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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
The Korean War Week 84: Inside Truman's Diary - January 27, 1952

04. The Korean War Week 84: Inside Truman's Diary - January 27, 1952

Things heat up in the Panmunjom Peace Talks, which each side arguing that the other side's proposals violate the Geneva Convention, but by the end of the week they talks are in recess. Naval aircraft pound the North Korean infrastructure all week long, though, and US President Harry Truman has a few things to say about the Soviet Union that the world may wish to hear.

14min
January 27, 2026
The Korean War Week 85:  Futilely Pounding North Korea? - February 3, 1952

05. The Korean War Week 85: Futilely Pounding North Korea? - February 3, 1952

The UN forces are by now having trouble just keeping their planes in the skies, thanks to shortages of spare parts, so for long can they maintain aerial supremacy over Korea? And though the aerial campaign to destroy North Korean infrastructure has been stepped up, so too has the enemy's ability to quickly rebuild. And at the armistice talks, the big issue this week is which countries will form inspection teams after an armistice, and who might be out of the question. The Soviets?

15min
February 3, 2026
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06. The Korean War Week 86: - February 10, 1952

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07. The Korean War Week 87: - February 17, 1952

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08. The Korean War Week 88: - February 24, 1952

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09. The Korean War Week 89: - March 3, 1952

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10. The Korean War Week 90: - March 10, 1952

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11. The Korean War Week 91: - March 17, 1952

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12. The Korean War Week 92: - March 24, 1952

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13. The Korean War Week 93: - March 31, 1952

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