KW3: The Allies Strike Back: Inchon, Seoul, and the Breakout

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Soon after the North Korean invasion of the South, Allied Supreme Military Commander General Dougas MacArthur began planning a surprise amphibious assault on the key port city of Inchon, which was more than 100 miles behind North Korean lines. This attack was risky for many reasons, but if it succeeded, MacArthur believed, it would force the North Korean army to retreat back into the North and possibly result in the capture of much of the North Korean army. Join Evan and James as they discuss the Inchon landing, a crucial battle of the Korean War.

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.7	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.4	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.1	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.7	a podcast in which we discuss American history
0:28.9	through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.7	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.4	Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome back to Key Battles of the Korean War, a 10,000-foot survey of the first
0:48.1	major conflict of the Cold War.
0:50.2	I'm your host, James Early, as always.
0:53.2	And I am joined by my co-host, Army veteran and military historian Evan Muxin.
0:58.6	Evan, how are you doing this day, sir?
1:00.8	I'm doing quite well. Thank you for having it back.
1:03.7	Oh, my pleasure.
1:05.6	We're going to get even deeper into the war today, and we're calling this episode the Allies Strike Back, Inchon, Soul, and the breakout.
1:14.0	All right, watch Star Wars music on that.
1:16.9	Yeah, bomb, bomb, bum, bum, bum, but um, well, yeah.
1:21.5	Okay, so let's recap what happened last time, as we always do,
1:25.4	because I know most of youall probably didn't just finish listening
1:29.0	to the last episode. If you're like me, you forget things. So in our last episode, we saw that the
1:34.8	North Korean People's Army, or the KPA, Korean People's Army, invaded South Korea on June 25,
1:40.9	1950. That wasn't very nice of them, but they were ready and they were, well,
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