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The Korean War Week 81: Ridgway Admits the UN is Little Threat! - January 6, 1952

01. The Korean War Week 81: Ridgway Admits the UN is Little Threat! - January 6, 1952

The year may have changed, familiar faces come and go, but some things remain the same. The POW issue continues to dominate and frustrate armistice talks, the fear of an expanded war in Asia re-emerges, and the snow remains cold. The war found no end and no pause in either 1950 or 1951, but third time's the charm, surely?

16min
January 6, 2026
The Korean War Week 82: Operation Strangle Isn't Strangling! - January 13, 1952

02. The Korean War Week 82: Operation Strangle Isn't Strangling! - January 13, 1952

Operation Strangle, to destroy enemy logistical capability with air power, has been in progress for months now, and yet the enemy is still able to bring up men and supplies, and even slowly stockpile them for possible future offensives. The UN position now is that should there be an armistice, and should the other side break its terms, retaliation would be broader and would include actions against Communist China, but will the UN have the force to do such retaliation? That is the question.

16min
January 13, 2026
The Korean War Week 83: The Medics' War! - January 20, 1952

03. The Korean War Week 83: The Medics' War! - January 20, 1952

There's discussion- and disagreement- in UN Command and Washington about whether or not to poll all the POWs the UN side holds to see where they would like to go should they be released. There are arguments for and against this, and it brings up a couple different interpretations of the Geneva Convention. This week we also talk a lot about recent medical advances in field medicine in Korea, and the development of the 'Medics' War'.

16min
January 20, 2026
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04. The Korean War Week 84: - January 27, 1952

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January 27, 2026
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