Korean War Podcast

Lieutenant General Van Fleet the commander of the Eighth Army increase the number of artillery shells for the Army.  The poor performance of South Korean troops.  The Communist armies retreat as the Eighth Army advances.  The Soviet Union proposes peace talks.

The battle of the Kapyong Valley.  The Chinese Fifth Offensive comes to an end, ground is gained but the cost is very heavy.  Chinese Infantry tactics.  The Chinese launch their sixth offensive in Central and Eastern Korea again ground is won but the casualties are heavy.  A biography of Goa Gang in charge of the Chinese Army logistics.

The Chinese Army launch their fifth offensive.  The British Gloucestershire Regiment is destroyed but they inflict heavy losses upon the Chinese at the Battle of the Imjin River.  Elsewhere the Chinese Army make progress but at the cost of heavy losses.  The Belgian Army during the Korean War.  A biography of Deng Hua, the commander of the Chinese 13th Army.

General Douglas Mac Arthur launches several public attacks upon the Truman administration.  Truman  decided to sack Mac Arthur.  Mac Arthur receives huge public support and successfully address Congress but does not impress in front of a congressional committee.  A biography of Omar Bradley the Chairman of the Chief Joint of Staff

General Ridgeway, the commander of the Eighth Army begins Operation Killer and Ripper to thrown back the Communist armies.  The Eighth Army retakes Seoul the capital of South Korea.  The Canadian Armed Forces Forces sent to Korea.  General Mac Arthur sabotages a proposed American peace offer.  A biography of Major General Hoge the new commander of the 9th Corp.

The Eighth Army pushes forward and retake the port of Inchon.  The Chinese Army launches its fourth offensive in Central Korea, they defeat three South Korean Divisions.  However an attack upon the American 23rd Regiment is a costly failure.  A biography of Colonel Freeman the commander of the American 23rd Regiment.  The New Zealand Army and Navy in the Korean War. 

The Chinese Army attacks the Seoul bridgehead and General Ridgeway decides to withdraw from Seoul.  The Communist retake the City of Seoul.  The 1st and 9th Corp withdrew well to the south and destroy the port of Inchon.  The United Nations win the second battle of Wonju and retake the town.  The Second North Korean Corp is defeated within the Taeback Mountains.  A biography of Major General Moore the new commander of the 9th Corp.

Pressure from Mao forces General Peng to launch the Chinese third offensive before he wanted too.  However the Chinese and North Koreans brake though the South Korean Divisions.  General Ridgeway withdraws the 1st and 9th Corp to the Seoul bridgehead.  The First battle of Wonju.  A biography of Major General Mac Clure the commander of the American 2nd Division. 

The American Army undertakes its longest retreat.  The morale of the Eighth Army falls badly.  The death of General Walker and an assignment of his performance as Eighth Army Commander.  The murder of prisoners by the South Korean Government.  The French Army commitment to the Korean War.  A biography of General Matt Ridgeway, the new commander of the Eighth Army.

Oliver Smith the commander of the 1st American Marine Division