That feeling when youtubers with some computers and a camera can blow away whatever documentary Netflix or the History Channel could produce

It really makes me sad how the veterans that fought in Korea were essentially forgotten even more so than Vietnam vets

My late neighbor was a Korean War vet. He was a good man, he and his wife Jean always bought my siblings and me gifts and would even babysit us from to time because they loved having us over now that their own kids were all grown up. I remember he drove a big, funny-looking brown van he was always working on. He was like another grandfather to me. I only found out about his service after he passed and Jean gifted me his old books, some of which were on the Korean War. Rest in peace Don Hollyfield.

It's ashame this war has mostly been forgotten because of it being sandwiches in between WW2 & Vietnam. My father fought in this war, and I couldn't never get him to talk about it, he always said it's best to leave it alone.

My Tio Raul fought in this war. He was wounded and sent home. I forget the name of the battle he was in. He died just this last week in his sleep at his home. He was 92 years old. RIP Tio.

Chinese: Okay we need to name our offensive a cool name U.N. : H O M E B Y C H R I S T M A S O F F E N S I V E

My grandfather also participated in that war. He died 10 years ago. I remember he told me when I was a child that the Chinese who went to Korea at that time went with the determination to die.

My Mother's father was a Captain piloting a Mustang that took AAA fire that damaged his engine. He crash landed on a hill and was unable to be recovered due to high levels of hostiles in the area. He was never recovered and my grandmother held hope until she saw his name at the punchbowl in HI. R.I.P. Capt. Matusz I have always been amazed at the overall loss of life in the Korean conflict. Almost the same loss of US troops as Vietnam , but in a third of the time. Thanks to all who served.

*struggling to push the North Koreans* Mc Arthur :"Nuke them" *China joins the war* Mc Arthur: "Nuke them too"

Fun fact: Chinese Commander Peng slaped Kim il sung twice for his bad decisions.

72 years today. Remembering all the soldiers that fought and died in that war. God Bless Them All.

As a Korean I can't say thank you enough to Veterans who helped South Korea! 😭Can't believe They call it 'the forgotten war'! we call it 6.25 war and we always remember how the world came into a poor country of south Korea for a good cause!! ❤💙 🤍🖤 Thank you SO MUCH for your services!!! ✊✊✊✊

My Great-Uncle was part of the 25th ID, 27th Infantry Regiment. He was taken by hostile fire on the morning of Sept. 13th at Chindong-Ni as part of the Pusan Pocket defense. While the war may be "Forgotten" he won't be so long as I am alive. He was only 19. His memory has been extremely important to me and has encouraged me to live up to his courage. One of the few things the family got back was the blood stained bible that he apparently had in his breast pocket when he was killed. James Edgar Taylor, you are not and will not be forgotten.

I know a man that was in the 24th Infantry Division, the first into Korea in 1950. Today he is 92 years old.

"UN authorizes US forces to cross into North Korea" is the funniest sentence I've heard

I was stationed at Camp Stanley with the 6/37 FA from Sep ‘02 to Dec ‘03. I learned a lot about the war while there (even saw a defection, that was wild). In the south, the people refer to the war as “The Great Tragedy”, those that defected from the north were told in school that the war is referred to as “The Korean Liberation”.

My father was in the US Air Force in this war. He survived but died at 39 years old in 1969. Thanks for the excellent history lesson!

You know China has a lot of divisions when they start with a 118th division!

The war itself was a struggle within North Korea, but the United States volunteered to put its forces closer to China and the Soviet Union. It was actually a mean political war.

My great grandfather fought in Korea. He was one of the 1000 men from our country (Greece) that was drafted to fight. He was a great fighter with many medals for his bravery.

Korean War, China : "Don't cross 38th parallel!", US : "No way, shit!" Vietnam War, China : "Don't cross 17th parallel!", US : "Yes Sir!"

The Temporary border that became permanent in stark contrast to the Permanent border that became temporary in Germany...

