<p style=”margin: 0in 0in 8pt;”><span style=”mso-spacerun: yes;”><span style=”color: #000000; font-family: Calibri;”> </span></span><span style=”color: #111111; line-height: 107%; font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif; font-size: 10.5pt;”>Given the protracted conclusion of the war, who would you consider its winners in 1953? How about…[Read more]

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<span style=”color: #333333; font-family: ‘Georgia’,serif;”>HAMMER: Korea was the first war where the US Army rotated Soldiers in and out of theatre in significant numbers, a practice that has continued ever since. In doing practical and instructional knowledge is lost and…[Read more]

ABLE: What is your response to his tale of the Glousters, and how does that influence your perspective on the U.S. Army’s use of regimental affiliation?<b></b><i></i><u></u>

Gloucestershire Regiment, motto was “by our deeds we are known”, and by this motto it is clear that for the Glosters that they would before ever remembered  for their…[Read more]

Charlie: What do you think soldiers thought of their leadership at this point in the war? Why?<b></b><i></i><u></u>

Soldiers have lost their faith in their leaderships ability to effectively acknowledge the ability of the enemy and the way they where fighting. Brigades would maneuver into to traps and would be defeated and left to only figure out…[Read more]

FSC: Discuss the three advantages the CCF possessed over UN Forces. What can we learn from them?<b></b><i></i><u></u>

The first advantage the Chinese troops had was the element of surprise. They possessed the ability to enter into the war without anyone knowing as well as the ability to close and engage into direct contact with UN Forces without…[Read more]

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S3: What role did initiative play for UN Forces in the Pusan Perimeter and their subsequent breakout?

The Operation Flash Out was the most significant contribution in gaining the initiative that the Pusan Perimeter needed to gain a stronger foothold and allow an offensive attack against the North Korean forces.…[Read more]

S3: What warfighting functions contributed most to Americans’ continual defeat and withdrawal to the Pusan Perimeter in the summer of 1950? Answer generally or focus mainly on Task Force Smith for examples to support your analysis.<b></b><i></i><u></u>

Intelligence, sustainment, and maneuver war fighting functions  contributed most to the…[Read more]

How did the enemy exploit sustainment weaknesses to contribute to the US withdrawal to the Pusan Perimeter?

North Koreans knew that the American and South Korean forces where not ready to actually be in a large scale war  and they would be reliant on secure supply channels and infrastructure to continue fighting. The North Korean army had…[Read more]