I lost a cousin during the very beginning of the Korean War. He was a engineer and was taken prisoner when the North Korea and China invaded. His body was never found and pray his remains are found someday. May he R.I.P.
My Uncle Clinton Blankenship was killed in Korea ,,,, he was only 18 ,,,, he was my mom's older brother ,,, she was young and only has small memories of him but misses her brother .
My grandfather on moms side was part of Operation Ripper, a infantryman with the 5th Regt 25th ID, he was wounded twice, shot and grenade fragments the first time during a platoon assault and the second time, shot again as he was being evacuated down a steep hill. He was a US Army draftee, only 4 months out of boot camp. It took him a year and a half to recover from his grenade fragment and gunshot wounds. He was asked if he wanted to re enlist into the US Army, he declined. He enlisted into the US Navy the day he was discharged from the Army and spent 28 years and retired a CW4 1980, he also served in Vietnam. His total service was 30 years in uniform. We miss you Pop-pop
I deployed to Iraq with 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry 25th ID in 2008-2009. I was also stationed in Korea at Camp Casey in 2001-2002. I've been to the DMZ, at the Bridge Of No Return. We were only about 100 feet from a North Korean border guard. It was creepy.
@@epramos6800While my father was sent to Vietnam a few weeks prior to "the Herd" being sent to S. Vietnam. He was an MP (E-5) and when the opportunity arose to become a door gunner came up, he jumped at it. He spent the next 16 months with the 173rd... Even though he ended up re-enlisting into the Air Force in late 1971, he was always proudest of his time being a "Sky Soldier". The oddest thing was he became the First Sergeant of the 37th TAS, which now is the unit that drops you guys wherever you feel the itch to jump... I really don't know where to start, but I would love to have his tiny bullet sized cartridge container of ashes carried up and be part of a training jump... He was jump qualified and retired as an E-9...
lmao what backwater stick village are you going to school in my dude?? yes, the Korean War happened and is discussed in most 10th grade high school history classes
My first cousin went. Mia Pow during this action. He was my Great Aunt,s son. And my Daddys close and best friend. I have a picture of him and my Daddy together the day he left for Korea. It bothered my Dsddy til he died in 1993. My dad had a purple heart from ww2
@Jonny Rico should of dropped them all over china... now look at them... would have been better than Vietnam and the cold war... prolly wouldn't have to have the Vietnam war if we would have invaded china
I thought that i would see our very own soldiers being shown on this video. Aside from the US and France, Philippines also sent some 10 thousand soldiers too and was named Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea or PEFTOK. 1,000+ Filipino soldiers hold off an advancing 40,000 Chinese soldiers at the battle of Yultong. More than 500 Chinese soldiers died while 100+ for the Filipinos. We were able to pushback 40,000 Chinese and it was not mentioned here. We had several Medal of Honor awardees and Taeguk Medal awardees too. That battle was instrumental to turn the tide of the war in favor of the UN forces 😟😥😓
The Greeks had a similar battle. The chinese bodies were stacked up to 5 high infront of machine gun positions. They were climbing over their dead comrades toward the Greeks.
That was the peak of Chinese military might. They are even worse now. Not all soldiers in their armed forces (PLA) even have a rifle. Most train with a piece of wood. The accounts of the Chinese building a Navy and an Air Force are equally laughable. It is fake news.
Ridgeway was known for naming operations that the press was not crazy about. I think there were a couple more besides "killer" and "ripper". Aside from this he wore handgrenades to press meetings which again didn't go over real well.
The fact that no movie has ever been made on Ridgway's heroism (like Patton) is nothing short of a disgrace. He literally saved the entire Korean War effort.
It's a bit odd that so few movies were made about the Korean War considering it was a military success, compared to all those made about Vietnam, which was ultimately a political failure...
My Dad served during the Korean War, thankfully behind the lines in Okinawa. I was surprised how many soldiers in this video were carrying M1 Carbines, although I did see some M1 Garands and M14's as well. I still have an M1 Carbine, love that little rifle. :)
He should do one on the army air corps in Korea my grandfather was in the army air corps one of the black soldiers there I remember when the Korean war was called the Korean conflict it took a while for the soldiers that were there fighting to get recognition as fighting in a war certain benefits come from when soldiers fight in war when they return home this was denied to the soldiers that fought in the Korean war because it was called a conflict
Good video!! I served in Korea from 1992-1993, Alpha Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Castle, about a mile north of Camp Casey/ Tong Du Chon. Also, roughly 12 miles or so south of the "D" (DMZ).