I really love your work guys. Well structured and easy to understand. Awesome graphics. I would like to know what program you are using. it's cool

My grandfather's best man was a marine in the korean war. He was on oxygen half his life. My grandfather always said he froze his lungs in the war. Of course that was just a term. But, when talking to him about the war. He said his lungs were never the same. Where he was, temps were always -30 to -50 degrees which I can't imagine. He said against rules they would build fires from gas with anything to make a heater. Old shell casings to pouring gas on the ground to stay warm.

The Chinese joint staff estimated an amphibious landing in several possible ports but most probably in Inchon and if, in Inchon, the landing time was precisely forecasted down to not only the date but also minutes according to the tidal history. This warning was sent immediately to North Korea but was ignored.

Amazing documentary. I love the battle visuals (has that video game feel). I've read a lot about the Korean War but still learned some things I didn't know.

I grew up listening to my grandfather telling me stories about Vietnam. I was around 12-14 when this would happen. I was the only one he talked to about it, not even my grandmother. When he died his gravestone said Korea and Vietnam. I'm not sure if that was because he was in the Army during the Korean War, or if he actually served in Korea. I'm working on getting his service records. I have a hard time finding Korean War Documentaries, this was great.

My grandfather fought for the chinese PVA army. He was sent in 1951 towards the latter part of the war. When i asked him whether he fought side by side with the north koreans, he says he only saw north korean corpses😂.....and that they fought the allies completely alone....nobody moved an inch during the day, and the supply situation became so dire for certain PVA units they were munching their belts(made of cow hide) for food....

Actually China underestimated North Korea’s attack on South Korea because the Soviet Union and North Korea never notified Mao. At that time, China was preparing to regain Taiwan and did not want to put its power on North Korea, but Stalin took the initiative to provoke a war on the Peninsula and changed the world situation. The United States also deployed the Seventh Fleet in the Taiwan Strait to stop China. The United States and the Soviet Union, at the same time, are reluctant to reunify China. This is their few consensus.

Thanks so much! I’ve been subscribed to this channel since it’s earlier days and it’s really helped me to understand the Cold War which is a big part of my syllables! I have a test in the next few weeks on the Korean War and other Cold War conflicts so thanks for the timely release of this documentary!

Such a GREAT job, I love the setup of let's say game pieces to illustrate the boundaries and advances.. A+ So good.. 👍

My Grandfather was a 1st Lt. who led a platoon of troops into North Korea for the 1st Cavalry div. He was proud of his time there. He was injured by a shrapnel grenade and wasnt able to fire a weapon anymore and was sent home. He was there for 3 months and considered himself one of the lucky ones since he came back in relatively good shape as compared to his fellow soldier who had lost both his legs.

I remember my Dad reading the paper in 1950, and saying to my Mom, "looks like we're going to war again." I was 6 1/2 years old, and I remember being horrified, saying, "Oh, no!" (They assured me we were okay here in Texas). I now wonder, HOW I knew what war even MEANT, since we had no TV yet, and I was only 19 mos old when war ended with Germany, and 22 mos old when it ended with Japan... This proves we should be careful about the disturbing information we discuss in presence of our babies and toddlers.. They absorb our discussions so young!

The forgotten war. Even though I think I know a lot about this, I'm going in knowing I will learn so many new things, such is the quality of the research. May all who were involved rest in peace.

A very well put video. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

Absolutely excellent. Thank you

Your graphics are superior. Really good work. 💕

my great uncle fought and died there, ı hope one day, ı can visit him. greetings from Turkey.

I didn’t know how bloody this war was for both sides! This was an excellent video…very detailed and informative

It’s crazy that a war this relatively recent is already almost forgotten. It’s a tragedy

my friend‘s grandfather is a chinese veteran who had ever participate against the UN army，he said he have never afraid to death although many of his comrades-in-arms got dead during the war when they are fight against his enemies because homeland are behind their back，they have not reason to backward

Love the video. Great work

30:55 "Home by Christmas Offensive" I've heard this one before, it's a classic!

