Oko četiri miliona mrtvih
Korejski rat 1950. - 1953.
http://www.avaz.ba/galerije/foto/korejski-rat-1950-1953
Posljednjih dana smo svjedoci porasta tenzija na Korejskom
poluostrvu između sjevernog komunističkog režima, na jednoj strani, i Južne
Koreje potpomognute SAD-om, na drugoj strani.
Zadnji put kada su se sukobile ove zemlje, u ratu koji je
trajao od 1950-1953., prema podacima UN-a, bilo je skoro četiri miliona mrtvih.
Fotografije iz ove kolekcije služe kao podsjetnik na strašni
sukob 50-ih godina prošlog stoljeća.
(Avaz,Sarajevo )
Douglas MacArthur
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_MacArthur
He led the United Nations Command in the Korean War until he
was removed from command by President Harry S. Truman on 11 April 1951.
On 25 June 1950, North Korea
invaded South Korea,
starting the Korean War. The United Nations Security Council passed Resolution
82, which authorized a United Nations (UN) force to assist South Korea. The UN empowered the
American government to select a commander, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff
unanimously recommended MacArthur. He therefore became Commander-in-Chief of
the United Nations Command (UNCOM), while remaining SCAP in Japan and Commander of the USAFFE.
All South Korean forces were also placed under his command. As they retreated
before the North Korean onslaught, MacArthur received permission to commit U.S. ground
forces. All the first units to arrive could do was trade men and ground for
time, falling back to the Pusan Perimeter. By the end of August, the crisis
subsided. North Korean attacks on the perimeter had tapered off. While the
North Korean force numbered 88,000 troops, Lieutenant General Walton Walker's
Eighth Army now numbered 180,000, and he had more tanks and artillery pieces
By July 1950, MacArthur was planning "large scale
combined amphibious operations .. “MacArthur
compared his plan with that of General James Wolfe at the Battle
of the Plains of Abraham, and brushed aside
the problems of tides, hydrography and terrain. In September, despite lingering
concerns from superiors, MacArthur's soldiers and marines made a successful
landing at Inchon, deep behind North Korean lines. Launched with naval and
close air support, the landing outflanked the North Koreans, recaptured Seoul and forced them to
retreat northward in disarray. Visiting the battlefield on 17 September,
MacArthur surveyed six T-34 tanks that had been knocked out by Marines,
ignoring sniper fire around him, except to note that the North Korean marksmen
were poorly trained.
On 11 September, Truman issued orders for an advance beyond
the 38th parallel into North
Korea. MacArthur now planned another
amphibious assault, on Wonsan
on the east coast, but it fell to South Korean troops before the 1st Marine
Division could reach it by sea. In October, MacArthur met with Truman at the
Wake Island Conference, where the president awarded MacArthur his fifth Distinguished
Service Medal. Briefly questioned about the Chinese threat, MacArthur dismissed
it, saying that he hoped to be able to withdraw the Eighth Army to Japan by
Christmas, and to release a division for service in Europe in January. He
regarded the possibility of Russian intervention as a more serious threat.
A month later, things had changed. The enemy were engaged by
the UN forces at the Battle of Unsan in late October, which demonstrated the
presence of Chinese soldiers in Korea
and rendered significant losses to the American and other UN troops.
Nevertheless, Willoughby
downplayed the evidence about Chinese intervention in the war. By 24 November,
he estimated that up to 71,000 Chinese soldiers were in the country, while the
true number was closer to 300,000. That day, MacArthur flew to Walker's headquarters and he later wrote:
“For five hours I toured the front lines. In talking to a
group of officers I told them of General Bradley's desire and hope to have two
divisions home by Christmas ... What I had seen at the front line worried me
greatly. The R.O.K. troops were not yet in good shape, and the entire line was
deplorably weak in numbers. If the Chinese were actually in heavy force, I
decided I would withdraw our troops and abandon any attempt to move north. I
decided to reconnoiter and try to see with my own eyes, and interpret with my
own long experience what was going on….”
photos
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Douglas MacArthur
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/353669/Douglas-MacArthur
When the Korean War began in 1950, MacArthur was soon
selected to command United Nations forces there. After stemming the North
Korean advance near Pusan, he carried out a
daring landing at Inch’ŏn in September and advanced into North Korea in
October as the North Korean Army rapidly disintegrated. In November, however,
massive Chinese forces attacked MacArthur’s divided army above the 38th
parallel and forced it to retreat to below Seoul. Two months later MacArthur’s troops
returned to the offensive, driving into North Korea again.
On April 11, 1951, Pres. Harry S. Truman relieved MacArthur
of his commands because of the general’s insubordination and unwillingness to
conduct a limited war. Returning to the United States for the first time
since before World War II, MacArthur at first received widespread popular
support; the excitement waned after a publicized Senate investigation of his
dismissal.