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EPISODE · Oct 6, 2020 · 24 MIN

1.16 - Cornered: The Pusan Perimeter, August 1950

from Coming Together/Coming Apart: A History of the Korean War · host Trevor Owens

August 1950 was a month of stalemate, as United Nations forces on the Korean Peninsula, still entirely American and South Korean, were pushed to the brink. The battle line known as the Pusan Perimeter was the site of brutal combat, with the North Koreans trying to push their enemy off the peninsula and the South Koreans fighting for the fate of their country.

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1.16 - Cornered: The Pusan Perimeter, August 1950

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August 1950 was a month of stalemate, as United Nations forces on the Korean Peninsula, still entirely American and South Korean, were pushed to the brink. The battle line known as the Pusan Perimeter was the site of brutal combat, with the North...

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