The Norks where well equipped (by the Soviets) modernized and fought “fair” and treated prisoners with respect. Regardless the Marines and the US Army kicked their butts and Dug Out Doug wanted permission to cross into China. Well they came at us first. The Chinese were merciless bastards and massacred prisoners. I don’t think the Norks and the ChiComs Army ever really got along very well.
“The Norks where well equipped (by the Soviets) modernized and fought “fair†and treated prisoners with respect.”
That is false propaganda. The Koreans serving as soldiers in the Japanese Army during World War two were notorious for being notably more vicious and murderous towards POWs than the other Japanese soldiers. During the Korean War the North Korean soldiers were noted for being more cruel and murderous than the Chinese soldiers. See:
The US reported that North Korea mistreated prisoners of war: soldiers were beaten, starved, put to forced labor, marched to death, and summarily executed.
The KPA killed POWs at the battles for Hill 312, Hill 303, the Pusan Perimeter, and Daejeon—discovered during early after-battle mop-up actions by the UN forces. Later, a US Congress war crimes investigation, the United States Senate Subcommittee on Korean War Atrocities of the Permanent Subcommittee of the Investigations of the Committee on Government Operations reported that “... two-thirds of all American prisoners of war in Korea died as a result of war crimes.”
Although the Chinese rarely executed prisoners like their Korean counterparts, mass starvation and diseases swept through the Chinese run POW camps during the winter of 1950—51. About 43 percent of all US POWs died during this period. The Chinese defended their actions by stating that all Chinese soldiers during this period were suffering mass starvation and diseases due to the lack of competent logistics system. The UN POWs, however, disputed the claim by pointing out that most of the Chinese camps were located near the easily supplied Sino-Korean border, and that starvation was used to force the prisoners to accept the communism indoctrinations programs, which were running in full swing after the starvation was over.
Korean War Atrocities: Interviews with Prisoners of War Documentary Film
YouTube ^ | n.d. | The Big Picture, U.S. Army, Signal Corps Pictorial Center
Posted on ‎12‎/‎9‎/‎2015‎ ‎10‎:‎09‎:‎37‎ ‎AM by WhiskeyX
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