Korean War 1950-1953 - to the 38th - COLD WAR DOCUMENTARY 

I visited North Korea in 2016. At the war museum in Pyongyang I was told the US started the Korea War to draw away attention from the post WWII financial crisis that took place. The footage showed in the museum was very interesting because it showed images of the stock market crash of late 1940s. Yet the people in it were somehow all dressed in late 1920s clothing...

This war and the Chinese Civil War needs a lot more attention in media.

The Korean War is the biggest unresolved conflict of the Cold War era and thus deserves much more attention than it receives by historians.

RU-vid algorithms will not like this episode. BUT OH BOY I DO!

Remember it doesn't take long before the Cold War turns Hot.

I really wanted to see korean war in indy style. Week by week.

"Rocket man." I so love this channel lol.

one thing about the north korean volunteers in chinese civil war is that there were many ethic koreans inside northeastern china, and they could be treated as either as chinese citizens or as koreans since they didnt have to chose their citizenship until after korean war. from what i heard in a chinese documentary, among the ethic koreans from china who fought in korean war, about 1/3 were dead or captured, 1/3 took north korean citizenship afterward, and 1/3 moved back to china to become chinese citizens.

Wow, so educational. Learnt a lot from this video. In fact more than my 3 years of studies in the public library.

My grandfather fought at the 3rd Battle of Wonju along with Chipyong-ni known as the Gettysburg of the Korean War

Excellent and timely topic. Thanks CWC 👍🇺🇸

Great work, as always

I found this channel yesterday, and now i have a channel in the style of the Great War channel and the WW2 channel that is now added to my "good history channel list"

I am just liking this chanel so much! I have subscribed this chanel since it was launched and each and every video is loaded with lots of information.

I've been waiting for this since this channel started :)

FINALLY!!! The Korean War episode is here!

General Le May of Strategic Air Command wrote: "We burned down just about every city in North Korea & South Korea, both. We killed off over a million Korean civilians, & drove several million more from their homes, with the inevitable additional tragedies bound to ensue".

Thanks for doing this video on the Korean War because it helps to remind me that my grandpa was a truck driver in Korea and it also helps to remind me that my 2x great uncle was in the navy in Korea and that my great grandfather was on a minesweeper in Korea

I was stationed in Korea at the 60th anniversary. It humbled me that such a conflict was fought. A situation that sees the two countries STILL at war under cease fire.

If not for a sitcom, it would have been far more obscure

really good channel

Do you think replacing background as time progresses? Like a Color-CRT on the back when the 80's come.

You completely left out about the Acheson line declaration, which was the train of power for the powder keg.

"...Led by legendary American megalomaniac, Douglas MacArthur...." Loved that bit :P

David is becoming a more effective host by the week, congrats!

Ah, the Korean War the biggest Tug of War of history.

Oh cool, are you guys going to do a week by week on the Korean War? Like the Great War and WW2 channels.

Thanks for doing the work to tell this story. This video comes shortly after I learned of the Korea my parents grown up in. They weren't called the Silent Generation for no reason. The complicated lack of binary good and evil and the "complete devastation" of the land, as my father only recently revealed to me, rendered a generation struck into silence while they processed the effects. The Korean diaspora has begun to mobilize as a minority community. The forgotten-ness of the Forgotten War perhaps speaks to why a community has been slow to recognize itself. Maybe I'm biased but Korean immigrants seem atomised, at least in NYC, more so than other minority communities. For example, Koreatown is essentially one block that slightly radiates into the surrounding blocks. That block has become tourist hell although still nice to have. Sorry for the long ramble but I rarely get an opportunity to comment on piece of media in that covers Korean history, and thoughtfully no less! The effort is noticeable and appreciated.

Damn I had bet my left arm that this week's episode will be about Warsaw Pact, guess I was wrong.

A big thank you to Tristan from StepBack History for providing the first part in our two part narrative!

Should have put part 1 on the title.. dashing my entertained hope like that by leaving us on a cliffhanger

I know a man that was in the US Army 24th Infantry Division, the first sent into S Korea in 1950. Those poor guys were up against overwhelming numbers of troops from the North. He's 91 years old today and can tell stories about this time.

My grandfather's father fought in Korean war as ROK Army, and killed by Chinese soldiers in 1952. Thanks for 16 countries helped us indeed.

I would say you forgot a crucial point in the decision of the North to attack the south: The US forgot or did not mention Korea as one of their red lines in their sphere of Western influence, which the communists took as a sign that they wouldn't intervene.

