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    Posted: 08-Nov-2004 at 19:47
Why is the Korean war considered the "forgotton war?"
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  Quote babyblue Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Nov-2004 at 01:52
              'cause it's not important enough to be taught in most highschool texbooks in most countries..
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  Quote JanusRook Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Nov-2004 at 10:21
Well the Korean War was just an offshoot of WWII and was the first battle of the Cold War. It just doesn't fall into a nice category. Also in the grand scheme of things nothing was gained and the nations are still at war so....
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Nov-2004 at 20:53
yeah nothing effectively was accomplished by anyone.  It would have been best if the UN forces had stopped in 50 after booting the commies out and not crossed the paralel.
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  Quote Genghis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Nov-2004 at 21:25
It was relatively short, isolated to the Korean peninsula, and ended with basically a status quo peace.
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  Quote Gubook Janggoon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Nov-2004 at 20:43
Ah I see.  I've also been starting to hear about the Vietnam War as "the other forgotten war."  Has anyone else?
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  Quote hannibal Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18-Nov-2004 at 22:46

Old movies about Vietnam War can be found many on the list of Hollywood. As for Korean war, how many about it you can find?  In fact, most Chinese like Americans, for they help us in WII,when we fight Japanese invasion(though they help us for their own interest).   

If Korean war was emphasized again and again in USA, it's equal to emphasize the hatred between the two great people.  I guess the war was forgotten by America on this purpose.     



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  Quote cattus Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 00:02
It has been said here that nothing was gained from the Korean War,would not have millions more Koreans lived the past fifty years in a brutal Stalinist type communism?
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 15:11
that is true, it was right to protect south korea, but the counter attack into the north is the mistake, it made China get involved and killed many more people for no different a settlement.
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  Quote JanusRook Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 17:56
We should have invaded China and ended the cold war there, then perhaps all the world would be on equal footing.
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  Quote Tobodai Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19-Nov-2004 at 19:43
uhm yeah except we couldnt just "invade china" macaurthur wanted too but Truman knew the Soviets would open up with nukes and also the Chinese army was doing a good job checking our forces in the field.
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  Quote sephodwyrm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-Nov-2004 at 12:13

Actually, the PLA is doing a good job destroying the South Korean armies that Mac Arthur sent to cover his own advances and reterats. The PLA did not do fantastic jobs in destroying the US forces...though there's a Turkish brigade that fought hard and heroically. I am just sad that Turkey, which has given so much to the UN and NATO, doesn't even have a place at EU.

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  Quote coolstorm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Nov-2004 at 03:13

"We should have invaded China and ended the cold war there, then perhaps all the world would be on equal footing."

If you had, the result would have been the complete opposite of what you thought it would have been.

Just because UN forces got close to China, China sent an army into Korea and pushed back the US and SK troops. What makes you think that SK would've been able to invade China successfully while the US was not able to?



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  Quote Gubook Janggoon Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Nov-2004 at 17:53
Originally posted by coolstorm

"We should have invaded China and ended the cold war there, then perhaps all the world would be on equal footing."

If you had, the result would have been the complete opposite of what you thought it would have been.

Just because UN forces got close to China, China sent an army into Korea and pushed back the US and SK troops. What makes you think that SK would've been able to invade China successfully while the US was not able to?



What Makes you think he was talking about SK?  He meant UN.
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  Quote sephodwyrm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Nov-2004 at 21:14

UN could not possibly have the strength to invade China. They're already struggling with the Chinese and North Koreans in the Korean peninsula already.

And I think the failure of the UN to even make North Korea capitulate is already rather clear.

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  Quote dark_one Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-Nov-2004 at 22:19
 With Chinese human recources and Soviet technologyt he alliance was undefeatable. At least USA got another colony our of it as did the Soviet Union. Now that the SOviet Union has collapsed and lost all it's colonial possessions(Eastern Europe and parts of Asia)  The countries that effectively became USA colonies( Japan, SK, and Western Europe) are now joining with former Soviet Colonies and abandoning USA. There might be a reunification of Korea sometime in the next 50 years.
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  Quote Omnipotence Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-Nov-2004 at 22:29
Only problem is that the Chinese and Russians didn't get along very well during the Cold war. In fact, they had different sizes of railroads along their borders so that they can't put troops across. To me, China really got lucky in the Korean War. First of all, the UN side had an idiot general<he was doing great in WW2, don't know what happened to him here, maybe too cocky> while the Chinese had a military genius. Then there's also the death of Mao's son in the war. If he hadn't died, then probably China would be nothing but a bigger N. Korea.
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  Quote sephodwyrm Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-Nov-2004 at 20:20

I don't think the death of a leader's son can be attributed to how China didn't become a big North Korea. Rather, it goes on to show how the Chinese officer cadres were really leading by example. The early Chinese Communists were extreme idealists.

Mao also have a daughter. Why didn't she come to power?

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