Awesome documentary guys

I just discovered this channel. Literally had no clue the Korean War was so intense just assumed it was like Germanys West and East division didn't realize their was such a massive conflict.

Absolutely Stunning

When it comes to Chinese intervention in the War, there are lots of finger-pointing between those viewing the war from different vintage points. Before anyone accuses anyone of "re-writing history", it behooves the accuser to first do some research into what the history is supposed to look like by relying on academically credited resources. Here are some scholastic consensuses in the West on Korea War related issues: *1, prior to the war, both Koreas were actively preparing for war and determined to conquer each other by military means.* No credited historians question the fact that South Korea under the dictatorship of Rhee Syng-man was just as hell-bent on militarily crashing the North as Kim was on crashing the South. His government was so antithetical to the division of Korea that South Korea government took no part in the subsequent peace negotiation and didn't even sign the truce in 1953. Rhee never recognized the 38th line and various plans had been drawn up by South Korea of invading and annexing the North.(Since South Korea's democratization in late 1980, these plans had long been declassified.) The only problem was the South Korea army was much weaker due to the less-than-abundant American military aids/weapon transfer. (In contrast, the Soviet sponsored the North lavishly.) While the North attacked first, the intention of eventually crossing the 38th line and vanquishing the other side on battlefield was the same for both sides. *2, Kim Il-sung started the war without China's knowledge.* Kim and CCP were indeed allies. The former lent the later substantial support when CCP was on defensive in Manchuria under the KMT's onslaught during 1946-1947. When CCP finally turned the tiding around in Chinese Civil War in 1949, Kim approached Mao and asked for reciprocal support in the upcoming Korean Civil War. To Kim's chagrin, Mao sternly warned him against starting a war, pointing out the fact that unlike the Chinese Civil War, which was purely a domestic affair, the 38th line was legitimized by the UN resolutions. Crossing the line inevitably risked Great Power's intervention. The disappointed Kim went to Moscow instead and acquired Stalin's approval. When North Korean launched sudden attack on June 25th 1950, CCP leadership was as caught off-guard as the South Koreans. *3, CCP's interests and intentions were aligned against being dragged into Korea War in 1950.* The Battle of Hainan, the last major battle of Chinese Civil War only ended in May 1950. KMT, though having largely retreated to Taiwan, was still in control of many groups of islands right off the Chinese coast, where it stationed its army that was still half a million strong. Its powerful air-force and navy completely dominated the air and sea and regularly bombarded the Mainland targets. In vast parts of Southwestern China, where CCP marched in only a few months before, the disintegrated Nationalists forces were reorganized in to guerrilla bands and continued to wage mobile wars against CCP, giving the latter a taste of its own medicine.(The assortment of anti-Communist forces had 2 million fighting men in 1950, and compelled CCP to launch the "Banditry Elimination Campaigns", which raged on up until late 1952.) At the time the CCP's attention and resources were entirely dedicated to consolidating its control of the Mainland, building its air-force/navy from scratch, readying its force for the "liberation" of Tibet, and preparing for the upcoming Battle of Taiwan, which was planned to be launched in the summer of 1951. The last thing CCP wanted was being dragged into a foreign war before the final defeat of KMT. Even more nightmarish for CCP was the scenario of American intervention into the Chinese Civil War on the side of KMT. The need to avoid such occurrence was the primary reason why Mao strenuously tried to dissuade Kim from stirring up trouble in Korean Peninsular while the Chinese Civil War was still raging on. *4, US moved its fleet into Taiwanese strait immediately after the war's outbreak.