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I am just waiting this video for a long time about korean war thank u you for your nice video history...i am just happy may grandfather was part U.N troops against the north korea..
Interesting how computer games become a source of education. Never thought that during the days of Super Mario Bros :) Maybe I'm going to use historical games in my creations one day.
as a long time player, let me tell you something you need to know. WT is not historical. It contains a ton of tanks that never existed or were just figments of someones imagination. They also contain weird values in penetration and armor that make no sense when you look up documentation on the vehicles. Also having jets show up to bomb ww2 tanks is a joke and half. This all combines into a very a-historical tank combat feel.
MacArthur actually adapted to modern war really well, all things considered. He grew up with the frontier wars of the old west, built his career in the trenches of World War 1, and his greatest achievements were conducted in the mobility of World War 2
Too bad his ego kept him from accepting any other view or idea. In WW1 he wore his own uniform believing it made him stand out. It did. For all the wrong reasons but still promoted. In WW2 his threat to resign his commission and enlist because Washington didn't agree with his plans was a bluff that worked. He got his way. He believed the retaking of the Philippines was the most important objective since he was "loved" so much by that country. In Korea, he failed to support any updates to the Fighting forces there which made the 1950 attack so easy. He wouldn't accept that North Korea would dare to attack. Again, his ego led him to the Yalu which was the cause of his firing. Yes, he had some brilliant moments but his idea of the big picture was actually a view of himself front and center.
One of my high school teachers in Taiwan said he was a Chinese expatriate living in Inchon in 1950. He was a little boy then. One day he heard his friends said there were many giant ships at the horizon on the sea so they went to the coast to look. A group of American soldiers appeared and rounded them up, brought then onto their boat and sailed to one the the giant ships. They were held on the ship and were shown cartoon movies and provided as much ice cream, chocolate, and candies as they wanted. They were brought back to land in the evening. He rushed back home wanted to tell his parents about the experience. On the way he saw many houses had been destroyed by gun fire. When he saw his house it looked intact and he was relieved. However, as he pushed open the door, he found only the facade was still intact.
Massacre again? Dang... Imagine a guy lived in Seoul, survived Japanese occupation, survived Syngman Rhee’s dictatorship bullshit, survived North Korean’s invasion and occupation, survived the house to house battle, and got killed in the massacre... Tough life indeed.
@@Marc-. how'd that work out for them? Eating dogs and using human crap as fertilizer today. It's all well and good till you run out of other peoples money to spend. Communism, not even once.
jpc1918 the only reason North Korea was ever a “better place” to live than South Korea was because of Soviet economic freebies. It’s no coincidence that North Korea became less attractive an alternative than South Korea after the Soviet Union fell.
@@kurousagi8155 maybe it has something due to the fact the US doesn't allow even nails to be traded in North Korea? but you're too dumb to understand basic shit
You should definitely make all these videos on the Korean War into 1 big documentary when you're done. Great work and really makes you get the bigger picture.
Kings and Generals. Thank you for all these tremendous videos. For showing us what history teachers are so scared to show us and show our children. Also to bring closure to so many family members that fought in this war.
@@hansbass8119 MacArthur's own hubris ended his career.The minute he began to publicly question the president's leadership.It was pretty much over for him. :P
What I like about this channel? They don't make judgment about any army/country, be it aggressor, defender, or friend or enemy of the countries they come from. Kings and Generals just reports historical facts and military tactics and their outcomes, and refrains from commentary. I find this refreshing, as many soldiers in wars past were conscripted and had no choice on being on the battlefield, and all soldiers should be shown respect(except those that massacre civilians and already defeated foes the surrendered).
While I'm sure the people who make these try to do so without judgement, historical sources inevitably do. As a result, K&G still mirror those biases as they have to work with their sources.
You're not paying attention. This channel is pure propaganda, using every chance to point out UN and SK atrocities without mentioning any NK or Chinese atrocities, which were far more prevalent.
An underrated war that lasted 8 years until 1988 when Iran won a pyrrhic victory. Still remarkable how a weak-ass country like Iran fought Iraq,which until then had the 3rd strongest military force and was also backed by the US,USSR,UK and Israel. Death toll would've higher if Khomeini never looked down upon WMDs.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 They achieved that probably because of Revolutionary fervor and intense Nationalism (something Iraq and many newly created states in the middle east lack due to lack of cohesiveness among their population). Revolutionary France managed the same after their Revolution, they also held of all the European powers because of that same Revolutionary Fervor. And you also forgot France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and UAE which also funded and armed Saddam.
@@thecryptidconspiratorialth2208 those casualties are based in numbers given by usa, interesting. But anyway putting that apart, having more casualties doesnt means it isnt a victory. The soviets had double the casualties in staliningrad in comparison to german losses, but in the end of the day, who holds the ground is Ussr, and thats really what matters.
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My General, your videos have became incrementally better and more spectacular - without sacrificing the historical accuracy and the quality of it. Also one must praise the impartial and level-headed attitude with which you cover these (sometimes emotionally and politically very sensitive) battles and campaigns.
A small correction: There was only one Marine Division landing at Inchon, the 1st. It consisted of 4 regiments, 1st, 5th and 7th Marines, which were infantry and 11 Marines, which was an artillery regiment. So when you say "1st and 5th Marine Divisions", the correct units should be "1st and 5th Marine Regiments", or simply "1st and 5th Marines".
Yep when the narrator said 5th Marine division, I knew he meant 5th Marine regiment being a student of this battle, which is considered MacArthur's masterpiece. Had China not intervened we wouldn't have this North Korea rocket man slinging missles everywhere.
