Oct 27, 2020

After their massive success at Inchon and on the Pusan Perimeter, the UN Forces were finally backing away from the brink of disaster. That role was now held by the North Koreans, who were retreating as fast as they could back across the 38th Parallel. The big question now was: would they be followed by the South...

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.

Oct 14, 2020

Douglas MacArthur knew he needed to make a splash to relieve the pressure on his men around Pusan. UN forces had faced disaster after disaster in the first two months of the war, and it appeared that there was an anchor around their necks. Would an ambitious amphibious strike at the heart of Korea, just 20 miles from...

Oct 6, 2020

August 1950 was a month of stalemate, as United Nations forces on the Korean Peninsula, still entirely American and South Korean, were pushed to the brink. The battle line known as the Pusan Perimeter was the site of brutal combat, with the North Koreans trying to push their enemy off the peninsula and the South...