Very good summary and companion piece to the K&G series on The Korean War. I think another reason the war is forgotten (at least in the American collective memory)is because of MASH. Don’t get me wrong, it was a great movie and some fine television for its time, but MASH was only ostensibly about Korea and was actually platform for criticizing the Vietnam War. Nothing wrong with that in itself(and understandable given that the show was created during/not long after the actual conflict), but in the long run does the history of Korean War a real disservice.

KnG just solve a puzzle I've been procrastinating to research for years in < 5mins into this documentary

You should cover the harrowing pre-U2 reconnaissance overflights of the Soviet Union.

Imagine if the Soviet Union wasn't boycotting the UN and vetoed the resolution. No help might have come.

My grandmother told me that many people from my island went to fight in Korea. Unfortunatelly, I don't know more stuff, except that they fought in the outpost Harry.

China never promised NK unconditional support in case of war with the south.Chins just came outta civil war Which went on forever not to mention japan.Stalin had to talk mao into committing ground troops if the soviets would provide air support among other things.Mao actually wanted the north koreans fall back into China and wage a guerrilla war.Mao had to persuade his top leadership into joining the war as there was serious debates amongst them about getting involved.

It's good that the American military occupation and it's usage of administrators who had collaborated under Japanese colonial rule were both brought up. Those points are central to understand the politics of South Korea during the cold war.

What is the game that starts at 8:00?

Please do Operation Praying Mantis, largest naval engagement since WW2.

The Korean War also forced the US to admit that their Thompsons m1a1, M3 and M1 Garand were out of date

5:20 It’s a pre Korean War map.

I didn't realize 1 in 10 Koreans died and I lived in Korea, visiting the military museum numerous times. Also, my uncle fought in the war. He said the worst thing about it was the cold of Korea. I agree with him. It sticks to your skin and only a hot shower is relief from its bite.

General Douglas MacArthur addressed Congress after the first 11 months of the War in Korea: "I shrink with horror which I cannot express in words, at this continuous slaughter of men in Korea. The battle casualties in Korea today have passed the one million men mark. Our own casualties, American casualties, have passed 65,000. The Koreans have lost 140,000. Our losses, on our side, are a quarter of a million men. "I am not talking of the civilian population, who must have lost many, many, many times that. The enemy has probably lost 750,000 casualties. A million men in less than 11 months of this conflict have already gone; & it grows more savage every day. "But I say there is no chance in Korea because it is a fact -- you have lost a million men now. You will lose more than a million if you go on another year. If you go on until 1953, you will lose another million. "What are you trying to protect? The war in Korea has already almost destroyed the nation of 20 million people. I have never seen such devastation. I have seen, I guess, as much blood & disaster as any living man -- and it just curdled my stomach the last time I was there. "And I looked at the wreckage -- those thousands of women & children & everything. "I vomited. "If you go on indefinitely, you are perpetuating a slaughter such as I have never heard of in the history of mankind. War levelled at least 18 of the North's 22 major cities. Pyongyang, a city of half a million people before 1950, was said to have only 2 buildings left intact."

Ok gonna have to drop kick RU-vid for not giving me the notification for the vid i have been waiting for this and also still waiting for a vid about the vietnam war

*WHY CAN'T YOU GUYS STATE YOUR MUSIC SONG NAMES*

Allied composed of Irish, US, Turkey, Philippines vs Chinese, North korean. Turkish and 1 ally retreated but PEFTOK with Filipinos hold 38 parallel... this story not mention because, the Filipinos is under McArthur command(Commanding Chief)..

There were stock market anomalies in June 1950, as in Dec. 1941, Sept. 2001 and others.

3:04 he is like a manga character ..

What I never understand is why Korea had to be split in the first place. It's a small country, yet both sides of the cold War wants to make a land grab? Let them govern themselves after their independence!

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Why would people protest the war on terror? This war can actually reach us across the oceans, unlike the Korean War.

As long as M.A.S.H. re-runs exist the Korean War will never be forgotten. The Malayan conflict though ... That I had to find out about from The Cold War. I never liked history class, thought it was boring. Should have just called them "propaganda" class instead.

"The rocket man grandfather" . . . . . LOL

I love the artwork on all your videos. Really really awsome kind of propaganda feeling i get when i see one of your videos. Nice

Graphics much better then a idle guy talkingv

You probably shouldn't label the video "Korean War 1950-1953" when you only cover events leading up to the Korean War and only the first three months of the War.

Didn't china oppose North Korea's invasion? Oh yeah they were actually rather upset with it.

Please make a video on the Naxalbari Movement a Maoist Movement in India which shook the government.

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Hey, in the map, there is not sea of japan. It East sea!!!!