I caught that too. The Marine Corps had been reduced to 2 divisions after the post WWII draw down. They raided the 2nd Marine Division for personnel so they could field it at wartime strength. What he also forgot was the 5th Marines and Marine Air Group 33 formed the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade during the Pusan Perimeter action. Just prior to Inchon the 5th Marines were withdrawn so it could rejoin the division for the landing. The 5th Marine Division did exist during WWII, but its only action was the landing at Iwo Jima. It was prepping for the invasion of Japan but was disbanded after Japan surrendered.
@@johanqian1858 Every side does. Everybody knows that. Same with WW,2 every side did horrible things. Especially Japan, the Soviet Union and Nazi-Germany.
@@johanqian1858 US sent troops on behalf of a request from South Korea. Just like the Chinese sent troops to the North on behalf of North Korea. So during the Civil War, if the US requested troops, yes.
@@johanqian1858 I get what you're saying Johan but more often then not the US helps to keep wars from becoming larger affairs and helps to stop mad men from killing many times his own people. Think if the US could have went in and stopped a guy like Pol Pot.
@@johanqian1858 That's a real stretch you're trying to make there buddy but if you enjoy America hating, I guess you're going to have that way of thinking.
My great grandfather fought in this war at the Chosin reservoir. He lived and passed in 2001. He never told a single thing about it and I only knew he fought there after finding some records of his service.
Fwendly Mushwoom stfu and read a history book. North Korea and South Korea both committed worse crimes against each other. At the Chosin Reservoir the US marines fought the disgusting Chinese while they through away thousands of men against a small amount of Marines(my great grandfather included). So really the UN forces didn’t do anything near as bad as what the Koreas and the Chinese.
I was recently reading an excerpt from a book on the history of the US Army, and believe it or not, the United States military actually considered asking Congress to draft WOMEN in 1951. After China launched their intervention, Truman and the Pentagon leadership FREAKED THE HECK OUT and thought the Soviets would soon follow (setting off a third world war in Asia and possibly Europe as well). The idea was to free up literally every every combat-able man humanly possible by packing the noncombat female forces made permanent in 1948 (Army WACs, Navy WAVES, female Marines, etc.) to the greatest number they could manage. The idea was shot down as unfeasible, since they knew it would trigger massive uproar from the public (the female forces had strictly been volunteers since their founding). As result, they instead went on a massive recruiting effort, with some success (the WACS topped at well over 100,000 overall by around mid-1952 IIRC), but not the numbers they had originally hoped for. Thankfully the Soviet intervention never came.
@@thunderbird1921 wow that’s crazy. I never knew that but I could understand with how numerous the Chinese and Soviets were. It had a good intent but obviously wouldn’t work in that society unfortunately.
@@MrTylerman127 Yeah, it was actually REALLY interesting to read further on. By the early 50s (when the Korean War broke out), a certain amount of the American public was actually becoming more comfortable with their daughters serving (it helped that it was noncombat roles), although some traditional families still got very nervous when they learned that they had enlisted (and only the more adventurous gals usually did it). The Air Force even had a team of about 100-200 young ladies stationed in Japan working alongside guys examining reconnaissance photos from bomb raids (helping detect stuff like MiG jet bases, which were becoming dreadful for the B-29s and others to have to face). Volunteer service was becoming more okay, but a "lady draft"? Forget about it. Interestingly the fear of Soviet intervention also partially led to McArthur's removal and Ridgway replacing him, because Truman was furious that McArthur appeared to provoke the Soviets in public statements ("would you shut the heck up before you get us all killed" was Truman's message to him essentially). The Korean War was an absolutely wild conflict in a multitude of ways.
South Korean: When the border starts speaking North Koreans North Koreans: When the sea starts speaking Americans Americans: When the Yalu River starts speaking Chinese
@Hoàng Nguyên Well, from US perspective First Indochina War was unjust and rightfully ended french colonial ambition there. However, Vietnam war was about contaiment of the communism and defending an ally (Souht Vietnam) in similar manner how US defended South Korea. I am sure that Vietnam people has different perspective.
@Hoàng Nguyên Yes, and Korean war is exactly reason why. After the outbreak of Korean war USA understood that they faced strong and highly organized effort of USSR and China to spread communistic regimes over eastern Asia. Thats why Ho-chi-minh forces were armed and supplied by China. However, I understand that from Vietnam perspective it is more complex and they were driven mostly by anticolonial sentiment and nationalism and perphaps not so much by communism.
Hoàng Nguyên if the US citizen and opinion were not that reluctant in the war, the outcome would be much different than it is, only reason for the withdrawal was because the US has lost its public support on the war, do remember they just went through a couple major war that cost a lot of resources and man power
@@lukezuzga6460 my grandfather spent most of his ww2 time in a japanese concentration camp for involvement in conspirating against them, and yes it is sad no one is as brave as them anymore.
Rest In Peace Grandpa Hoetistic and thank you for your sacrifice from Australia I respect all those who are in their Countries Armed Forces and tthose who had served
@@lukezuzga6460 That's a good thing, because the only way we can make men like that is if we're in a middle of one massive war(if you think this is a good idea, try living in 1914. Have fun in the trenches). Oh and tell your grandfather that I appreciate his service(if he serves in the Axis then say I apologize you have to fight in a middle of that mess, if he fought in the Eastern Front no matter which side tell him he's a very brave man for surviving that cluster especially since he's a POW). I don't really know if any of my ancestors fought in the wars but its always nice to hear the stories(of course hearing stories and living through them is two massively different thing)
I love your videos. Visually clear, lots of info, but not so much that it overpads the video run legnth. I wish you'd be able to do videos like this about entire wars, though I'm sure if a single battle is about 12 minutes, doing a video like this for all battles involved in an entire war would be hours long. Of course I wouldn't complain if you decided to go for it. Aww yeah!
South Korea's flag definitely looks like the Pepsi logo (wonder if the guys at Pepsi got inspiration from older Korean flags). North Korea's more generous use of red in the flag definitely seems fitting for Coca-Cola.