I would like to see a Dark Doc about the 1934 incident where the Imperial Japanese Army lost control of their troops in Korea. Those troops went about a spree of murder and rape against the civilian population. As a friendly power, the US sent forces to aid the Japanese in regaining control of their troops. I had a relative who was a US submariner at the time, and participated in the operation. Apparently he had pictures of some of the atrocities, but destroyed them later as being too horrible to look at.
My dad was a staff Sargent 1st Maries during this . He was wounded and spent 4 months in a Japan hospital. He never spoke of anything to us. Must have been horrible.
At about 2:45, the timeline is most unclear. You jump from June 27th and say that it was to repel the Chinese advance. However the Chinese did not enter the war until October 19th. The Battle of Inchon was on September 15th and UN forces rapidly moved north. You seem to jump from the beginning of the war to 4 months later mixing up things.
Some people have wondered if the Korean War even should have happened, I think 1 Korean War vet summoned it up well recently in a small interview several years ago. He said "I admit with the ceasefire and fighting just suddenly coming to a halt without any real conclusion I struggled for years to see the point in it all. I mean if we weren't going to see it through fully, why bleed and die for it as much as we did? I still question the ceasefire and probably will always have doubts till my dying day. However I've seen satellite photos on the Korean peninsula at night and past the DMZ to the North its pretty much just darkness and I realized then what we fought and died for over there. Had we not gone and fought, Korea as a whole might very well have been like that now, a country run into the ground by a warped, self indulgent regime. At least we were able to save half of it from such a cruel fate and I can rest easy with that."
My Great grandpa Fohot in the Korean War I do not really know much about what he did but I’m certain that he was not in this operation and was drafted much later into the war
I’ve tried it slowed down like they often suggest. I put it back. He sounds normal this way, maybe these ppl just need to get used to thinking faster lol.
The film all appears to be of Korea. Well done! Possibly worth mentioning that the only reason the UN Resolution was approved was that the USSR had boycotted the Security Council over a dispute over whether the PRC or Nationalist China should have a seat. Otherwise Resn 83 would have been vetoed and there would today be no South Korea. You also miss out the whole issue of the entry of the PRC into the conflict, or that Communist China was in effect a brand new state ill-equipped for a major war until the support of the Soviets had been secured. Those are key points in understanding the strategy followed by the UN Allies, trying to win what was virtually a proxy war against the Soviets without it going nuclear.
it's insane how much we spend on killing each other when we really should be funding a way to stop the next comet to hit the earth completely disrupting life across the planet.... but no we are even trying to figure out how to mine the comments. Trillions spent on killing each other though.
As a Korean who knows a thing or two about Korean War, your timeline is so messed up here and there. It was September 15th that was Operation Chromite which was landing in Incheon, not Feburary. And there were no Chinese yet for half of your script.
Yeah Jangsa-ri battle started on the 13th, on the 14th they took the beach, and the 15th the NK army sent a massive amount of troops which nearly destroyed all of the South Korean soldiers, while Operation Chromite was happening at Incheon, without the South Koreans fighting at Jangsa-ri, it may have proved to be extremely bloody for the UN forces as well.
@@jeg5438 the North Korean army was in extremely bad shape and in no condition to continue fighting, without Chinese help defeat was imminent. China did not want a power allied with with the west on its border, which is why they sent in their "volunteer" army (which in reality was regular troops not volunteers).
UN back then was largely led by the United State. It was a civil war...between the puppet governments that the US and USSR created, neither NK nor SK were even in the UN. UN should never join a war like that in the first place and they never did since then
Kudos to the Creator for their good content....Around 2 years ago you'll made a video on Operation Meghdoot launched by Indian Army.... you should create some more on Indian Armed Forces because there are endless stories of PURE Bravery and honor you can get in Indian Armed Forces.
But the 90-day blunder wouldn't let his political stand for plans is the new norm, He and Patton had stated that politics has no place on the battleground, But Truman he did say kissing yellowtail is quite nice once you get to use it so he said smiling while wiping the brown stain off his lips.
Tanks usually would strap a log or two as well- for purposes such as that. Some tanks still do so to this day. So if you ever see a tank with a log on it, now you know why. ;)
There’s a ex North Korean woman that has a channel dedicated to exposing the brutality of life in North Korea today. Yeonmi Park, I believe. It’s not all about the propaganda
I have seen many posted comments by detractors of your information. They state that "facts" you site are consistantly incorrect. My thought on their comments is, if they believe they know more about the content you put forth, where are their uploads with the "correct" facts? Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope...
You don't need to make a video to recognize an incorrect fact. It's easy to check if a "correction" is, in fact, correct or not. I'm sure hope you're not saying that anything in a video must be correct because someone you happen to like made a video about it.