History Point: North Korea declare war against South Korea & USA or to the UN members and South Korea? Also, the two to countries with veto power were URSS,(Rusia) and People's Republic of China . They remain in favor of North Korea. How, this play in the Cessation of hostilities between this (3) nations and the rest of the world? Polices Point: Why the UN did not declare the Panmunjom Declaration for Peace not bias under international agreements. North Korea is still belligerent against UN not only South Korea, Japan or the US. Current Point: If North Korea is a nuclear capable nation did make this confrontational against PRC (People's Republic of China) and Russian Federation with borders with this nations and others. Nice Documentary!

Korea was divided along the 38th parallel. In the North, the Soviets set up a Communist regime. In the South, the American set up an Anti-Communist regime. Both were led by very sweet-looking old men. But don't let that deceive you. They were both ruthless dictators and both dreamed of uniting Korea under their own regime - The Cold War - Oversimplifield 2019-

The Battle of yultong in korean War FILIPINO :1k(1000)soldiers VS. CHINESE: 40k(40,000)soldiers NORTH KOREA:4k(4000)soldiers In this. Is the most unforgettable war during the korean war... And U. S. not push the korean peninsula...

Samantha Bee should watch this. She made one of the worst segments ever on the Korean War.

Child see a propaganda of communism Child : Chonun hansam imida

LOl, 1950th like XD

Read the hidden history of the Korean war.

it wasn`t a war ... it was a police action :-)

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I don’t love the phrasing around 3:20. The Soviet Union/Russia represents the “East” (in location as well as politics/ideas, with the “West” representing bourgeois democracy in various mainly centrist forms, and the “East” representing autocracy in various left and right wing forms) *of the West* : master of Eastern Europe and the ex-Eastern Bloc, but still a Western Power when compared to Eastern Powers like China, Iran, or pre-1945 Japan. So from the Korean perspective both the Americans and Russians were Westerners. The Cold War was a family feud: if Korea had a house, America and the Soviet Union would be two brothers, both from across the street, who’s deadly knife fight moves onto your front lawn and eventually into your house.

This video solidifies that trump lasting legacy weather he gets another 4 years will always be that the North Korean leader will from now one be called ROCKET MAN

Awesome video as always! But you guys should at least mention that there is a lot of controversy about how much this war came as an actual surprise to the US. There is strong evidence that the Soviets as well as the Americans used this war to further their own agenda in the bigger picture. The Soviets were trying to alienate the Chinese from the West to bind them to the Sovietunion by forcing them into a direct confrontation with the west and the Truman Administration was trying to push for a vastly increased defense spending to take on the Soviets in the long run by showcasing the communist menace!

Extremely disappointed that the video didn't mention how and why the Korean peninsula was divided. Simply glossing over it by saying the USSR and US agreed to it isn't enough. To summarize, it was a completely arbitrary line of demarcation proposed by Dean Rusk to give the US a foothold on the Asian mainland. It is worth mentioning that relations between the two super powers at this point were still amicable (i.e. the Cold War hadn't started yet) and the US had no troops anywhere near Korea. To this day we don't know why the USSR agreed to this. Perhaps it was a show of goodwill, perhaps it was naivety, or perhaps they thought it would help them gain concessions in Eastern Europe. Regardless, it is this partition by two cynical great powers that planted the seeds of civil war, with a South Korean government full of Japanese collaborators and a North Korean government forged in the anti-Japanese resistance.

All hail our dear leader Kim Il-sung

Macarther a "megalomaniac"? Come on, keep this impartial and professional. Don't let this become opinionated we have way to much of that in post-war history.

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Please just...... keep your hands more still ..... I know..... you don't know what to do with them..... just....... Please stop. Please. Stop.

It is really sad that the North Koreans are starving while their leader is fat that it well might be his cuase of death.

The Korean War and the Cold War are the reasons why today when you watch the tv you see: North Korea launch a new type of missile...

THE US CAN NOT DEAT THE PVA IN THE HO0REAb war aginst a poorlt armed china

4:18 Rhee was not collaborate with Japanese authority during occupation, You should not use his picture like that. Rhee and U.S Military Government did not kick out collaborators after establish a country, But anyway He led the independence movement during Japanese occupation.

McArthur is an American hero! How dare you!

不想与你们争论输赢，但是中国通过抗美援朝（区分朝鲜战争）赢得了应有的政治地位。

It's not surprising that DPRK turned the way it is now. Too bad it didn't win the war.

The greatest Korean barbecue in history I know I’m going to hell :)))

"sort-of colonies of us corporations" cmon now, don't let that bias creep in.

The war in Ukraine is turning into a forgotten war...

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Really? Corporate colonies? This host sucks! Where's the guy who did ww1? Unsubscribing now