McArthur: im going to do what is called a pro-gamer move China: If you cross that fucking parallel.... *crosses parallel* China: Im about to end this man whole career.
*Ridgway takes over US--UN command* Ridgway: How about we cross the parallel again? China: You little *******... *Ridgway proceeds to bulldoze Chinese army northward and make South Korea's border permanently above part of the 38th Parallel* Funny how that's left out so much.
Sixth company’s retreat at 9:30, and how the tank backed up but had to pause because someone was behind them was somehow an incredible story telling tidbit
@@GeraltofRivia22 So do the Americans after what they did to the Indians and so do the Europeans after what they did to the Africans. What is your point?
Well you forgot to mention that before the landing a team of South Korean spies were sent into Inchon to gather information which they ultimately sacrificed their lives. It was mentioned in a Korean movie called Operation Chromite which came out a few years ago
Inchon was a brilliant amphibious landing. It's a shame that MacArthur's ego clouded his judgement and he pushed too far north, spreading his forces thin and ignoring multiple intelligence sources claiming that large armies of Chinese soldiers were massing and crossing the Yalu. Hindsight is always 20/20 though.
People disliking US and Allied forces involvement in Korean War are absolute hypocrites. Can they honestly say they rather live in North Korea than the South?
To be fair, the two koreas were equally brutal dictatorships back in the ‘50s. Time proved we were right to defend the south, anyway. Let’s hope for the future and for a reunited Korea🇰🇷
It is said Noorhachi the Manju defeated 240,000 Chinese with his 60,000 troops. Scottish missionary John Ross wrote a book on Manjus and also on History of Corea both found online for they're out of copyright (written in late 1800s). I also want to see Wanyan Aguda (founder of Jurchen Jin) covered. It is said that he defeated 700,000 Liao (Khitan) troops with mere 20,000 of his own. Other than these two, I would love to see him cover Mgar Khri Brin of Tibet (almost nobody knows him outside of Asia) who remained undefeated against Tang Chinese invasion, and also the legend of Chiwoo the mythical king of Miao people.
@@backpressure123 by the time the manchus invaded, the ming had more or less already fallen to its own internal rebels with its capital already sacked, in fact the manchus couldnt even get pass the great wall, until they were let in that is(by a general who was originally going to surrender to the rebels that had taken the capital until he found out how bad they were, looting and burning everything). so defeating a 240k disorganized army of a fallen dynasty isnt as impressive as the numbers suggest.
Since the beginning as Noorhachi uprised against Ming, he had 8 banners of JianZhou Jurchens, there were also 8 banners of Mongols & 8 banners of Han Chinese armies
South korean force helped US intelligence works for landing, and their marines landed Inchon too. also south korea made deceptional landing at Jangsa prior to Inchon landing. Yes, USA did most of things for us, but we also fought our war fiercely.
These vids breaking down the Korean war are really good!!! It is interesting when this war ended that the Viet Minh received more support at the battle of Dien Bien Phu, leading to a French Defeat.
Chinese intervention had nothing to do with Stalin's request, and everything to do with the fact they could not accept sharing a border with American troops.
@Hunter D Aye I wasn't disagreed with you mate Just saying why Mao made the decision to go all in. This war is considered crucial in China because the show of strength ensured our seat in UN and we gained international recognition as a regional power. Had we sent only 5 divisions and got kicked out, US would control the whole Korean peninsula and China would lose global status
I know I shouldn't, but I find the Korean war - purely from an overview perspective - one of the most hilarious in recent history. Down then up then down again then up again...and we're right back where we started. The most pointless conflict of the Cold War - Vietnam included.
Not at all pointless. And it actually wasn't right back where they started at the end. The North Koreans lost approx. 1,000 square miles of territory and were absolutely blasted. South Korea was saved, and it went on to become one of the leading economic powers and democracies in Far East Asia. The Norks? Still living in poverty and suffering under the greatest tyranny known to modern man. Most importantly, the Communist invincibility myth was firmly shattered. They had attempted yet another conquest, and this time got punched in the face. Hands down one of the most important wars in modern world history.
Theres a famous story of a small detachment of filipino UN volunteers who held the line against thousands of chinese in their counter-attack. The story was kinda badass and I would love it if you would also include it in your korean war series. Love your work and your channel. more power to you
Was that Battle of Yuldong (April 22 - 23, 1951)? The 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) found themselves cut off from the outside world after their UN allies were forced to retreat by hordes of Chinese and North Korean soldiers. After their allies retreated in disarray, the Filipinos-numbering a mere 900- found themselves surrounded on all sides by 40,000 enemy soldiers who attacked all night. When the smoke cleared, 15 Filipinos were killed, dozens were wounded, and 14 were missing in action. However, the BCT killed more than 500 Chinese soldiers while inflicting a huge number of casualties on their side. UN commanders were even surprised to learn later that the Filipinos refused to retreat and instead kept on fighting. The 10th BCT's action at Yultong allowed the US 3rd Infantry Division to successfully withdraw from the battlefield and later turned the tide of the Korean War. Or the Rizal Day Battle for Combat Outpost No. 8 (June 17 - 21, 1952)? The 19th Battalion Combat Team fought a gory four-day battle with Chinese forces who were attempting to overrun their positions in Combat Outpost No. 8, a tactically important segment which comprised Hill 191 (also known as Arsenal Hill) and Hill Eerie. The Chinese lost two tanks and more than 500 soldiers. The 19th BCT, meanwhile, suffered approximately less than two dozen dead and wounded.
@@markuhler2664 at the battle for hill eerie, from what I remembred the UN losses did not even reach 100. With filipino casualties only reaching less than 30. While the coalition inflicted around 1600 casualties from the chinese and the north koreans.
@@gregjinichiandaman5393 Filipinos can be the nicest people in the world. Don't go up against them in war though. You might win, but you'll wish you never started.
