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The U.S. Forces that went into Korea were unprepared in both equipment and temperment for that war. But they still managed to stop the invaaasion of the south, overun almost all of North Korea and stop a massive Chinese intervention.

Not bad for a "bunch of Imperialist weaklings"

Actually, in Korea, we stopped the N. Korean invasion by sucking them far to the south and outflanking them and then defeating them and occupying the North.

The Chinese invaded in massive numbers and pushed us back until we ultimately stopped them and an armistice was put in place ... never a peace or surrender ... which holds to this day. We cannot underestimate the Chicomms or their numbers and willingness to use them like they did at Chosin.

If Truman had allowed McArthur to defeat the Red Chinese before they invaded, there would be only one united Korea today, I do not believe Vietnam would have ever happened and China may well have thrown off its communist dictator and been a free nation to balance against the Soviets all of those years.

But Truman turned internationalist (globalist) on us and fired McArthur and replaced him with someone who would follow his orders to allow the overwhelming numbers of Chicomms to continue to build and attack when we could have (and IMHO should have) preempted it. That, IMHO, is where we made the mistake in Korea and it has established a pattern, legacy and image of us in the minds of other nations ever since.

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The U.S. Forces that went into Korea were unprepared in both equipment and temperment for that war.

I understand that many of the occupation divisions that were brought over from Japan only had 2 of their full complement of 3 Regimental Combat Teams.

Yes, absolutely true, the US troops that went were unprepared and under-equiped

Similarly, the Chinese troops were foot-soldiers, and had no trucks or carriers to ferry them around. They rely on forced marches.

The Chinese also had no communication equipment like radio or walkie-talkies, and relied on bugles to sound attack or retreat.

They relied on mules to ferry their supplies.

The USAF had complete air-superiority

The Chinese were illiterate peasants, they never went to schools, colleges or Westpoint Military Academy.

Some of our own American Generals, had said , after the war was over, that, under the circumstances and situation that they were in, (and according to military science,), the Chinese Commanders were tactically correct to use the human-wave tactics.

But the Chinese did treat our boys who were captured and became POWs much much better, and 100 times more humane than the way the North Koreans treated our POWs. Americans prefered to be captured by Chinese rather than N.Koreans.

This humane treatment of POWs is very Sun Tzu who wrote, "Always treat your captured enemy troops well. When, after capturing a city, do not destroy it, and treat the people well...."