@@georgemcmillan9172 Then fact check what they are posting to see if they are the ones trolling or if things put forth as facts in the video are indeed true. My observation of these videos is that they tend to have a fair number of errors, some minor, but some important to the story.
So what was the Idaho Line (6:15)? Never heard of it before. I live in Idaho and I am curious how a term like that would end up being used in a lecture on Korea?
General Ridgeway and the 8th Army faced the same idiotic UN mandate in 1951, that we who served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm (2nd Armored Division) in 1991 suffered. Instead of pressing or overwhelming advantage and forcing the enemy to capitulate and surrender on our terms. We were instead told by a committee of the UN, who never engaged in combat to stop. Only for us to later have to fight the same enemy at a greater loss of life. In my case it took three additional campaigns to attain what should have happened with in the course of the initial conflict. But with Korea the last and final action has yet to be fought, I fear at a unimaginable cost to all concerned.
The old school M16's. Quad 50's on the back of a half track @8:27. That could have been a friend of mine's dad. He was part of that campaign in charge of a M16.
Interesting documentary but with one glaring error near the end. The Korean Conflict/War has NOT ended. An armistice was signed but fighting and death has continued since then.
The fact is prior to 1945 Korea had been under the rule of Japan since 1910. The one thing that North and South Koreans can agree on is their dislike for the Japanese.
The DMZ I a unique place to see. I was stationed in Korea 2 times for a year each. I enjoyed my time there but knew if it jumped off we were just a speed bump and the justification for the US sending in more troops because you could walk away from that many soldiers, sailors, and airman. My QRF bunker was at the end of our runway facing north and looking at an inlet from the ocean. It was generally agreed on that that’s were they would come from if they could take the runway by air assault. I was glad they never tried when I was there.
Same here 4th chemical company camp Casey 2010 2011 then I volunteered to go back because of the Korean girls... 62 Chemical company go ..figure 2014 2015. Then ETS 2016
LOL, he just reads random things in a hurry and pack it randomly without taking any care to check the facts. And it happens to be like this in each video he posts.
Great content on this channel! Can I just say that I wish the (seemingly-VERY knowledgeable) narrator would simply S-L-O-W D-O-W-N and adopt a more normal, casual speaking cadence. I actually tense up trying to watch these excellent videos.
Ahh rip to my great uncle. He and my great grandfather came to the us from mexico as kids and joined the army. I'm happy to say as a Hispanic that my family paid for the right to be here. Rip to all who served then and now.
Arguably the surround and destroy strategy should have been done with Seoul after the Incheon landings. A lot of the KPA in the south managed to escape destruction and fight again because the US was too cautious about not overstepping phase lines prescribed from far in the rear.
Still amazing to see the difference. South Korea is an industrial/economic powerhouse, and North is starving their people while the Kim dynasty of opulence continues
Ridgeway didn't waste time on fancy codenames. Ripper followed Operation Killer, which pushed KPA north of the Han River and set the conditions for Ripper. PC warriors at the Pentagon now would shit themselves over those names.
It's always telling when a military begins to advertise how many enemies it kills in a mission, rather than stating the securing of an objective. From this, to Vietnam, to Afghanistan: it usually means they're losing the war.
The South Korea - North Korea divide dates back to Japan's invasions during the Tokugawa. Centuries of differences between China-leaning Koreans and Japan-leaning Koreans.
There is a plaque in Gunsan at the top of a hill in Wolmyeong Park. The story says that a company of ROK Marines held off a entire battalion of NK troops. NK troops had to retreat due to heavy casualties. Battle of Yeongdongpo should be next highligh Lieutenant Commiskey. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Commiskey_Sr.
Makes me worried about a war with China and the US (not that I want one) but we didn't really win the 2 proxy wars in the region...so what makes us think we can beat China? I'm sure there are many reasons we could beat them...but still, makes me worried.
Well I wouldn't really say we lost Korea either because south korea is still here Vietnam was unpopular with the public using those wars isnt a good comparison for a modern war
Did you not watch the video? China and the others were getting slammed and the only reason we didn’t beat them further was cause we stopped because of the mandate. China was getting blitzed at the time in Korea
I lost a cousin during the very beginning of the Korean War. He was a engineer and was taken prisoner when the North Korea and China invaded. His body was never found and pray his remains are found someday. May he R.I.P.
So sad man, 🙏 ‘s
God bless your cousin, a true hero. 🇺🇸
God knows him, take comfort in that till you meet again.
Bless ur cousin's soul.
Very sorry for your loss
My Uncle Clinton Blankenship was killed in Korea ,,,, he was only 18 ,,,, he was my mom's older brother ,,, she was young and only has small memories of him but misses her brother .