From the title i thought this would be a vid mainly about the inchon battle, not a fast run through of the whole war. The Inchon battle was really interresting with the Americans having to land in waves waiting for the tide since Inchon had so tall walls. Love ur channel tho!! Keep up the good work :)
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I am just waiting this video for a long time about korean war thank u you for your nice video history...i am just happy may grandfather was part U.N troops against the north korea..
when would make more roman econemy videos
Dis for Abrams
too many splosions
@Kings and Generals to us dinosaurs tanks are just hard shelled tacos with a tasty treat inside
Interesting how computer games become a source of education. Never thought that during the days of Super Mario Bros :)
Maybe I'm going to use historical games in my creations one day.
You mean source of violence? Sure m8
You must not have paid very much attention to plumbing. 😏👌
@Blake Hunt I am going to steal this comment to use against trolls. 10/10 Troll diffuse
supermario was a source of education
as a long time player, let me tell you something you need to know. WT is not historical. It contains a ton of tanks that never existed or were just figments of someones imagination. They also contain weird values in penetration and armor that make no sense when you look up documentation on the vehicles. Also having jets show up to bomb ww2 tanks is a joke and half. This all combines into a very a-historical tank combat feel.
MacArthur actually adapted to modern war really well, all things considered. He grew up with the frontier wars of the old west, built his career in the trenches of World War 1, and his greatest achievements were conducted in the mobility of World War 2
Indeed, a great mind for sure.
A great mind but ignorant , willing to use nukes in any situation
Too bad his ego kept him from accepting any other view or idea. In WW1 he wore his own uniform believing it made him stand out. It did. For all the wrong reasons but still promoted. In WW2 his threat to resign his commission and enlist because Washington didn't agree with his plans was a bluff that worked. He got his way. He believed the retaking of the Philippines was the most important objective since he was "loved" so much by that country. In Korea, he failed to support any updates to the Fighting forces there which made the 1950 attack so easy. He wouldn't accept that North Korea would dare to attack. Again, his ego led him to the Yalu which was the cause of his firing.
Yes, he had some brilliant moments but his idea of the big picture was actually a view of himself front and center.
And then wanted to use 26 nukes on China..
@@Hillbilly001 And you know all the memoirs by himself his superiors and everyone around him.
One of my high school teachers in Taiwan said he was a Chinese expatriate living in Inchon in 1950. He was a little boy then. One day he heard his friends said there were many giant ships at the horizon on the sea so they went to the coast to look. A group of American soldiers appeared and rounded them up, brought then onto their boat and sailed to one the the giant ships. They were held on the ship and were shown cartoon movies and provided as much ice cream, chocolate, and candies as they wanted. They were brought back to land in the evening. He rushed back home wanted to tell his parents about the experience. On the way he saw many houses had been destroyed by gun fire. When he saw his house it looked intact and he was relieved. However, as he pushed open the door, he found only the facade was still intact.
At least he got ice cream
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@@SpoilerAlert__ Opposed to North Korean rule and indoctrination.
Honestly atleast they didn’t let the kids see the violence
He lost his family,goddamit!
Massacre again? Dang... Imagine a guy lived in Seoul, survived Japanese occupation, survived Syngman Rhee’s dictatorship bullshit, survived North Korean’s invasion and occupation, survived the house to house battle, and got killed in the massacre... Tough life indeed.
If he hadn't been aboard the refugee exodus to the north, which would be much darker, he would endure 3 more dictatorships till 1987.
It's sad really that's the stupid price of wars!
Pro Tip: Don't be communist.
@@Marc-. how'd that work out for them? Eating dogs and using human crap as fertilizer today. It's all well and good till you run out of other peoples money to spend. Communism, not even once.
@@benrodir2 Except these were people only suspected of it. Probably most of those killed weren't.
Great video, The Korean War was brutal and the effects are still being felt today. Love your stuff Kings
@@Marc-. Not to mention South Korea was also a brutal dictatorship.
jpc1918 the only reason North Korea was ever a “better place” to live than South Korea was because of Soviet economic freebies. It’s no coincidence that North Korea became less attractive an alternative than South Korea after the Soviet Union fell.
@@kurousagi8155 maybe it has something due to the fact the US doesn't allow even nails to be traded in North Korea?
but you're too dumb to understand basic shit
@@Marc-. haha good one, nk missiles actually hitting their targets
@@kurousagi8155 worst scenario for NoKor is that they initially dismantled military rule on SoKor just in time for the '88 Seoul Olympics.
You guys are awesome.
Thanks!
@fleetlordavtar ?
4:25 "I thought the battle was going to take place far from here. This is too close!" - North Korean general Nute Gunray
Lmao
And what about the droid attack on the Suez!?
You should definitely make all these videos on the Korean War into 1 big documentary when you're done. Great work and really makes you get the bigger picture.
Kings and Generals. Thank you for all these tremendous videos. For showing us what history teachers are so scared to show us and show our children. Also to bring closure to so many family members that fought in this war.
MacArthur: *I call this, the pro-gamer move*
China: I'm going to end this man's career
@Napoleon I Bonaparte boi, everywhere i go, i see u in the comment sections
Marshal Peng DeHuai: Too young, too naive~
where is this meme from?
@@hansbass8119 MacArthur's own hubris ended his career.The minute he began to publicly question the president's leadership.It was pretty much over for him. :P
What I like about this channel?
They don't make judgment about any army/country, be it aggressor, defender, or friend or enemy of the countries they come from.
Kings and Generals just reports historical facts and military tactics and their outcomes, and refrains from commentary.
I find this refreshing, as many soldiers in wars past were conscripted and had no choice on being on the battlefield, and all soldiers should be shown respect(except those that massacre civilians and already defeated foes the surrendered).
While I'm sure the people who make these try to do so without judgement, historical sources inevitably do. As a result, K&G still mirror those biases as they have to work with their sources.
