Tag: Korean War

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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

27th June 2025
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Communist, Containment, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Truman, United Nations, USA

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.

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11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

11th April 2025
Tagged as: America, Korea, Korean War, MacArthur, Truman, United Nations, United States, USA

On 11 April 1951, Truman announced that he had removed MacArthur from his command and replaced him with General Matthew Ridgway, emphasising that military leaders must follow policies set by civilian authorities.

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25th June 1950: Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel, invading South Korea

25th June 2024
Tagged as: America, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Security Council, Seoul, South Korea, UN Security Council, United Nations, United States, USA

North Korean troops launched a surprise and quickly advanced southward to capture Seoul, the capital of South Korea, within days.

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27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection

27th April 2024
Tagged as: Aircraft, America, Cold War, Korean War, MiG-15, North Korea, Operation Moolah, United Nations, United States, USA

By the time the armistice was signed on 27 July, the money for Operation Moolah was still untouched as no pilot had brought their MiG-15 to South Korea.

Tag: Korean War

27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

11th April 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in Korean and Japan

25th June 1950: Korean War begins when North Korean forces cross the 38th parallel, invading South Korea

27th April 1953: The US launches Operation Moolah to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 jet fighter through defection

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

17th October 1814: London Beer Flood kills eight people when nearly one and a half million litres of beer sweep out of the Horse Shoe Brewery

16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland

15th October 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at his exile on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic

14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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