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Jan 2024
43m 40s

3 - They came from the north

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They came out of the gloom of the Manchurian winter, bugles blowing, and swept all before them – the Chinese had arrived and once again the Korean War took a dramatic turn. The threat of China’s Red Army had been dismissed by General MacArthur, but it proved a catastrophic mistake. The United Nations force was swept out of North Korea, a humbling for MacArthur as his forces endured the worst retreat in US military history.


Narrated by Paul Waggott

Written by Robin Scott Elliot

Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn

A Goalhanger Podcasts Production


Cast;

William Roberts as General Douglas MacArthur

Lance Fuller as General Stratemayer

Julian Alexander as Bulldog Walker

Tim Licata

Zhang Hongtao

Wang Hui

Boyoung Jo

WK C

Thomas Mitchells

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