You're not paying attention. This channel is pure propaganda, using every chance to point out UN and SK atrocities without mentioning any NK or Chinese atrocities, which were far more prevalent.
The narrator is a truly valuable human being. He has Beautiful command of language and a pure original. It shows.
Do an Iran-Iraq war.
Such a fascinating war, it's crazy to think that most of the eighties went by and those two were just blowing away at each other.
Definitely want to see videos on that war, good idea.
An underrated war that lasted 8 years until 1988 when Iran won a pyrrhic victory. Still remarkable how a weak-ass country like Iran fought Iraq,which until then had the 3rd strongest military force and was also backed by the US,USSR,UK and Israel.
Death toll would've higher if Khomeini never looked down upon WMDs.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 Weak-ass? Iraqi Army was a joke but with WMDs and all the int. help they could have hoped for.
@@tasinal-hassan8268 They achieved that probably because of Revolutionary fervor and intense Nationalism (something Iraq and many newly created states in the middle east lack due to lack of cohesiveness among their population). Revolutionary France managed the same after their Revolution, they also held of all the European powers because of that same Revolutionary Fervor.
And you also forgot France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and UAE which also funded and armed Saddam.
This channel is World Class !
Thanks :-)
China: Dont cross the 38th Parallel
America: how bout i do anyway?
China : Sends "volunteers" to korea and push america back to 38th parallel
America : *suprise pikachu face
Ya forgot to mention america got kicked in the ass by the chinese uh?
@@nouyes4780 em, didn't Chinese forces have 3× the casualties as American?
@@thecryptidconspiratorialth2208 those casualties are based in numbers given by usa, interesting. But anyway putting that apart, having more casualties doesnt means it isnt a victory. The soviets had double the casualties in staliningrad in comparison to german losses, but in the end of the day, who holds the ground is Ussr, and thats really what matters.
@@julesbrags1661 yeah a campaign in 1950's is stopped by a guy who gets shot.
Small Chinese volunteers group with hundreds of thousands participants are incoming, pure-blooded Chinese pilots with names I Van and Dmi Tri are incoming.
You really mean Yi Wan and De Mi Te Li. :)
@@SP-rt4ig ussr ari force join the war by using chinese air force call sigh and piainting
@@kold610 Yes, the MiG Alley.
Not to mention Wa Si Li.
Suu Ka
Blei Yat
My General, your videos have became incrementally better and more spectacular - without sacrificing the historical accuracy and the quality of it.
Also one must praise the impartial and level-headed attitude with which you cover these (sometimes emotionally and politically very sensitive) battles and campaigns.
Thanks for watching! :-)
Last time i was this early Konigsberg was still German
Geraldović of Slavia now it’s grannigrad
KALININGRAD SHALL FORDVER BELONG TO MY FATHERLAND RUSSIA
@@PewPewPlasmagun its motherland.
@@zeparthe16thspiritofarsgoe15 NO. Fatherland and motherland are not the same.
@Paulo Mendes No. The monopolar world will come to an end. Soon. And Washington will suffer for what they did to the world.
A small correction: There was only one Marine Division landing at Inchon, the 1st. It consisted of 4 regiments, 1st, 5th and 7th Marines, which were infantry and 11 Marines, which was an artillery regiment. So when you say "1st and 5th Marine Divisions", the correct units should be "1st and 5th Marine Regiments", or simply "1st and 5th Marines".
Yep when the narrator said 5th Marine division, I knew he meant 5th Marine regiment being a student of this battle, which is considered MacArthur's masterpiece. Had China not intervened we wouldn't have this North Korea rocket man slinging missles everywhere.
I caught that too. The Marine Corps had been reduced to 2 divisions after the post WWII draw down. They raided the 2nd Marine Division for personnel so they could field it at wartime strength. What he also forgot was the 5th Marines and Marine Air Group 33 formed the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade during the Pusan Perimeter action. Just prior to Inchon the 5th Marines were withdrawn so it could rejoin the division for the landing. The 5th Marine Division did exist during WWII, but its only action was the landing at Iwo Jima. It was prepping for the invasion of Japan but was disbanded after Japan surrendered.
Hats off to K&G's for covering these battles and hats off to all the vets that fought this war.
@@johanqian1858 Every side does.
Everybody knows that.
Same with WW,2 every side did horrible things. Especially Japan, the Soviet Union and Nazi-Germany.
@@johanqian1858 Oh really, and the North and Chinese are innocent?
@@johanqian1858 US sent troops on behalf of a request from South Korea. Just like the Chinese sent troops to the North on behalf of North Korea. So during the Civil War, if the US requested troops, yes.
@@johanqian1858 I get what you're saying Johan but more often then not the US helps to keep wars from becoming larger affairs and helps to stop mad men from killing many times his own people. Think if the US could have went in and stopped a guy like Pol Pot.
@@johanqian1858 That's a real stretch you're trying to make there buddy but if you enjoy America hating, I guess you're going to have that way of thinking.
Wargame: Red Dragon really brought me here especially from Busan Pocket (1987) and Second Korean War (1992).
Nice mate
@@Shadowscht16 thanks mate
Eriq Affandi I really enjoyed the idea of an alternative history where there was a hot Soviet-Sino split. Great game.
@@kurousagi8155 Ikr, I'm impressed tbh, especially Dragon vs Bear (1979)
I just discovered Your channel and it is a gold mine. It will save me tons of hours of research for my videos. Keep up the good work!
Welcome aboard!
My great grandfather fought in this war at the Chosin reservoir. He lived and passed in 2001. He never told a single thing about it and I only knew he fought there after finding some records of his service.
He was probably ashamed of all the crimes against humanity committed by the USA against Korea.