My grandfather on moms side was part of Operation Ripper, a infantryman with the 5th Regt 25th ID, he was wounded twice, shot and grenade fragments the first time during a platoon assault and the second time, shot again as he was being evacuated down a steep hill.
He was a US Army draftee, only 4 months out of boot camp. It took him a year and a half to recover from his grenade fragment and gunshot wounds.
He was asked if he wanted to re enlist into the US Army, he declined. He enlisted into the US Navy the day he was discharged from the Army and spent 28 years and retired a CW4 1980, he also served in Vietnam. His total service was 30 years in uniform.
We miss you Pop-pop
I deployed to Iraq with 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry 25th ID in 2008-2009. I was also stationed in Korea at Camp Casey in 2001-2002. I've been to the DMZ, at the Bridge Of No Return. We were only about 100 feet from a North Korean border guard. It was creepy.
@@thatguy22441
11B 1998-2006.
3rd Bn 503rd Rgt. 173rd Abn.
OEF 1, 4 OIF 1
Tropic lightning ⚡. Thank you to your grandfather both mine were there too.
Ooh rah and Semper Fidelis from this full time Air Force brat and 4 year Marine...
@@epramos6800While my father was sent to Vietnam a few weeks prior to "the Herd" being sent to S. Vietnam. He was an MP (E-5) and when the opportunity arose to become a door gunner came up, he jumped at it. He spent the next 16 months with the 173rd... Even though he ended up re-enlisting into the Air Force in late 1971, he was always proudest of his time being a "Sky Soldier". The oddest thing was he became the First Sergeant of the 37th TAS, which now is the unit that drops you guys wherever you feel the itch to jump... I really don't know where to start, but I would love to have his tiny bullet sized cartridge container of ashes carried up and be part of a training jump... He was jump qualified and retired as an E-9...
My great uncle was KIA in op ripper 1st cav BLACK KNIGHTS
My condolances... I had a great uncle from the Netherlands who fought in ww2, many great stories!
Now that's a title Black Knights.
@@ricksgaming7298 why is that?
@@b4ds33d To me it sounds badass.
Thank your family for service to our wonderful nation. Thank you!
We need more histories like this to see the light of day and be known.
Or just transparency day to day would be nice
@@blkmgk16 military secrecy prevents such
Too bad history offends half if America
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@@Torterramain789 history offends 70 percent of the world. It's sad but true
your korean war docs are becoming my favorite they are very well done and informative
This is a part of history not talked about a lot which is a huge injustice of all who where involved
@The plan you don't say . I haven't heard anything about it from any school only on the internet
@@delvinrequena8014 I am not sure what school you went to but it was definitely covered in my school
@@kameronjones7139 it was however we finished it in one class nothing was expanded on
lmao what backwater stick village are you going to school in my dude?? yes, the Korean War happened and is discussed in most 10th grade high school history classes
@@delvinrequena8014 I was never taught about it in school but I had a great uncle that served there
Love your content, but more maps explaining where and when things are would be super helpful.
I knew them as ROK "republic of Korea" marines when I was stationed there.
You where there . Thanks for your service as well.
How many of them to screw in a lightbulb and could they really withstand an attack by the North?
ALL BOW TO THE BAUMASTER!!! 👍🇺🇸
ROK are tough cookies,no doubt.
@@markpaul8178 absolute savages in Vietnam too
Always a good day when Dark uploads a video
My first cousin went. Mia Pow during this action. He was my Great Aunt,s son. And my Daddys close and best friend. I have a picture of him and my Daddy together the day he left for Korea. It bothered my Dsddy til he died in 1993. My dad had a purple heart from ww2
"Operation Ripper" is a good name for a trip to Taco Bell.
Lol!
Nah that's operation ringsting
Commence "Operation insta poop" at 1400
It's an even better name for a hernia.
The only good thing at taco bell is mt dew.
Love the series. Compelling subjects and distinctive, compelling narration. Appropriate lengths for the type. Well done!
May they never be forgotten
Its a damn shame they didn't take out NK when they could.
Lol do you get it yet?