* The fact Kim took the matter into his own hand without informing CCP did not register with the Americans, who saw the Communist world as a monolithic block, where all Communists were puppets of Moscow. (Such block-based perception was also the catalyst for America's intervention in Vietnam War a decade later.) On on June 27th, two days after the war's outbreak, Trumen ordered the 7th fleet to sail into the strait of Taiwan and declared the inclusion of Taiwan into America's strategic defense circle in the Pacific. From CCP's perspective, it was an act of naked aggression - the USA, despite its emphatic assurance of non-intervention in the Chinese Civil War, (as uttered in the official White Paper it issued in August, 1949,) now blatantly went back on its own words and entered the Chinese Civil War without any provocation from CCP. *5, CCP only moved to preparing intervention after the UN force pushed north of the 38th line.* There had been debate among the Allies as to whether to stop at the 38th line, or to cross the line only to further destroy the North Korean army and then withdraw back to the South, or to push for the complete destruction of the North Korean state and the annexation of all its territories to South Korea. General MacArthur most adamantly insisted upon the last option and he prevailed in the end. It represented a controversially "expensive" interpretation of the UN mandate, which simply defines the objective as "stopping aggression". It also ignored RPC's repeated warning that PRC would not "sit and watch" should the UN force cross the 38th line. On Oct1st, UN force crossed the line. On Oct. 8th, CCP's Politburo reached the decision of sending in PVA. On Oct 15th, MacArthur assured Truman the Chinese were simply posturing and the UN force would secure the Chinese Border in the next few days and the war would be over by November and the soldiers would return home before Christmas. On Oct. 19th, PVA crossed the Yalu River. The rest is history. *6, Kim Il-sung would enter Manchuria should he be defeated in North Korea.* Pursuant to the existing treaties signed between CCP and Kim's party (initially in 1947 then again in 1949), in the event of defeat on Korean Peninsular, CCP was obligated to permit Korean Communist's retreat to Manchuria, where it could regroup and set up a guerilla base as it did in WWII. Further more, Stalin gave CCP explicit instruction that Kim should rebuild his force in Manchuria if he was forced out of North Korea. That would be disaster for CCP and China in general for two reasons: firstly it would significantly undermine China's sovereignty in Manchuria, given that Kim would operate as a "state within state", enlisting support from local Korean ethnic minorities. (It would bear directly analogy to the Palestinian Liberation Organization's retreat to Jordan, and later Lebanon, after its expulsion by Israel. The PLO's creation of a "state within state" led to both war with Jordan and Lebanese Civil War.) Secondly, it would likely trigger UN invasion of Manchuria, justified by the same "expensive" interpretation of the UN mandate. Given the UN force ignored the Inter-Korean border in pursuit of Kim, there was little reason to believe it would definitely stop at the Chinese-Korean border should Kim retreat to Manchuria. CCP was in no position to defy Stalin by refusing Kim's entry. The only effective strategy of forestalling its happening was to not let Kim be pushed out of North Korea. *7, even without Kim's retreat to Manchuria, there were many signposts suggesting the US might be planning to use Korea as the springboard to launch direct invasion of Mainland China in coordination with KMT.* General MacArthur visited Taiwan on July 31st, where he made some dramatic speeches on solidarity with the Nationalists in common struggle against the Communists. There was also the discussion on airlifting Nationalist divisions directly to Korea. (Remember, this was 2 month and 1 week before the CCP decided to participate in Korean War.) KMT propaganda made maximum hay of the visit, proclaiming it as the beginning of Chinese Civil War Phase II, where KMT would fight alongside Americans to take the Mainland China back, starting from Manchuria. Chiang Kai-shek himself was thrilled at such proposals. (Ever since KMT's loss of Mainland China, its propaganda machine had been dialed up to 11, blaring out assertions 24/7 that the defeat on Mainland was merely a temporary setback, and the US would join the war soon, and the counter-attack was imminent.) The war plan KMT drafted up involved deploying four Nationalist army groups to Korea to attack across the Manchurian border, and a massive simultaneous amphibious assault from Taiwan. Blessed with hindsight, we know now that Truman eventually overruled MacArthur and refused to endorse Chiang's attempt at escalation. CCP leadership in the summer of 1950 did not know that. With American soldiers a stone's throw away from Yalu River, the prospect of American invasion of Manchuria on behalf of KMT did not at all seem far-fetched.

wonderful documentary!

