Forum: Korean War

Tonight at 20:00 EST, PBS affiliates will run an acclaimed science program NOVA on the air war over Korea and what happened to US pilots shot down... http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/warplanes/images/home.jpg pbs.org Link

...any Australian survivors of the Korean war that served in the 1st Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment. Probably more precisely from 1954-1955 who may have served with or know of my step farther, Private Maxwell J Harrison of the Corps : Royal Australian Infantry Corps Unit : ...

Heard a radio documentary today about an incident in the Sumichon or Sumi Chon Valley where an Australian there said that after the battle the Chinese used their loudspeakers to offer a truce to collect the wounded. The Australians accepted and collected their wounded, while also tending some...

One of my personal favorites: http://content6.flixster.com/skin/profile/10/84/12/10841200_profile_mbox_background.jpg Pork Chop Hill starring Gregory Peck as a slightly overage US infantry Lieutenant struggling to give meaning to what is little more than a small scale battle over an...

Hello Peoples, i´m brand new here, and i was reading a lot the last time here. It´s a very interesting side!! Now, meaby you can help me. I´m interested in all Tanks at Korean War ( US & USMC ) cause i try to buildt, the important types, as remote controled Models ( Scale 1:16 ) Also, i...

Hej everyone, I am very interested in the Korean War, which in my humble opinion is generally brushed under the carpet of modern military history. Anyway, i joined this forum to see if anyone can help me with finding some information, namely about the types of vehicle and equipment used during...

Hello all, I'm a UK model maker interested in the lone Cessna Bird Dog 'acquired' by 1913 Light Liason Flight RAF in Korea during 1951. I know that it was given RAF markings although no RAF serial, but I've drawn a blank on any other details of camouflage scheme etc. I'd like to build this...

America certainly did not seem terribly determined or effective in the Korean conflict. If provoking the United States is such a big mistake why did Americans allow themselves to be humiliated by the Chinese and North Koreans only a few years after the conflict with Japan?

China admits taking, burying U.S. POW Case was focal point of a six-decade cover-up The Associated Press updated 7:31 p.m. ET, Thurs., June. 19, 2008 http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080619/080619-chinapow-vmed-3p.widec.jpg China for the first time acknowledged...

i'll be the first to admit my knowledge about Korea it, limited, i know about the 38th parallel, Pusan perimiter, inchon, and all the basics but were there any airborne operations in korea

HI okay so im trying to do a project for my german class on the german economic miracle. of course it has to be written in german but thats not my issue. i have been looking and researching a lot about what was produced in the 1950s and 60s in west germany that led to the german economic...

What about firebombing of N.Korean cities? The intensivity of bombing in Korea was much more then the Germany. That's i found about. http://mondediplo.com/2004/12/08korea I think "burning out the place" sound like the nazy "policy of burning land" during retreat in from the Easter...

Do somebody hear about particiation of Soviet fliers in the Korea in 1950-53?

Did American actually use capture germany new planes, tanks or any weapon on the war of korea? what weapon did they use? Me 262? X-4 missiles ? FW-190? thanks for the info

Hi Listering the Wiki i fount the intersting picture of Pablo Picasso: Massacre in Korea http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ru/6/63/Picasso_Massacre_in_Korea.jpg Do somebody know was the real massacre for his picture? Cheers.

BTW Guys else maybe you would like this movie. Taegukgi: The Brotherhood of War ... Korean made flick. About the war from the South Korean perspective. Im sure you can find subtitles out there in any language. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taegukgi_(film) Anyone seen it?

I was wondering if anyone could explain why Britain sent so few troops to Korea. Obviously, a larger force would have helped. The US sent amny thousands, but Britain sent only a few thousand. This is the same scenario in other UN actions. While the US sends many thousands of troops, Britain...