Fwendly Mushwoom stfu and read a history book. North Korea and South Korea both committed worse crimes against each other. At the Chosin Reservoir the US marines fought the disgusting Chinese while they through away thousands of men against a small amount of Marines(my great grandfather included). So really the UN forces didn’t do anything near as bad as what the Koreas and the Chinese.
I was recently reading an excerpt from a book on the history of the US Army, and believe it or not, the United States military actually considered asking Congress to draft WOMEN in 1951. After China launched their intervention, Truman and the Pentagon leadership FREAKED THE HECK OUT and thought the Soviets would soon follow (setting off a third world war in Asia and possibly Europe as well). The idea was to free up literally every every combat-able man humanly possible by packing the noncombat female forces made permanent in 1948 (Army WACs, Navy WAVES, female Marines, etc.) to the greatest number they could manage. The idea was shot down as unfeasible, since they knew it would trigger massive uproar from the public (the female forces had strictly been volunteers since their founding). As result, they instead went on a massive recruiting effort, with some success (the WACS topped at well over 100,000 overall by around mid-1952 IIRC), but not the numbers they had originally hoped for. Thankfully the Soviet intervention never came.
@@thunderbird1921 wow that’s crazy. I never knew that but I could understand with how numerous the Chinese and Soviets were. It had a good intent but obviously wouldn’t work in that society unfortunately.
@@MrTylerman127 Yeah, it was actually REALLY interesting to read further on. By the early 50s (when the Korean War broke out), a certain amount of the American public was actually becoming more comfortable with their daughters serving (it helped that it was noncombat roles), although some traditional families still got very nervous when they learned that they had enlisted (and only the more adventurous gals usually did it). The Air Force even had a team of about 100-200 young ladies stationed in Japan working alongside guys examining reconnaissance photos from bomb raids (helping detect stuff like MiG jet bases, which were becoming dreadful for the B-29s and others to have to face). Volunteer service was becoming more okay, but a "lady draft"? Forget about it. Interestingly the fear of Soviet intervention also partially led to McArthur's removal and Ridgway replacing him, because Truman was furious that McArthur appeared to provoke the Soviets in public statements ("would you shut the heck up before you get us all killed" was Truman's message to him essentially). The Korean War was an absolutely wild conflict in a multitude of ways.
Say what you want about MacArthur; Inchon was a stoke of genius. It shows he could be quite capable, some of the time anyways.
Agreed. Only a fool could disagree with that assessment.
WOO we early , thanks for all the work you put into these love the channel
South Korean: When the border starts speaking North Koreans
North Koreans: When the sea starts speaking Americans
Americans: When the Yalu River starts speaking Chinese
@Hoàng Nguyên Well, from US perspective First Indochina War was unjust and rightfully ended french colonial ambition there. However, Vietnam war was about contaiment of the communism and defending an ally (Souht Vietnam) in similar manner how US defended South Korea. I am sure that Vietnam people has different perspective.
@Hoàng Nguyên Yes, and Korean war is exactly reason why. After the outbreak of Korean war USA understood that they faced strong and highly organized effort of USSR and China to spread communistic regimes over eastern Asia. Thats why Ho-chi-minh forces were armed and supplied by China.
However, I understand that from Vietnam perspective it is more complex and they were driven mostly by anticolonial sentiment and nationalism and perphaps not so much by communism.
Hoàng Nguyên if the US citizen and opinion were not that reluctant in the war, the outcome would be much different than it is, only reason for the withdrawal was because the US has lost its public support on the war, do remember they just went through a couple major war that cost a lot of resources and man power
@Hoàng Nguyên I don't know that China tried to invade Vietnam once, where did you hear that from?
Its would be more accurate if the North Koreans start hearing Americans speaking iin the air.
6:28 The soldier was nearly accidentally injured by his own tank :O
lol, if he was over that piece of wood he probably would've been catapulted
😂
Masterful work as always. The Korean war is something I've always been interested in.
my grandpa was in this war, said he was in Daegu and stayed there for the entirety of the war, died in 2007 though :(
Hats off to him and I miss mine too, WWll vet and also a POW. They unfortunately don't make men like our G-Fathers anymore.
@@lukezuzga6460 my grandfather spent most of his ww2 time in a japanese concentration camp for involvement in conspirating against them, and yes it is sad no one is as brave as them anymore.
@@hoetistic1650 Right on Bro, like I said hats off always to those men!
Rest In Peace Grandpa Hoetistic and thank you for your sacrifice from Australia
I respect all those who are in their Countries Armed Forces and tthose who had served
@@lukezuzga6460 That's a good thing, because the only way we can make men like that is if we're in a middle of one massive war(if you think this is a good idea, try living in 1914. Have fun in the trenches).
Oh and tell your grandfather that I appreciate his service(if he serves in the Axis then say I apologize you have to fight in a middle of that mess, if he fought in the Eastern Front no matter which side tell him he's a very brave man for surviving that cluster especially since he's a POW). I don't really know if any of my ancestors fought in the wars but its always nice to hear the stories(of course hearing stories and living through them is two massively different thing)
Greece is there....in side of the USA and invade in SEOUl with General McArthur....Greece with 585 marines brigate fights against pyongyang...
Love You Kings and Generals. I am waiting for whole week to see your stuffs.Great visualisation and narration!! 😍
A big thumbs up to you guys
Your voice really elevates these videos to the next level.
Nathaniel Clark
Where is his accent from?
@@killermentality8859 the voice actor officially devin is from the uk
Just found your channel and it is by far the best thing ive ever seen on this site.
I love your videos. Visually clear, lots of info, but not so much that it overpads the video run legnth. I wish you'd be able to do videos like this about entire wars, though I'm sure if a single battle is about 12 minutes, doing a video like this for all battles involved in an entire war would be hours long. Of course I wouldn't complain if you decided to go for it. Aww yeah!
i've been waiting for this ever sense the last korean war video ... great work guys
The little flags look like Pepsi vs Coke lol
Watching on a small phone.
