{"id":96046,"date":"2025-06-11T09:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=96046"},"modified":"2025-06-11T09:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T13:42:15","slug":"the-korean-war-week-51-china-achesons-cold-calculus-june-10-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/06\/11\/the-korean-war-week-51-china-achesons-cold-calculus-june-10-1951\/","title":{"rendered":"The Korean War Week 51 &#8211; China: Acheson&#8217;s Cold Calculus &#8211; June 10 , 1951"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YJ4eRYackjA?si=zyP4RtauKHXuIoGV\" 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 10 Jun 2025<\/p>\n<p>The UN forces Operation Piledriver gets bogged down by the weather and the terrain. 8th Army Commander Jim Van Fleet says that though the enemy has been hurt, he still has another big offensive left in him by summer&#8217;s end, but there are murmurs and hints that some of the forces fighting this war are ready to talk about an armistice. And in the Senate, Dean Acheson spends five solid days talking about the US position on China.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters<br \/>\n00:00 Hook<br \/>\n01:00 Recap<br \/>\n01:28 Operation Piledriver<br \/>\n04:04 ROK 6th Division<br \/>\n07:18 Van Fleet&#8217;s Appraisal<br \/>\n08:18 Armistice Overtures?<br \/>\n17:00 Summary<br \/>\n17:15 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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