I find the Korean War fascinating as an overview reads like a bad military fic
Extremely fluid front line in its first year sees the South pushed back to a coastal pocket, then the UN launches an amphibious invasion halfway up the country that collapses the North and sees troops pissing into the far north river, then China invades and it settles into trenchlines for 3 years
Now a frozen conflict, no Kim isn't a Chinese puppet despite them fighting his war, biggest impact on Western culture is M*A*S*H*
Feb 3, 2026 16:04Truman and MacArthur assume the Chinese are capping about crossing the border, MacArthur behaves like a gangster instead of a soldier, Britain stops paying for teeth and eyecare to pay for artillary shells
