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The Korean War - The Fight Across the 38th Parallel (Hardcover)
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The Korean War - The Fight Across the 38th Parallel (Hardcover)
Series: Illustrated History
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'The Armed Forces Security Agency responsible for ranking current
threats listed Korea fifth as an area of potential danger, behind
Indochina and other countries.' So admitted US military analysts
the day North Korean communist forces crossed the partition line
and invaded South Korea. By 28 June 1950, Seoul had been captured
by the North Korean People's Army (NKPA). However, the fall of the
capital did not spell the end of the anti-communist government of
Syngman Rhee, and by early July a US-led United Nations (UN) force
was in place, fighting a rearguard action as NKPA forces pushed
south. With UN forces trapped inside the tiny Pusan Perimeter, in
mid-September the US was able to land 40,000 troops 300 kilometres
to the northwest at Inchon, outflanking the North Korean advance
and gaining the initiative. What followed over the next three years
was the first major conflict of the Cold War era - a war that
devastated the country, killed millions and displaced millions
more. The fighting involved combatants from dozens of nations, with
more than 20 countries sending soldiers as part of the
multinational UN force. In communist North Korea, more than a
million Chinese regulars fought as part of the People's Volunteer
Army (PVA), while the Soviet Union supplied pilots and military
hardware for the communist cause. Illustrated with 150 archival
photographs, maps and illustrations, The Korean War tells the story
of the three-year war from the conditions that led to the conflict
to the armistice and the establishment of the demilitarized zone
(DMZ) along the 38th parallel, leading to the development of the
two distinct Koreas we see today.
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