@Jonny Rico should of dropped them all over china... now look at them... would have been better than Vietnam and the cold war... prolly wouldn't have to have the Vietnam war if we would have invaded china
@@davidmoore8741 *have
@@niallmcardle7 u can take ur grammar police and shove it
@@davidmoore8741
I concur with this sentiment
Rest in peace to all the souls lost in Korea
I thought that i would see our very own soldiers being shown on this video. Aside from the US and France, Philippines also sent some 10 thousand soldiers too and was named Philippine Expeditionary Forces to Korea or PEFTOK. 1,000+ Filipino soldiers hold off an advancing 40,000 Chinese soldiers at the battle of Yultong. More than 500 Chinese soldiers died while 100+ for the Filipinos. We were able to pushback 40,000 Chinese and it was not mentioned here. We had several Medal of Honor awardees and Taeguk Medal awardees too. That battle was instrumental to turn the tide of the war in favor of the UN forces 😟😥😓
Wow this needs to be made into a movie
The Greeks had a similar battle. The chinese bodies were stacked up to 5 high infront of machine gun positions. They were climbing over their dead comrades toward the Greeks.
Tatay Digong ain’t gonna get this story out..
That was the peak of Chinese military might. They are even worse now. Not all soldiers in their armed forces (PLA) even have a rifle. Most train with a piece of wood. The accounts of the Chinese building a Navy and an Air Force are equally laughable. It is fake news.
@@lynnkramer1211 they trained with a piece of wood yet the US did not win the war with all those fancy boat and jets?
Ridgeway was known for naming operations that the press was not crazy about. I think there were a couple more besides "killer" and "ripper". Aside from this he wore handgrenades to press meetings which again didn't go over real well.
@Ladey Babey (Kayleighh) lol. Truman.
The fact that no movie has ever been made on Ridgway's heroism (like Patton) is nothing short of a disgrace. He literally saved the entire Korean War effort.
So besides being a kick-ass General, Ridgeway also know how to view the press. My respect for Ridgeway continues to grow.
Dude....I love listening to your narration.....on all the Dark channels.....thank you for your good work
I love how fast you talk it makes my brain go into adrenaline mode
I have to slow it down.. lol
Facts
Information density ftw!
it makes it harder to watch
@L Train45 then speed the video up if it's no problem. Set your brain to FASTER
Salute to Gen Ridgeway and his victorious troops.
It's a bit odd that so few movies were made about the Korean War considering it was a military success, compared to all those made about Vietnam, which was ultimately a political failure...
It's almost like Hollywood is run by a bunch of anti-American communists....
@@OJsLeftGlove Almost? I would say Hollywood is run by a bunch of anti American communist.
MASH
Pork Chop Hill
Too many commies in the US gov't. Put there by FDR and Harry Hopkins
My Dad served during the Korean War, thankfully behind the lines in Okinawa. I was surprised how many soldiers in this video were carrying M1 Carbines, although I did see some M1 Garands and M14's as well. I still have an M1 Carbine, love that little rifle. :)
He should do one on the army air corps in Korea my grandfather was in the army air corps one of the black soldiers there I remember when the Korean war was called the Korean conflict it took a while for the soldiers that were there fighting to get recognition as fighting in a war certain benefits come from when soldiers fight in war when they return home this was denied to the soldiers that fought in the Korean war because it was called a conflict
"thanks for putting your lives at risk fellas! Here's .....nothing". How messed up is that
I was stationed at Camp Hovey back in 1998-1999. I enjoyed it there, 2-17 FA Steel Battalion.
I was at Camp Sears 1992-93. My father was in Korea in 53.
I was there also in 2010 _ 2011 4th chemical company right across from the ksb and the px oh how I miss them days and all the Korean ladies.
Good video!! I served in Korea from 1992-1993, Alpha Company, 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Castle, about a mile north of Camp Casey/ Tong Du Chon. Also, roughly 12 miles or so south of the "D" (DMZ).
I was there in 2010 _ 2011 camp Casey 4th chemical Company Right across from the px and Ksb.
The Wikipedia casualties section sounds like a fan fiction :
"How many Chinese and NK died"
"Thousand and Thousands"
hold up....thousands AND thousands?
@@AllHallowsAlltheTime well just thousands killed, wounded , captured
Not enough.
My Great-Uncle was the rank of E5 in the U.S.Army when he lost his right leg from the knee down courtesy of a Korean mortar in '52....
The Aussies will love the name of this one mate!.......
I would like to see a Dark Doc about the 1934 incident where the Imperial Japanese Army lost control of their troops in Korea. Those troops went about a spree of murder and rape against the civilian population. As a friendly power, the US sent forces to aid the Japanese in regaining control of their troops. I had a relative who was a US submariner at the time, and participated in the operation. Apparently he had pictures of some of the atrocities, but destroyed them later as being too horrible to look at.
wow. lost control of their troops? wtf so much for japanese discipline
@@coppulor6500 LOL
My dad was a staff Sargent 1st Maries during this . He was wounded and spent 4 months in a Japan hospital. He never spoke of anything to us. Must have been horrible.
I thank you for his service.
