Dec 3, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
Significant electoral victories and strikes by domestic socialist parties in France and Italy pushed the UK to insist on American military support for the Marshall Plan’s rollout. In the United States, there were divergent views on whether or not that was a good idea...
Nov 11, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
European recipients of the Marshall Plan funds were quite clear to the USA that they needed help keeping the socialists down and out of their countries. And the USA recognized that its own economic welfare rested on the revival of Europe. Funding a pro-capitalist...
Oct 31, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
We want to take a break from Korea to talk about the creation of NATO. Obviously relevant with the whole Ukraine situation. And it took on a new kind of mission during the Korean War. But let’s go back and look at where it came from. There something secret here that...
Oct 17, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
MacArthur is gone but he isn’t going quietly. He thinks he can rally his support into a run for the POTUS job. He is gravely mistaken. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW TO LISTENIf you are seeing this...
Oct 1, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
By April 1951, MacArthur wanted to nuke China. But Truman had had enough of his giant ego. It was time for him to go. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW TO LISTENIf you are seeing this message, it means...
Sep 9, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
Ridgway thought there was no reason for the US army to abandon the Korean peninsula. They just needed to do a better job of digging themselves in. The transformation of Eighth Army after the coming of its new commander astonished and profoundly impressed all those who...
Aug 29, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
General Matthew Bunker Ridgway, “The Soldier’s General”, takes over command of the 8th Army and his “back to basics” approach was exactly what was needed. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW TO LISTENIf you...
Aug 12, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
By early Feb 1951, it became evident that a military disaster for the UN in Korea wasn’t likely. Under the new command of Ridgway, after Walker had died in a jeep accident, the 8th army were holding on. Meanwhile in China… They also thought they could win the entire...
Aug 4, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
In December 1950, MacArthur and Truman are both threatening the use of atomic weapons against China and North Korea. Meanwhile, the British are trying to talk them into making peace with China, while Truman struggles with massive unpopularity back home. There...
Jul 16, 2022 | Podcast, Premium |
While Cam is in the USA, the lads sit down to have a lazy chat about the highlights of the last six years of talking about the Cold War. There something secret here that only members can see. Probably an audio player or something. HOW TO LISTENIf you are seeing this...
