Read and Comment: Korean War timeline

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The troops that America had in place in Korea and Japan were not combat troops and were basically REMF's! That's why the North advanced so far so quickly IOTL! You would have to have blooded combat troops in place to hold like you indicate!
 
Well,there's only been one update so far..
I was asking for people to comment on this:
Rubbish. Japan's area is more than 70% larger than Korea (North plus South).

Korea's total population was 30M in 1950; Japan's was 83M.

I was trying to take the (ROC)Chinese exodus population into account.
But then, that might not really work.

After the whole idea is set, perhaps I will expand or make this into an actual TL.
 
not a bump. just realised why Kim would stop for a brief ceasefire however.
1. He wouldn't.
2. Mao would, however, want a buffer state and would gladly stop the war there.
3. Stalin would, on the other hand, have the growing paranoia of the Korean peninsula being overtaken by non-Communists.
so they would make this consensus:
I) Mao wanted a ceasefire so he would force Kim to agree with the de facto ceasfire. However, he would help North Korea being resupplied militarily and allow Korean-Chinese to be conscripted into the KPA.
II) Kim would, after accepting the load of military supplies, need to plan a reconquest of OTL North Korean territory by either getting there or taking enough POWs to bring South Korea and the UN to the conference table.
III) Stalin could only give the weaponry and hope for the best. If he intervenes more, it could bring more US participation in the war.
and then some things will happen similar to OTL Vietnam war:
i) North Korea will attack during the Lunar New Year holiday season.
ii) During the battle, they will execute large number of civilians (and POWs).
and all goes according to my TL.:D:D:D
 
All those who have just seen my thread, please look at my OP and comment on its possible ramifications.
those who have previously seen my thread, I'd like to ask if you can help me write this TL- I can cover the war itself but I wouldn't know its effects (which may be massive), US politics or its effects over the Cold War for example.
or, if you still believe there to be problems with my TL, please tell me about how it should be fixed by posting on this thread.
thanks.
:D:D:D
 
OK.
Did Mac ever actually visit Korea? I suppose he did... Him getting up in the front lines is in character; he did it several times during WW II.

MacArthur visited Korea seventeen times during the war. Each visit was only for a few hours. He never did an overnight visit. And he did get up to the MLR on occasion.
 
Without Chinese intervention, the war is over by Christmas. At least, it will appear that way to voters in the midterm elections. IOTL, MacArthur made a giant announcement right before Election Day about how Chinese intervention meant the war was going to be a long hard slog, and that the US was currently undergoing a cataclysmic reversal. The actual war might go into early 1951, but in November 1950 voters are going to see a foreign policy triumph similar to 1962. The Democrats should make gains. Now, this shouldn't be enough to stop Richard Nixon's win, but if Francis J. Meyers is reelected, Lyndon Johnson will have to work to get the Deputy Leadership from him. That's probably a piece of cake, though, as the Leadership was viewed as a death sentence before Johnson. It was so stressful that Lucas' doctor said he would have probably had a heart attack within a year had he won reelection, which is why the Deputy Leadership is so important even if Lucas wins in 1950. If Millard Tydings survives in Maryland, Joseph McCarthy will not get the serious credibility boost he got IOTL, and the intensity of McCarthyism will be cut short. Truman enters 1951 politically strengthened, and should be comfortably reelected in 1952 without Korea destroying his popularity.
 
MacArthur visited Korea seventeen times during the war. Each visit was only for a few hours. He never did an overnight visit. And he did get up to the MLR on occasion.
it said in Wikipedia that MacArthur actually visited the battlegrounds during the Battle of Inchon to inspect a leftover tank. Is it possible that this never happened? do I need another POD?
 
There's no way Mao or any Chinese leader will cede a portion of China for any reason, let alone to someone who is reckless and disobedient. Expect Kim Il Sung to suffer an unfortunate accident while in comfortable exile in Beijing instead.

I could just be having trouble finding it, but where did someone suggest ceding land?
 
Sorry to resurrect this. I got the link from another Korean thread and accidentally responded to this one instead of the newest one. Would just delete my post, but then EcoBoom might get the blame for raising zombies.
 
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