The initial successes of the North Korean Army were steadily blocked and overcome, with the great US triumph being in holding the Allied efforts together as United Nations Forces. This Cold War series has proved an excellent review of the conduct of the war through its individual stages, as here with the Korean War – Very Highly Recommended.
NAME: Cold War 1945-1991, Korean War Allied Surge. Pyongyang Falls, UN Sweep to the Yalu, October 1950 FILE: R3072 AUTHOR: Gerry van Tonder PUBLISHER: Pen and Sword BINDING: soft back PRICE: £14.99 GENRE: Non Fiction SUBJECT: Cold War, Korean War, surrogate wars, North Korean defeats, UN troops, US led forces, attrition, wave attacks, technology, carrier task forces, jet fighters, air war, ground forces
ISBN: 1-52675-692-7
PAGES: 128 IMAGE: B3072.jpg BUYNOW: tinyurl.com/yjorm4dw LINKS: DESCRIPTION: The initial successes of the North Korean Army were steadily blocked and overcome, with the great US triumph being in holding the Allied efforts together as United Nations Forces. This Cold War series has proved an excellent review of the conduct of the war through its individual stages, as here with the Korean War – Very Highly Recommended. The North Koreans thought they could rapidly invade South Korea before the US could react. They did not allow for the US industrial muscle, the power of aircraft operating safely from carriers off shore, or the ability of the Allies to land forces in large numbers to cut off elements of the North Korean force. The US had to be careful not to encourage the Chinese to move their army in to support the North Koreans. The part of the war covered by this volume shows how close they got without provoking the Chinese into direct full support for the North Koreans and how the Chinese eventually were forced into sending the 'People's Volunteer Army into North Korea on a pre-emptive 'defensive' operation. The end result was a stalemate that has continued 70 years, the armistice never being followed by a formal Peace Treaty. During that period there have been a series of flare-ups and sabre rattling. This is a part of history that should be better studied before it repeats itself.