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Inchon: MacArthur's Last Triumph
176 pages, Hardcover
First published November 1, 1979
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April 14, 2013
"...the last great amphibious battle in history--Inchon." (page 37)
Was MacArthur's confidence that the Inchon landing would be successful due to SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) that showed that the enemy was not strong at Inchon?
"...radio intercepts indicated (North Korean leader) Kim Il-sung planned to commit everything to capture Pusan before the UN could introduce forces to stop him. ... This meant that the bulk of NKPA (North Korean) combat units would be south of the Taejon-Taegu axis on the proposed (Inchon) landing date." (From page 177 in the book titled In Mortal Combat, Korea, 1950-1953, by John Toland, copyright 1991.)
"MacArthur retorted, in answer to questions from a battery of critics, that 'the very arguments you have made as to the impracticabilities (risks) involved will tend to ensure for me the element of surprise. For the enemy commander will reason that no one would be so brash as to make such an attempt.' " (page 44)
"Two hundred miles behind the front line Inchon was weakly defended by a garrison that never expected its enemy to attempt such a lunatic operation." (page 17)
Was MacArthur's confidence that the Inchon landing would be successful due to SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) that showed that the enemy was not strong at Inchon?
"...radio intercepts indicated (North Korean leader) Kim Il-sung planned to commit everything to capture Pusan before the UN could introduce forces to stop him. ... This meant that the bulk of NKPA (North Korean) combat units would be south of the Taejon-Taegu axis on the proposed (Inchon) landing date." (From page 177 in the book titled In Mortal Combat, Korea, 1950-1953, by John Toland, copyright 1991.)
"MacArthur retorted, in answer to questions from a battery of critics, that 'the very arguments you have made as to the impracticabilities (risks) involved will tend to ensure for me the element of surprise. For the enemy commander will reason that no one would be so brash as to make such an attempt.' " (page 44)
"Two hundred miles behind the front line Inchon was weakly defended by a garrison that never expected its enemy to attempt such a lunatic operation." (page 17)
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