{"id":95051,"date":"2025-04-09T04:00:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T08:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=95051"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T18:22:16","slug":"the-korean-war-week-42-seize-hwacheon-reservoir-a-dam-good-idea-april-8-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/04\/09\/the-korean-war-week-42-seize-hwacheon-reservoir-a-dam-good-idea-april-8-1951\/","title":{"rendered":"The Korean War Week 42 &#8211; Seize Hwacheon Reservoir? A Dam Good idea &#8211; April 8, 1951"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qICBB4Mkfq0?si=lVD4DWvj1bqg6rL_\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Korean War by Indy Neidell<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 4 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p>Operation Rugged is in full swing, and it&#8217;s taking a decent amount of territory, but Matt Ridgway is worried about the possibility of the enemy blowing the dam at the Hwacheon Reservoir and flooding his army, so he gets set to try and soon take it. Meanwhile there&#8217;s an explosion in Congress in Washington DC, when the Minority Leader openly reads Douglas MacArthur&#8217;s letter of his plans for the war that are diametrically opposed to those of President Harry Truman. Truman realizes that he&#8217;s going to have to remove MacArthur from UN command.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<br \/>\n00:57 Recap<br \/>\n01:31 When to Fire MacArthur?<br \/>\n03:53 Joe Martin Speaks<br \/>\n07:11 Operation Rugged<br \/>\n09:23 The Hwacheon Reservoir Dam<br \/>\n13:35 Summary<br \/>\n13:51 Conclusion<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source list: <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/Korean_War_Sources\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/Korean_War_Sources<\/a><br \/>\nArchive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nDirector: Astrid Deinhard<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCreative Producer: Marek Kami\u0144ski<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nResearch by: Indy Neidell<br \/>\nMap animations by: Daniel Weiss<br \/>\nHead of Cartography and 3D Map animations by: Andreas Olsson<br \/>\nMap research by: Tom Aldis<br \/>\nGeoreferencing and GIS Development by: Pascal Bracamonte<br \/>\nEditing and color grading by: Simon J. James<br \/>\nArtwork by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<br \/>\nSound design by: Simon J. 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