The Korean War: 5 Things to Know | History

The spread of Communism in Korea led to a battle that was brief yet bloody, and a national divide that exists to this day.

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[brysongreen]

Had to watch this for school, thank you history channel for contributing to me being overwhelmed these past few weeks.

[paroxysmparoxysm]

Seems odd not to mention Chinese forces and losses.

[Autobotmatt]

North Korea troops didn’t drive UN key word there back to the 38th parallel it was the Chinese forces.

[ryanpuri]

not to mention the filipino soldiers that fought like spartans against 40k chinese soldiers

[rehil]

not much for history as others said you missed the major reason that there was a stalemate if not for the incursion by forces of China there would be no North Korea the Russians were not keen on sending there Motherland troops to fight in Korea

[aaron___]

I worked with a guy who said more were lost to the cold than combat. He lived it.

[nathalyzavala]

I’m supposed to be making a T chart but I can’t make notes if there’s no captions like are you serious

[michaelgodsonsirens]

You neglected to explain about half of the conflict. Extremely poor video.

[syco_Rax]

At 0:14 I didn't know that Captain America symbolised Capitalism...

[unnew]

1:20 lol wear long sleeves next time 😂😂

[andrewclark]

His palms are sweaty...knees weak arms are hairy.

[iaimtoplease]

Was anyone distracted by his superhairy forearms and no-hairy arms? 2:57 Nice job, btw!

[nicklassalette]

The History channel is the absolute last place I go to when I wanna learn some history.

[pacificstatesofamerica]

That's the wrong DMZ boundary after the armistice...

[XjestR]

He didn’t mention certain things, especially his yeti arms. Apparently it stops once it hits his shirt :/

[huh]

The border isn’t at the 38th parallel anymore the border isn’t straight anymore

[Joe-hfjz]

no mention of China's role in Korea?

[anaisvalladares]

No transcript, no captions, doesn't seem very assessable to me :/

[UrAverageFandomFann]

who else was distracted by the fact that his forearms were superhairy but his arms werent-

[danielwiltse]

Excuse me you missed the part when China invaded!!!