RE: "The Inchon Landing: An Example of Brilliant Generalship"

["Jack Hwang" <jackchwang@comcast.net>]

> Why did not the UN perform another end round operation after the Chinese
entered the war?
> Or was there suxh a plan if the war had continued.?
> This is woulda shoulda coulda question.
> Dan

That might not be a good option after Chinese entered the war.  Another
landing like Inchon was always a big concern for Communists after 1951.
CPVA and NKPA both assigned a lot of dedicated troops to guard the
coast lines.  In September 1951, CPVA alone had 4 armies (which were
actually corps) at the west coast and 2 and half armies at the east coast
of Korea peninsula solely for this duty.

>From December 1952 to April 1953, in response to the UN's preparation
for a possible landing, Communists increased the strength of the coast
defense.  There were at least 6 CPVA armies, 2 NKPA armies, and 16
tank regiments deployed along the west coast, and another 2 CPVA
armies, 2 NKPA armies and 1 tank regiment along the east coast.

So it was not likely for UN to achieve another big success as in Inchon.

Jack