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

[robert guertin <wanaki@infionline.net>]

What hardened Communist resolve and the attack of 60,000 against the S.Korean
positions, resulting in a significant breakthrough by the Chinese, and
the subsequent bloody hill battles to the end of the conflict, was the
release by S.Korean troops of 25,000 communist prisoners, who had refused
repatriation, by order of Sigman Rhee. It had nothing to do with Eisenhower.

walter e wallis wrote:

 I always believed that Ike's promise to go to Korea and end the war heartened communist resistance and prolonged the killing.Gene

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In a message dated 8/13/2003 6:40:55 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Home@DanSources.com writes:
 

Eisenhower was a pragmatic leader.
I think guidance by many of the agencies compromised
his Leadership on many positions not related to Korea.

Eisenhower was only president from January to July of '53 as far as the conflict went.  He had nothing to do with Inchon which occurred on September 15, 1950, according to Mike Yared's post which began this thread...  Are you saying his "brilliant generaliship" helped lead to the July 27th ceasefire?

Vincent