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-Trevor

On July 27th, 1953, the Korean War ended. Today, this series of the podcast ends.

On July 27th, 1953, the Korean War ended.

Or did it?

What is the Korean Armistice Agreement, and why does it still matter to this day?

Opening Excerpt from Dwight Eisenhower's Address to the American Society of Newspaper Editors retrieved from American Rhetoric

The first six months of 1953 proceeded just as the last eighteen months had...but everyone had the gut feeling that things were coming to close. When will the Korean War ever end?

Special Episode (NOTE - I originally planned this for a Friday morning release, but bumped it to Tuesday because I've hit my data limit for the month on my hosting account. New regular episodes will recommence on April 1.)

Harry Truman's Farewell Address - https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/harrystrumantrumanfarewelladdress.html 

Dwight Eisenhower's Inaugural Address - https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/dwighteisenhowerfirstinaugural.htm 

The second half of 1952 transpired much like the first half of 1952. Why was that? Also, who wins the US Presidential Election of 1952? And finally, who else went along with the "imperialist crusade" of the Americans in Korea?

Over 200,000 people were taken prisoner in Korea; what were their lives like? One of those men taken prisoner just so happened to be an American general taken prisoner in his own camp...

Also, how're those negotiations going?

The Korean War really slows down in the second half of 1952....or does it? Negotiations begin, negotiations stall, and negotiations begin again.

(Also, let's talk about the air war.)

The gears of war were grinding slower than ever in June of 1951. It didn't help that they were nearing the one year anniversary of the invasion and were right about back where they started...

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The Fifth Phase Offensive restarted in May, 1951. How'd that go for the Communists?

Note: This is a shorter episode because there's not much that happened in May and also, you know, democracy might be collapsing around us. Please take care of yourself!