Remembering the Incheon Landing Operation 69 Years Later

[TomSea]

Remembering the Incheon Landing Operation 69 Years Later
GIKorea | September 16, 2019 | Korean War | 2 Comments

This weekend is the 69th anniversary of the Incheon Landing Operation that turned the tide of the Korean War. It will be interesting to see who in the current Moon administration will take the time to attend any memorials to the U.S. troops that died executing the operation.

Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez of the Marine Corps is shown scaling a seawall after landing on Red Beach. Minutes after this photo was taken, Lopez was killed when smothering a live grenade with his body. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

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The Inchon Landing: Operation Chromite
GIKorea | September 15, 2005 | Korean War | 12 Comments

The Incheon Landing, code named “Operation Chromite” is quite possibly the most recognized action taken during the Korean War and what is most amazing about the operation is the fact that it happened at all. Just about every general in the Pentagon was against General MacArthur’s plan to invade Incheon because of the great danger involved in navigating Incheon’s infamous tidal flats. Everyone else was convinced that Kunsan or even Osan south of Incheon were better locations to launch an amphibious operation of this magnitude. MacArthur knew that this is where the North Koreans would expect the UN forces to land and the North Korean were in fact making preparations for landings in these areas because they believed no one was foolish enough to try and land at Incheon. Well no one accept General MacArthur.



MacArthur convinced the Secretary of Defense that his plan was the right course of action and eventually using has famous flare and prestige MacArthur was able to convince the Joint Chief’s of Staff and President Harry Truman to sign off on his plan. However, visions of landing crafts trapped in the Incheon mud which would be sitting ducks for the North Korean artillery raced through everyones minds.

Fortunately the successful   “Operation Trudy Jackson”   put those fears to rest. ...

More at: http://www.rokdrop.net/2005/09/the-inchon-landing-operation-chromite/

[Absalom]

Deception and surprise are at the core of successful war, as Sun Tzu affirmed!

[PeteS in CA]

At that point, the NoKos had almost entirely overrun the Korean Peninsula, except for the area around Pusan, at the end of the peninsula. Landing at Incheon bypassed and cut off much of the NoKo army. Besides landing where not expected, Incheon was farther north, making escape more difficult for the NoKos.