Recent erroneous postings in the Infantry section and the post about the Suez incident really got me thinking about a few things. The Korean war, often called 'The Forgotten War' was an amazing example of cooperation between allies. The sudden, overwhelming attack by the North which saw autrocities often forgotten like the North Koreans marching civilians over mine fields in order not to slow their advance, mass murder you name it, but yet a dedicated coalition that overcame adversity in it's truest sense.
The Korean War was almost of WWIII proportions, and thrust the west against a CHicom army of overwhelming strength at a time when most nations were weary of war and in fact still were largely stocked with WW II hardware. Just look at the numbers.
TROOP STRENGTHS
Peak strength for the UNC was 932,964 on July 27, 1953 -- the day the Armistice Agreement was signed:
Republic of Korea 590,911
Columbia 1,068
United States 302,483
Belgium 900
United Kingdom 14,198
South Africa 826
Canada 6,146
The Netherlands 819
Turkey 5,453
Luxembourg 44
Australia 2,282
Philippines 1,496
New Zealand 1,385
Thailand 1,204
Ethiopia 1,271
Greece 1,263
France 1,119
Even Sweden, had a few hundred that set up a field hospital that remained there until 1957
In light of recent events there now, how do you think the world would react if say a nuke was launched at South Korea
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