The Korean War: The Proxy War That Nearly Sparked World War III
Simon Whistler · August 29, 2023 · 20 min video · China & Indo-Pacific
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On the morning of June the 25th, 1950, as the sun rose over Taibag Mountain, 75,000 troops from the Korean People's Army led by a cavalry of 120 Soviet T-34 tanks descended from North Korea into South Korea and began quickly and efficiently capturing many of the country's critical military positions.
This attack, which the South Korean government completely failed to anticipate, easily overwhelmed their inadequate military, which did not even possess the anti-tank weaponry needed to repel a threat of that magnitude. In a matter of hours, every South Korean soldier along the border was either killed, captured, or pushed further south.
As the invasion carried on into the next day, the North Koreans continued to devastate the ill-prepared and ill-equipped South Koreans until on June 27th, the Korean People's Army arrived outside the South Korean capital of Seoul.
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