One of the best historical channels on KZfaq, the animations and narration only gets better and better

Clear info and beautiful editing. As a fellow history content creator, I can tell this likely took an insane amount of work!

As a Marine in VN (Jan '69-Aug '70) with 1/1 1st Marine Div--I am grateful that my destiny in conflict was not in the one in Korea. The winter & subsequent "advancing in the opposite direction" of the 1st Marine Div @ the Chosin Reservoir I think may have been my swan song (subartic temps would have neutered me). Veterans of the Korean War have never received the respect & acknowledgement for the sacrifices & achievements made by them. Every chance I get during any visits to the VA Medical Center, I always try to take an extra moment to pay my respect for their unheralded service. To ALL VETS 👍

My grandpa fought in the Korean war and passed away this year January 31st. RIP grandpa

Hi all from Philippines 🇵🇭 your watching I love shouth Korea 🇰🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️

Most people says that history was boring. Well, this channel prove them wrong 😏

It's mind blowing how this conflict which could have evolved into another full fledged world war is sadly forgotten by the majority of the world.

My late grandfather was in the Corps of Engineers in Korea. He was such a stud, VERY tough, VERY smart. After the war he worked as a civil engineer for Union Pacific then IDOT. He actually invented the first rumble strips, annoying but saved lives. He died in front of me due to a heart attack in 1987. His wife never had to work and he put six children through college. He was a hard man but I will always admire him.

Some of these battles would make great movies. and I got to say I love the video, I love the little map war that you got going on, it's awesome!

Recently at the Seoul airport border-control, an elder Chinese tourist arrived at the window. „Have you visited Seoul before, sir?“ asked the officer, „oh yes,“ answered the tourist. „Hmm, how come I don’t see any visa record?“ asked the Officer. With a mysterious smile on his face, the Chinese answered, „I did not need one, when I visited 70 years ago“.

My grandfather was part of a handful of hybrid Army/USMC intelligence units. Unfortunately most of his record was burned in a fire at the national archives for the Army, but I do have a picture of him being awarded a medal by his CO who was a Marine while he was just an Army grunt. His CO was a Col Green or Greene.

Awesome video!

This was amazing, I didnt take my eye's off it once from start to finish.

By the way . Its not a forgotten war . 1/5 Earth people will remember this war for ever ----1.4B Chinese citizen.

Great vid!

Thank you very much for your all the service and we never forget!

Nice one.. keep going

If I were the general of the Chinese army at that time, I would have no way to push the Allied forces back to the 38th parallel from the border with comprehensive air and sea control, excellent logistics and excellent equipment. This is simply unbelievable. Don't talk about the crowd tactics anymore, before the equipment advantage, the crowd tactics have no effect at all.

this was an incredible presentation.

My grandpa served in Korean War, as part of one of the only 2 UNC forces who weren't beaten badly and the only one who held the line against Chinese First Offensive, the 10th BCT of the PEFTOK. That contribution was so underrated, but fondly remembered by Koreans. Although K&G forgot that contribution, it is fine, because we know what my grandpa and fellow Filipino soldiers sacrificed themselves for freedom.

A relative of mine went off to fight in this war and ended up having a distinguished military career, he rose to Lieutenant-General and was knighted by the Queen in later life. I'm obviously biased but I think his book on the conflict, detailing his experiences with the Paras, is pretty enjoyable. It's called "In the Shadow of the Sword" by Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley. He was nicknamed Farrar the Para.

I came all the way here with the KZfaq algorithm. I was born and grow upped in South Korea, a country where the Korean War broke out. We learn about Korean history from an early age and always learn about the Korean War. Sometimes I feel sad whenever I hear that the Korean War is a forgotten war in a other country. Even if everyone else forgets this war, we will never forget this war. Thank you for your service. We will never forget your sacrifice.