South Korea's flag definitely looks like the Pepsi logo (wonder if the guys at Pepsi got inspiration from older Korean flags). North Korea's more generous use of red in the flag definitely seems fitting for Coca-Cola.
Thank you for this great work
Finally!!! Been waiting for this story!!
General MacArthur: I'm about the end this whole invasions career
loving this series
More on the way!
This channel is amazing. thank you for being in youtube
McArthur: im going to do what is called a pro-gamer move
China: If you cross that fucking parallel....
*crosses parallel*
China: Im about to end this man whole career.
*Ridgway takes over US--UN command*
Ridgway: How about we cross the parallel again?
China: You little *******...
*Ridgway proceeds to bulldoze Chinese army northward and make South Korea's border permanently above part of the 38th Parallel*
Funny how that's left out so much.
Never miss your videos, really love it.
Before operation chromite aka battle of Inchon, there was the battle to cover up the battle of Inchon. It’s called the battle of Jangsa-ri.
Outstanding video. Loved it.
Thanks!
Never have I clicked on the notification for a video so fast
Just a small aside. Pusan is now called Busan and is a nice place to visit.
Who Else Hope Sabaton Make Song about Korean War .
Oh yeah
@@Dexusaz well they pretty good for me
Nathan Remix agreed, i enjoy most of their songs
@@Dexusaz they good . Not just their song but their lyrics . It akways tell you to look for history whenever their song came out .
@@Dexusaz well everyone has theit taste . I enjoy sabaton music greatly
I just enjoy this channel so much
Animation on this video is head and shoulders above your other animations.
There is a goof here the 1st Marine Division or "Old Breed" conducted the Inchon invasion not 5th.
Sixth company’s retreat at 9:30, and how the tank backed up but had to pause because someone was behind them was somehow an incredible story telling tidbit
500 vs 35'000? How the hell did US forces inflict such heavy casualties while at the same time having so little?
At that time， china was for two hundred years of war，Nothing
Still, couldn't wait for you next video!
Turkish War of Independence pls. It is one of the most interesting wars in 20th century.
@erni muja from peste
@erni muja France Greece Britain and Italy. They tried to invade our country and share it after World War 1
I think that will be covered on Ottoman Conquest Serries
@erni muja From Entente
@@GeraltofRivia22 So do the Americans after what they did to the Indians and so do the Europeans after what they did to the Africans. What is your point?
Amazing! As always
Me: worst suckday ever
Kings and generals: hey
Me: YES, SUNDAY!
Epic work. My grandfather fought in this war for the U.S. ✌🏼
Well you forgot to mention that before the landing a team of South Korean spies were sent into Inchon to gather information which they ultimately sacrificed their lives. It was mentioned in a Korean movie called Operation Chromite which came out a few years ago
Mac Arthur: how about nukes?
Truman: you’re fired.
Correct move by Truman
Inchon was a brilliant amphibious landing. It's a shame that MacArthur's ego clouded his judgement and he pushed too far north, spreading his forces thin and ignoring multiple intelligence sources claiming that large armies of Chinese soldiers were massing and crossing the Yalu. Hindsight is always 20/20 though.
Amazing video!
Had this in my international law exams, could have had 19 instead of 15 if this came before ...thanks K&G
you forgot to add the video to the korean war playlist. other than that, keep up the great work
Yep, will do, thanks for reminding :-)
People disliking US and Allied forces involvement in Korean War are absolute hypocrites. Can they honestly say they rather live in North Korea than the South?
To be fair, the two koreas were equally brutal dictatorships back in the ‘50s. Time proved we were right to defend the south, anyway. Let’s hope for the future and for a reunited Korea🇰🇷
Its not hypocritical to criticize allied warcrimes though
@@bimasetyaputra8381please shut up
@@bimasetyaputra8381name one country that never did warcrimes, exactly
@@oskaraskasala8138Switzerland lol.
My grandpa Matz was on the beach of Incheon as well as one of the chosin few. What a bloody war.
I hope yultong and philippines will be shown in an episode or 2
@Zhan Zhen beg to differ sir. The online community may differ but the most friendly nation to philippines is sokor. Next is japan then the US..
@Zhan Zhen now that i zoomed in, thats the UN flag. Maybe ill wait out the next or two ep for this series.
The forgotten war has no longer been forgotten
Can you please do the Qing invasion of the Ming dynasty? It was quite a bloody conflict in history.
It is said Noorhachi the Manju defeated 240,000 Chinese with his 60,000 troops. Scottish missionary John Ross wrote a book on Manjus and also on History of Corea both found online for they're out of copyright (written in late 1800s). I also want to see Wanyan Aguda (founder of Jurchen Jin) covered. It is said that he defeated 700,000 Liao (Khitan) troops with mere 20,000 of his own. Other than these two, I would love to see him cover Mgar Khri Brin of Tibet (almost nobody knows him outside of Asia) who remained undefeated against Tang Chinese invasion, and also the legend of Chiwoo the mythical king of Miao people.
@@backpressure123 by the time the manchus invaded, the ming had more or less already fallen to its own internal rebels with its capital already sacked, in fact the manchus couldnt even get pass the great wall, until they were let in that is(by a general who was originally going to surrender to the rebels that had taken the capital until he found out how bad they were, looting and burning everything). so defeating a 240k disorganized army of a fallen dynasty isnt as impressive as the numbers suggest.
Since the beginning as Noorhachi uprised against Ming, he had 8 banners of JianZhou Jurchens, there were also 8 banners of Mongols & 8 banners of Han Chinese armies
really appreciate it for support to south korea ! from ' korean
Wow Chinese are coming! Really looking forward to your next episode!
Awesome video as always！
My Uncle Glen Reed (an Uncle by marriage) fought in this war, he just recently passed away from Alzheimer's disease at the age of 87.
