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

[robert guertin <wanaki@infionline.net>]

Ed,

Another factor that mitigated against the communists was the death of Stalin in
March of 1953, coupled with the shift of the center of gravity to Vietnam.

Robert

Ed Evanhoe wrote:

> Dan,
>
>  >>At 09:50 PM 8/12/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >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. <<
>
> There was a lot of pressure from the UN to negotiate a ceasefire and the US
> went that route thinking the negotiations would take only a few months.  As
> it turned out, it was two years.  The Chinese, the North Koreans and their
> Soviet Union backers didn't get real serious until Eisenhower sent word
> shortly after taking office in 1953 either this stalling would end or he
> would settle the matter militarily.  At this point he ordered the military
> to begin preparing logistics for a two-airborne, one Marine and two
> (additional) Army infantry division landing in North Korea with
> Wonsan-Hungnam as the initial landing area.  The preparations began very
> openly in Japan, South Korea and the US so everyone would know, or believe,
> Eisenhower was serious. I don't know if he was or this was a bluff but,
> given his military background, think he was dead serious.  Apparently this
> was enough to get the ceasefire talks off center since a couple of months
> after logistics began being established, the Chinese and North Koreans got
> serious and the war ended.
>
> Ed