In the summer of 1950, a small but determined American force known as Task Force Smith found themselves on the front lines of the first encounter against North Korea. This clash, set against the backdrop of the Korean War’s outbreak, pitted the ill-equipped US troops against the relentless North Korean advance.
Undeterred by their outdated weaponry and comprising mainly green recruits, Task Force Smith confronted an imposing challenge with singular determination: halting the North Korean tank column armed with Soviet T-34/85 tanks.
The outcome of this historic encounter would not merely test the mettle of Task Force Smith but also set the stage for the tumultuous chain of events that would shape the course of the Korean War…
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There are more Countries that Honor American Soldiers Better than America does.
Had a Budy at church, I always got him BLACK Coffee in the mornings. He loved Hanging out with me at the coffee and doughnuts wafting for Chinese or Korean Students to Speak with them and exercise his skills. My Friend was a US GI Interpreter and forward Observer and double dutied spilling out BS Orders and Info to the Enemies While Listening to their radio traffic. I was the Only One "I knew of" who he told his stories, one of a Very Nasty Attack he used his radio jeep to evacuate wounded Koreans under direct and in direct fire, and Came Back, did it again.
Always short Water mostly, then all the tools needed for War.
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KOREA, was Marshall Stalin at his best, he assumed he had the greatest army in the world, and was ready to spread Communism!
I grew up with men who were in Korean war, the stories they told were engaging to say the least. Hoards of Chinese soldiers coming over a ridge line one after the other and being mowed down by fire from half track for hours on end. Being pushed back every day because the US had inferior weapons and the politicians not understanding what needed to be done. I see this same scenario starting right now with the lack of courage from the generation of cowards we are raising today.
Forgotten war or not there should be a movie made about Task Force Smith 😒😒😒
Truman was an idiot
They mention the Soviet Union being absent from the security council vote. Another benefit was that the vote representing China wasnt the PRC/CCP. It was government we know today as Taiwan.
They weren't just North Koreans. They were North Korean Communists.
Years ago, I read a book about this from the point-of-view of US Army senior NCOs and officers who were WW2 veterans. They recalled watching a massive number of unstoppable North Korean tanks and soldiers. US and RoK soldiers were retreating in mass and disobeying orders to stand and fight. An NCO who fought at the Battle of the Bulge said the fear and panic was the same; and he couldn’t believe he was going to be in another “Battle of the Bulge” and survive again.
Training with the ROK Army and ROK Marines in '05 was one of my favorite time in the Corps. Nice country
I have the task force Top Secret battle orders that were declassified and then burned in a barrel but not b4 photographed.
Marshall Stalin was the man behind the Korean War. That bastard was trying to make ww3.
Tell me again about the ruthless part?
I get choked up when I see the look on the Faces of the Soldiers from task force Smith.
Another click bait false title. Dark docs ans other Dark videos have stooped to this false title more and more over the months.
Thank you for changing and softening your narration delivery. MUCH appreciated and so much difference!!!!
This video sucks. The title causes you to believe that US did well in this fight instead of getting the crap beat out of it.
Truman had the balls of piss-ants…had he built up the military instead of cutting funds, the entire Korean peninsular would be free and democratic…Truman's grave is full of the blood of Americans soldiers killed in North Korea…the 38th parallel is bullsh't…
Outstanding documentary! Kudos to your writers, editors and historians….This YouTube channel truly offers some of the best military history reporting available on the internet. If we do not study history….we are destined to repeat it. Just read the News for proof.
____J.esus Christ Returns, repent of sin and OBEY the LAW of the Father… Y..A,,H.. is a egipt DEMON, BEWARE … (HalleluJAH is a PAGAN word)
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Where was the Air Force?
will you try this again to invade north korea?
my dad was an army MP in korea just before the war broke out so glad he was transferred stateside before the fighting began otherwise I might not be here ⚛😀
Any hearings as to how such a colossal failure could have occurred???
Guys on the ground suffer death and destruction, yet politicians, planners and top brass escape unscathed???
MacArthur ..spent one night in korea ..one
For my eighth grade history fair project I interviewed one of my dad’s friends who is a medic in the Korean War and he talked about how they would tie frozen soldiers together like sandbags to the Jeeps to stop the bullets while they medevac’d people
North Korea…the cesspool of Asia.
Why do you just put any old B&W film even if it has nothing to do with what you are talking about?
The Chinese were not in the war till later and they weren't from the KMT. Just bullshit you should sack your editors or give them a history lessons.