At about 2:45, the timeline is most unclear. You jump from June 27th and say that it was to repel the Chinese advance. However the Chinese did not enter the war until October 19th. The Battle of Inchon was on September 15th and UN forces rapidly moved north. You seem to jump from the beginning of the war to 4 months later mixing up things.
Some people have wondered if the Korean War even should have happened, I think 1 Korean War vet summoned it up well recently in a small interview several years ago. He said
"I admit with the ceasefire and fighting just suddenly coming to a halt without any real conclusion I struggled for years to see the point in it all. I mean if we weren't going to see it through fully, why bleed and die for it as much as we did? I still question the ceasefire and probably will always have doubts till my dying day. However I've seen satellite photos on the Korean peninsula at night and past the DMZ to the North its pretty much just darkness and I realized then what we fought and died for over there. Had we not gone and fought, Korea as a whole might very well have been like that now, a country run into the ground by a warped, self indulgent regime. At least we were able to save half of it from such a cruel fate and I can rest easy with that."
My uncle was in a tank in Korea and a fire base commander in Vietnam. A gentleman at my church was on porkchop hill.
i REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR WORK! KEEP IT UP!
My Great grandpa Fohot in the Korean War I do not really know much about what he did but I’m certain that he was not in this operation and was drafted much later into the war
I always see people pointing out how fast he talks but I’ve never had an issue or even noticed it until someone mentioned it lol
Yeah people seem to think its a bigger problem than it actually is
I like it!
It's fine. Doesn't bother me at all
I’ve tried it slowed down like they often suggest. I put it back. He sounds normal this way, maybe these ppl just need to get used to thinking faster lol.
Same here, I don't have a problem following him at all.
The film all appears to be of Korea. Well done! Possibly worth mentioning that the only reason the UN Resolution was approved was that the USSR had boycotted the Security Council over a dispute over whether the PRC or Nationalist China should have a seat. Otherwise Resn 83 would have been vetoed and there would today be no South Korea. You also miss out the whole issue of the entry of the PRC into the conflict, or that Communist China was in effect a brand new state ill-equipped for a major war until the support of the Soviets had been secured. Those are key points in understanding the strategy followed by the UN Allies, trying to win what was virtually a proxy war against the Soviets without it going nuclear.
FOR THE LOVE OF THE LAND BUT SOMEONE WANTED MORE , NO BLAME FOR THE GAME .
it's insane how much we spend on killing each other when we really should be funding a way to stop the next comet to hit the earth completely disrupting life across the planet.... but no we are even trying to figure out how to mine the comments. Trillions spent on killing each other though.
I love the content 💯
As a Korean who knows a thing or two about Korean War, your timeline is so messed up here and there. It was September 15th that was Operation Chromite which was landing in Incheon, not Feburary. And there were no Chinese yet for half of your script.
Atleast its only a date thats wrong. Ive seen complete failures of documentaries compared to this
How successful was the UN forces effort at destroying the North Korean forces before they made it too far north?
Yeah Jangsa-ri battle started on the 13th, on the 14th they took the beach, and the 15th the NK army sent a massive amount of troops which nearly destroyed all of the South Korean soldiers, while Operation Chromite was happening at Incheon, without the South Koreans fighting at Jangsa-ri, it may have proved to be extremely bloody for the UN forces as well.
@@jeg5438 the North Korean army was in extremely bad shape and in no condition to continue fighting, without Chinese help defeat was imminent.
China did not want a power allied with with the west on its border, which is why they sent in their "volunteer" army (which in reality was regular troops not volunteers).
@@nealfairbanks5340Yeah, the Chinese army was named that to avoid being mistaken for declaring a war against the US.
I had no idea the UN was in a shooting war, not just peacekeeping. This is so weird to me.
Back when they had balls.
Yeah, the UN actually used to do it's job back in the day.
UN back then was largely led by the United State. It was a civil war...between the puppet governments that the US and USSR created, neither NK nor SK were even in the UN. UN should never join a war like that in the first place and they never did since then
Congo jadotville
@@billyhe2724 the UN liberated Kuwait from the Iraqis like 30 years ago. Take your uninformed opinion outta here.
They stand and look at each other. The Mine Field is about a mile wide.
Kudos to the Creator for their good content....Around 2 years ago you'll made a video on Operation Meghdoot launched by Indian Army.... you should create some more on Indian Armed Forces because there are endless stories of PURE Bravery and honor you can get in Indian Armed Forces.
Problem with the Korean War was the Communist Chinese coming down from the Yalu River. Ridgeway, was smart to stay below the 38th parallel.
Actually, the Commies couldn’t stop him, did you not watch the video? Commie were smart to ask for talks
Please do one of these about the USS Laffey.