These videos are awesome!
Thanks for watching!
The Cold War is basically Carthage vs Rome without actually touching each other
More like rome vs persia
It's a chess game.
Na its actually Rome vs Persia
Fighting in Corsica and Sardinia!
Athens vs. Sparta
전편에 이어 멋진 영상을 만들었군요. 잘 감상하겠습니다.
There were 2000 views in the time it took me to watch the video
Well done, astute attention to detail :)
Thank you!
Clearly, for the Koreans, U.S., China, etc. this was not a "cold" war.
Holy shhhhhhhiiiiiiiiitttttt I've wanted this video since I found your channel!!!
South korean force helped US intelligence works for landing, and their marines landed Inchon too. also south korea made deceptional landing at Jangsa prior to Inchon landing. Yes, USA did most of things for us, but we also fought our war fiercely.
Allies to the end!
These vids breaking down the Korean war are really good!!! It is interesting when this war ended that the Viet Minh received more support at the battle of Dien Bien Phu, leading to a French Defeat.
Stalin asked China to send 5-6 divisions into Korea but due to a translation mistake China sent 100 divisions :))
Chinese intervention had nothing to do with Stalin's request, and everything to do with the fact they could not accept sharing a border with American troops.
@@day2148 They were surely threatened, and it wasn't any illusion.
nonsense buddy!
@Hunter D Or rather, 5 division wouldn't do crap facing UN forces, not to mention China didn't even have USSR support at the start
@Hunter D Aye I wasn't disagreed with you mate
Just saying why Mao made the decision to go all in. This war is considered crucial in China because the show of strength ensured our seat in UN and we gained international recognition as a regional power. Had we sent only 5 divisions and got kicked out, US would control the whole Korean peninsula and China would lose global status
The graphics are sick!
"Only through the intervention of foreign forces could the UN advance be stalled."
lol that's some ironic framing right there.
Guess all that talk of parallels didn't just involve the cartography.
one of the best videos
I'm very proud of my ancestors who served in The Forgotten War and fought the commies. God bless 🇰🇷, 🇺🇸, 🇬🇧, love and respect from The 🇵🇭.
Waiting for part 3 video
"War thunder constantly add new vehicle" Recently as a WT player I must disagree...
The explosions are too distracting from the commentary. Wish they were much much lower so I could hear and understand what is being said.
Make a video of 🇻🇳Vietnam war🇻🇳 buddy it's also one of the memorable one for 🇺🇸American history 🇺🇸
I might be addicted to Devin's voice
I know I shouldn't, but I find the Korean war - purely from an overview perspective - one of the most hilarious in recent history. Down then up then down again then up again...and we're right back where we started. The most pointless conflict of the Cold War - Vietnam included.
Not at all pointless. And it actually wasn't right back where they started at the end. The North Koreans lost approx. 1,000 square miles of territory and were absolutely blasted. South Korea was saved, and it went on to become one of the leading economic powers and democracies in Far East Asia. The Norks? Still living in poverty and suffering under the greatest tyranny known to modern man. Most importantly, the Communist invincibility myth was firmly shattered. They had attempted yet another conquest, and this time got punched in the face. Hands down one of the most important wars in modern world history.
Waiting on your next video for the Chosin Reservoir... 😁🥇
United States: "Crossed The 38th Parallel"
China: "Intervenes the Korean War"
United States: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Can you do the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale of 1988. Probably the biggest overlooked cold war battle. No one seems to cover it
Theres a famous story of a small detachment of filipino UN volunteers who held the line against thousands of chinese in their counter-attack. The story was kinda badass and I would love it if you would also include it in your korean war series. Love your work and your channel. more power to you
@@Marc-.
It seems that Filipinos need some psychologists. loam
Was that Battle of Yuldong (April 22 - 23, 1951)? The 10th Battalion Combat Team (BCT) found themselves cut off from the outside world after their UN allies were forced to retreat by hordes of Chinese and North Korean soldiers. After their allies retreated in disarray, the Filipinos-numbering a mere 900- found themselves surrounded on all sides by 40,000 enemy soldiers who attacked all night. When the smoke cleared, 15 Filipinos were killed, dozens were wounded, and 14 were missing in action.
However, the BCT killed more than 500 Chinese soldiers while inflicting a huge number of casualties on their side. UN commanders were even surprised to learn later that the Filipinos refused to retreat and instead kept on fighting. The 10th BCT's action at Yultong allowed the US 3rd Infantry Division to successfully withdraw from the battlefield and later turned the tide of the Korean War.
Or the Rizal Day Battle for Combat Outpost No. 8 (June 17 - 21, 1952)? The 19th Battalion Combat Team fought a gory four-day battle with Chinese forces who were attempting to overrun their positions in Combat Outpost No. 8, a tactically important segment which comprised Hill 191 (also known as Arsenal Hill) and Hill Eerie. The Chinese lost two tanks and more than 500 soldiers. The 19th BCT, meanwhile, suffered approximately less than two dozen dead and wounded.
@@markuhler2664 Yep, taught to me back in high school. As Gen. Mac Arthur once said - "Give me 10,000 filipinos and I shall conquer the world".
@@markuhler2664 at the battle for hill eerie, from what I remembred the UN losses did not even reach 100. With filipino casualties only reaching less than 30. While the coalition inflicted around 1600 casualties from the chinese and the north koreans.
@@gregjinichiandaman5393 Filipinos can be the nicest people in the world. Don't go up against them in war though. You might win, but you'll wish you never started.
From the title i thought this would be a vid mainly about the inchon battle, not a fast run through of the whole war. The Inchon battle was really interresting with the Americans having to land in waves waiting for the tide since Inchon had so tall walls. Love ur channel tho!! Keep up the good work :)
Thank you USA! USA and their soldiers saved my country, South korea
Awesome
Thanks for watching!