Great video! 👍

This is my favorite documentary on the conflict, it's so detailed.

The most important consequence of Korea war is it deterred US from crossing into North Vietnam for a total victory, bit instead stuck in the south defensively the whole time.

The 3d animations are awesome, keep up the standerd guys!

5% of comments: “my grandfather fought in this war” 95% of comments: “Where are the Philippines?”

This was a great documentary

I just hate how forgotten the vets are I’m blessed enough to have my grandfather who served in Vietnamese and his brother who was airborn in koria

Before the war: CCP:look at how chiang kai shek fought against us, American equipment is WEAK USA:look at how chiang kai shek fought against CCP, Chinese army is WEAK In battle: bothside: S H * T, chiang kai shek fooled us!

Good content, and very well narrated but a bit to over the top with the graphics and background noise. I really dunno about the black and white TV either.

My grandad who's British was in this war he wouldn't talk about it he just told me he seen and did horrible things you could tell he was really affected by it he sadly passed away three years ago to cancer I miss him so much

JUST WISH NORTH AND SOUTH WILL REUNITED IN FUTURE❤️🙏GOD BLESS PEOPLE OF KOREA

Okay I got confused why the Kings and General intro was playing on the Cold War channel :D

I was fighting in the Korean War 1951 to 1953 was decorated with military medals most proud of my medals is The Ambassador For Peace medal.

I was drafted to the American Army to fight in Korea in 1951-1953 against the North Korean regime since then after my Honorable discharge I first worked for the post office then after saving some money I opened a neighborhood grocery store later on I worked for Safeway after 24 years I retired at age 63 I'm now age 95 .

Please make a sequel to this. I want to learn about the rest of the battles and locations. The animation is amazing!

My grandfather in my father side was One of the 5 Battalion Combat Team (BCT) that was sent by the Philippine Republic during that time he Was assigned to the 10th (BCT) thanks for this sharing this video

nice video

the sound of the artillery needs to be a little bit louder, i still sometimes can hear a couple of words.

We are always grateful for your sacrifice. Thank you for protecting me. From Korea ❤️

Do more East/Southeast/South Asia specific cold war topics, the less covered ones, like "Sino-Soviet Split" "Sino-Vietnamese War" etc...

Outstanding job

An excellent documentary. Many thanks. I was in a boarding school when the war started. I well remember how, dare I say thrilled, we boys were and took a great interest in the daily news from Korea. I particularly remember the "Glorious Gloucesters" and their brave contribution to the war. There retreat from the North was legendary. Kind regards to all viewers, February, 2023.

lower some of the background sounds of gun fire and etc to avoid muffle of narration in future vids....its not as bad as most others vids that made this mistake but its fairly up there

A little known fact. There was a second Korean War that happened over decade later. But thanks to Vietnam (which was going on at this time) this war is even more forgotten than the first one. My compliments to all those who made this video a reality.

Thank you

As Japan was put under the sole occupation of the United States, Japan avoided division and proper punishment from the Allied Forces or Asian countries. In this way, Japan was able to easily escape from war responsibility and achieve rapid economic growth under the protection of the United States amid the Cold War. During this process, Korea, which groaned under Japan's colonization, experienced the tragedy of being divided instead of Japan. In the end, the Korean war broke out.

Great video. The only minor improvement would be the lowering the volume of the sound effect of explosions as they frequently drown out the narration.

I'm currently parked next to a Korea war memorial in my hometown watching this.

People love to criticize MacArthur, and he certainly was arrogant, but the landing at Inchon was pure genius. Not sure any other contemporary US commander would have conceived of it, let along pulled it off.

My grandparents tell me about what it was like living during the war. My grandmother on my mother's side was a child during the war and they broke down their door so they could cross the Han River and escape the North Korean army. On my dad's side, my grandfather was captured by the KPA and thought he would be executed but managed to escape and hide in a ditch. It's very upsetting this division still exists today