Should have gone with Mcarthur's plan.
But the 90-day blunder wouldn't let his political stand for plans is the new norm, He and Patton had stated that politics has no place on the battleground, But Truman he did say kissing yellowtail is quite nice once you get to use it so he said smiling while wiping the brown stain off his lips.
Nukes
@@TheMadVulpen Yes
The shovel on the front of the thumbnail tank is great. I love that there is a single shovel for solving a situation a tank got stuck in.
Tanks usually would strap a log or two as well- for purposes such as that. Some tanks still do so to this day. So if you ever see a tank with a log on it, now you know why. ;)
@@Dana-cb7vk that's why I thought the single shovel is cute. You got 4 or 5 dudes in there add more shovels and a log. Never get stuck again!
The Korean War is still going on. There has been a cease fire since 1953. It is the longest war we’ve ever fought.
You are quite correct. Just an armistice in '53. No peace treaty since.
Well yeah they create a border. But they still in a war. They just wait for a moment which side gonna start again
There was also the DMZ Conflict 1966-1969 (also known as the Second Korean War)
There’s a ex North Korean woman that has a channel dedicated to exposing the brutality of life in North Korea today. Yeonmi Park, I believe.
It’s not all about the propaganda
i have an operation ripper every saturday iykyk
So you get Taco Bell weekly?
wow once a week huh? Calm down Scarface
@@conked944 Uh, how did you know about my scared-up face? :(
Lmao absolutely based
The Korean War does not get talked about enough.
I read into OP Ripper because of that skin for the M24 in war thunder. History is interesting.
I have seen many posted comments by detractors of your information. They state that "facts" you site are consistantly incorrect. My thought on their comments is, if they believe they know more about the content you put forth, where are their uploads with the "correct" facts? Some people would complain if they were hung with a new rope...
Folks are brainwashed to one idealistic history. Emperial State America
You don't need to make a video to recognize an incorrect fact. It's easy to check if a "correction" is, in fact, correct or not. I'm sure hope you're not saying that anything in a video must be correct because someone you happen to like made a video about it.
@@sarjim4381, not at all. Merely making an observation as to certain individuals who repeatedly make the same comment with some frequency.
@@georgemcmillan9172 Then fact check what they are posting to see if they are the ones trolling or if things put forth as facts in the video are indeed true. My observation of these videos is that they tend to have a fair number of errors, some minor, but some important to the story.
New ropes always give me a rash. 😃
Do a video on the Battle of Xuan Loc
What a ripper of an operation.
I love This channel keep it up!!!
You mean all the "dark channels"
So what was the Idaho Line (6:15)? Never heard of it before. I live in Idaho and I am curious how a term like that would end up being used in a lecture on Korea?
General Ridgeway and the 8th Army faced the same idiotic UN mandate in 1951, that we who served in Desert Shield/Desert Storm (2nd Armored Division) in 1991 suffered. Instead of pressing or overwhelming advantage and forcing the enemy to capitulate and surrender on our terms. We were instead told by a committee of the UN, who never engaged in combat to stop. Only for us to later have to fight the same enemy at a greater loss of life. In my case it took three additional campaigns to attain what should have happened with in the course of the initial conflict. But with Korea the last and final action has yet to be fought, I fear at a unimaginable cost to all concerned.
My 93 year old father was in the 23rd Inf. Reg. at Twin tunnels and Chipyong-ni
Incredible! Incredible operation and incredible retelling!
WE WANT MORE KOREAN-WAR DOCS.
The old school M16's. Quad 50's on the back of a half track @8:27. That could have been a friend of mine's dad. He was part of that campaign in charge of a M16.
Nowadays whenever I see any tank I instantly think of T-34 Drivers hatch 😭 I need therapy for this
The content is great and the narrator's voice and delivery are awesome. Great job
Interesting documentary but with one glaring error near the end. The Korean Conflict/War has NOT ended. An armistice was signed but fighting and death has continued since then.
Anyone else notice how many military actions seem to either start or end on March 6th?
The fact is prior to 1945 Korea had been under the rule of Japan since 1910. The one thing that North and South Koreans can agree on is their dislike for the Japanese.
The DMZ I a unique place to see. I was stationed in Korea 2 times for a year each. I enjoyed my time there but knew if it jumped off we were just a speed bump and the justification for the US sending in more troops because you could walk away from that many soldiers, sailors, and airman. My QRF bunker was at the end of our runway facing north and looking at an inlet from the ocean. It was generally agreed on that that’s were they would come from if they could take the runway by air assault. I was glad they never tried when I was there.
