Korean War #39: 'An Entirely New War'

When Diplomacy Fails Podcast

Zack Twamley

Phd, International Relations, Korean War, European History, 17th Century, 18th Century, Politics, 20th Century, Thirty Years' War, History, 19th Century, War, First World War

4.8 • 773 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2018

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Truman continues to set up his General, as the allied soldiers wander into the consequences on the Manchurian border...

Episode 39: ‘An Entirely New War’ focuses on that moment in the conflict when the Chinese finally pulled the trigger and invaded in massive force between late October and late November 1950. After months of diplomatic manoeuvring, Mao Zedong seemed to finally have had enough and believed that the moment had come to act in force. This decision, fully in line with the aims of the Truman administration, would destroy the plans of General MacArthur and reverse overnight the sense of superiority and positivity which had dominated his staff since the triumph at Inchon.

As an episode it is a long one, but it is also a critical pivot of our story and contains too many vital threads to list here. Within we’ll see shattered dreams, fulfilled ambitions, distraught soldiers, zealous communists, hopeful North Koreans, confused subordinates, wasted resources, missed opportunities, unexpected bravery and so much more. It’s an episode which ties so many important elements of our narrative together, and it really has to be heard to be believed.

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0:00.0	I'm Hello and welcome history friends patrons, patrons all to the Korean War episode 39.
0:34.2	Last time we introduced you guys to a different, one may even say controversial, perspective of events.
0:40.7	In this episode we continue our story in an atmosphere of tension,
0:44.9	as rumour and whisper surrounding the likelihood of Chinese intervention seemed to invade all discussion.
0:51.2	Here we finally see the wave breaking upon Allied hopes, as MacArthur and the
0:55.4	Allies were caught dumbfounded by the force of the two Chinese responses, and left confused by
1:00.8	the pause in between. We cover roughly the middle of October to the end of November to tell this
1:05.7	story, and it is one of immense frustration, indignation and horror as the Korean War becomes,
1:11.4	in MacArthur's own words, an entirely new war. Let's see how it all went down then in this somewhat whopper
1:17.2	episode as I take you to the middle of October 1950.
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