By September 1950, the Korean War appeared to be nearing a grim conclusion. The United Nations forces and the South Korean army were cornered in the Pusan Perimeter, a small defensive enclave in the far southeast of the peninsula, battered by constant North Korean attacks. The North Korean People’s Army (NKPA), though bloodied and overstretched, … Continue reading Inchon: MacArthur’s Masterstroke and the UN Counter-Offensive (September-November 1950)