Same here 4th chemical company camp Casey 2010 2011 then I volunteered to go back because of the Korean girls... 62 Chemical company go ..figure 2014 2015. Then ETS 2016
Man you must be a Harvard War Professor!!💯😆😆 Making so many mini documentary videos!!👍💯
LOL, he just reads random things in a hurry and pack it randomly without taking any care to check the facts. And it happens to be like this in each video he posts.
Great content on this channel! Can I just say that I wish the (seemingly-VERY knowledgeable) narrator would simply S-L-O-W D-O-W-N and adopt a more normal, casual speaking cadence. I actually tense up trying to watch these excellent videos.
Lateral security. So good
Could you make an episode on Operation Snow White?
3:46 that's a Garand rifle that's seen better days...
CAN YOU DO A VIDEO ABOUT THE US MILITARY INDUCTION OF THE M16/M4 VARIANT RIFLES? OR TOUCH ON THE AR-15 (ARMALITE RIFLE)?
It's called an ar-16 ( sleepy 😴 Joe )
The guys in the thumb nail look cool af .
Ahh rip to my great uncle. He and my great grandfather came to the us from mexico as kids and joined the army. I'm happy to say as a Hispanic that my family paid for the right to be here. Rip to all who served then and now.
Good video I love that name operation ripper @#hastag comment made me LOL I just had Taco Bell time for operation ripper
Operation sugar free gummy bears...
Arguably the surround and destroy strategy should have been done with Seoul after the Incheon landings. A lot of the KPA in the south managed to escape destruction and fight again because the US was too cautious about not overstepping phase lines prescribed from far in the rear.
Still amazing to see the difference. South Korea is an industrial/economic powerhouse, and North is starving their people while the Kim dynasty of opulence continues
Lived in camp carroll south korea for a year , loved it!
South Korean Army at the start of the war is a big euphemism
What nation's troops were initially over run and what became of them?
This guy is some dark, dark ASMR.
ASMR on exta, yup...
I didn't know that the KFC was funding in this war 🤣
Ridgeway didn't waste time on fancy codenames. Ripper followed Operation Killer, which pushed KPA north of the Han River and set the conditions for Ripper. PC warriors at the Pentagon now would shit themselves over those names.
It's always telling when a military begins to advertise how many enemies it kills in a mission, rather than stating the securing of an objective. From this, to Vietnam, to Afghanistan: it usually means they're losing the war.
Exactly so
Nope not always
The South Korea - North Korea divide dates back to Japan's invasions during the Tokugawa. Centuries of differences between China-leaning Koreans and Japan-leaning Koreans.
6:43- Is it just me or is that a Sherman tank with a t34-85 turret? Tracks are thin and transmission appears to be in the front
* MY SCHOOL MATES, FATHER * EARNED THE MEDAL OF HONOR, AND HAD A PARK, NAMED AFTER HIM ! * ALOHA ! During This Korean War ! From - HAWAII !
You should make a documentary about the battle of yultong where a handful of spartan filipinos fought off 40,000 chinese soldiers
There is a plaque in Gunsan at the top of a hill in Wolmyeong Park. The story says that a company of ROK Marines held off a entire battalion of NK troops. NK troops had to retreat due to heavy casualties. Battle of Yeongdongpo should be next highligh Lieutenant Commiskey.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_A._Commiskey_Sr.
The Kill-Death ratio mentioned here would return a little over a decade later in Vietnam.
My grandpa was a medic in Korea .
2:55 and 5:03 wondering if that's one of the Stinger weapons developed in WW2?
I came here for the tiger faced tank.
The somehow fearsome Pershings eh?
@@wilhelmc.6544 It only stands out to me because I've seen old, 1/35 model kits with that paint scheme on the box art.
You should name the other UN forces members,
Why do we have all these wars? Can't people just be happy with where they are and live their lives? I suppose that's just not possible.
Makes me worried about a war with China and the US (not that I want one) but we didn't really win the 2 proxy wars in the region...so what makes us think we can beat China? I'm sure there are many reasons we could beat them...but still, makes me worried.
Well I wouldn't really say we lost Korea either because south korea is still here Vietnam was unpopular with the public using those wars isnt a good comparison for a modern war
The US policy of fighting wars is not to win wars, but to push the enemy to the bargaining table and work out a compromise.
no one fights to win a war.... it's final outcome is a compromise
Did you not watch the video? China and the others were getting slammed and the only reason we didn’t beat them further was cause we stopped because of the mandate. China was getting blitzed at the time in Korea
"We didn't set out to conquer China." Yeah that's how we got here today, by fighting "limited wars." Also, conquer is not how liberate is spelled.