This is a Korean War Quiz.
Same rules as other quizes. Question, saying if it is right or not
if right then the person who ansered gets to ask a question.

ok
Here is a REALLY Easy one,
What side was US on?

aaaaahh, south korea

Originally posted by #1 Person
What side was US on?
South Korea's, the UN's, what ever you wanna call it.

Note: previous editing was because I accidnetally broke the rules, started asking a new question before getting the "okay"

pawpaw
Your are right

what does u.s.a.k.m.a.g. stand for

can u give us a hint?????? been researching for 6 days!

Originally posted by PolishAssassin
can u give us a hint?????? been researching for 6 days!
united states of america korean military advisiory group, mostly called kmag--ask a question

heres an easy one.

what event caused the Chinese intervene? be specific

The US/UN soldiers approaching the Chinese border?

Allied forces crossing the Yalu river.

not quite, the Yalu river is the river that forms the border of North Korea and China. try again

think of the demilitarized zone.........

ok that was the easiest question i had (now we know y they call it the forgotten war)

when the UN forces crossed the 38th parallel into North Korea. the Chinese were forced to act because their main source of power came from North Korea (and the fact they were communist).

question goes to first poster

I was thinking that, but I didn't want to say it because it seemed too easy. :)

What did Douglas McCarthur advocate just before he was sacked by Truman?

Hint: It was the cause of his sacking.

he wanted to nuke them

nuke who?

the North Korea

Ehh, I can't accept that, but you're close. Think someone who it wasn't yet declared war against at the time, and this move would certainly engulf the entire region in war.

commie china

Thank ya. You got it!

keeping with the maccarthur theme, what did he want from taiwan that got him in trouble

soldiers?

edit: cheap american "made in Taiwan" toys? :devil2:

[QUOTE]Originally posted by PolishAssassin
soldiers? [/QUOTE

yes, maccarthur figured if the red chinese were fighting in korea why not bring thousands of taiwan chinese over to fight them ( they wanted to, they were offered ) but mac said this on the radio without talking to truman-who was pissed

How did the Chinese treat POW's?

They tried to brainwash them didn't they? IIRC, they gave Americans phony stories about how bad America was doing while they were away. However, they also gave them a Christmas "party" I believe.

meh close enough. ur question naervod

When were the landings at Incheon and which US divisions took part in them?

September 15, 1950. the 1st Marines and the 7th Infantry

Correct, your turn.

pass to first poster. lets make this more than a two person game :)

pass to first poster. lets make this more than a two person game

OK, I'll pose a question:

What was the main role of the Indian combat soldiers sent to Korea?

indian like hindus or American Indians?

Indians from India.

Here's a hint: they performed a vital role towards the end of the war, a role which only a country in India's position was able to perform.

mmmh.....they.......formed a Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission to handle the disposition of prisoners refusing repatriation, they also helped w/ medical supplys sometime int he war.....

they brought war elephants? i dunno

Edited. See below.

nothing. they ran hospitals while providing medical and humanitarian aid during the war.

While there was an Indian hospital in Korea, the Indian government also sent a significant number of combat troops to the peninsular.

Actually, when I re-read Stalin's post, it turns out that he got it (well, 99% of it, which is more then close enough for me)

The Indian government sent a Parachute brigade to the peninsular at the end of the war where the paras acted as neutral troops overseeing the transfer of prisoners (including the Communists who refused to go home). India was well placed to take on this role as it was the only independant Asian nation which had a sizable and professional military and which hadn't directly taken part in the fighting.

so i get to ask now?
heres a REALLY hard one.

WHO WAS "MR WHITE BOOTS"? AND HIS EFFECT IN THE WAR. specailly towards north korean and chinese troops.

Seeing as this has gone unanswered for 4 days, I think that a clue would be in order ;)

As a guess, I'll say that 'Mr White Shoes' was Stalin - I'm pretty sure I've seen a few photos of him wearing said footware. As for his policies towards NK and Chinese troops, he was happy to supply them as long as they kept fighting. However, his attitude to the war cooled as the Chinese and NK negotiators refused to budge in the peace negotiations, despite the fact that they clearly no longer had the ability to change the course of the war. It's been sugested that this cooling in Stalin's attitute was a key reason why the war finally dragged to an end.

I don't know his name, but he was some kind of general. The Americans dropped leaflets with his picture, in fancy white boots, next to pictures of Korean soldiers with shoes in poor condition.

Edit: Was it the leader? I can't find his name.

Originally posted by trumpeteer
I don't know his name, but he was some kind of general. The Americans dropped leaflets with his picture, in fancy white boots, next to pictures of Korean soldiers with shoes in poor condition.

Edit: Was it the leader? I can't find his name.

shoes in poor conditions? they had no shoes at all!. u got the answer :).

i dont really need the name, bucause is really kind of unknown. but u game me what i was asking for.

Cool! I don't even know that much about the Korean War, I just remembered that little fact from the History Channel. But does that mean that I ask a question now?:confused:

yes, it is ur time now :)

Well, I guess I'll give it a try...

What commander of the U.S. navy in WWII later served some time in Korea, but was relieved by Truman because it became known he wanted to use nuclear weapons?

douglass macarthur

MacArthur was from the army and never the navy though...

cant think of anyone in the Navy whod want to use nukes tho.......

PolishAssassin got it. MacAurthur was in the navy. Remember when he invaded the Phillipines, Nobunaga?

Darn! Didn't think it would be that easy... Next question...

Who commanded the Chinese in the war?

maccarthur in the navy--what???

macarthur never was in the navy but i see where hes comin from. remember, macarthur headed the famous "Rainbow Division" in WWI which was an ARMY division.......

Originally posted by PolishAssassin
remember, macarthur headed the famous "Rainbow Division" in WWI which was an ARMY division.......

why not ,HE was in the army:) --he was a grad of west point

the chinese commander when they crossed the yalu was lin piao, later on i don't know

MacArthur was never in the navy. HE was an army GENERAL, and he headed the *LAND* attack in the Philippines, which was an ARMY operation (IIRC might have been supported by the USMC).

Originally posted by Oda Nobunaga
MacArthur was never in the navy. HE was an army GENERAL, and he headed the *LAND* attack in the Philippines, which was an ARMY operation (IIRC might have been supported by the USMC).

i agree,to say he was in the navy because he was on a ship is to say that nimitz became an army general because he came ashore to talk to maccartur

Originally posted by pawpaw
the chinese commander when they crossed the yalu was lin piao, later on i don't know

lin piao would be the most logical, but who really commanded the chinese has been a closely guarded secret in china, and noone is 100% sure.......exept the chinese govt. :lol:

Originally posted by stalin006


lin piao would be the most logical, but who really commanded the chinese has been a closely guarded secret in china, and noone is 100% sure.......exept the chinese govt. :lol:

lin was in command of the 4th field army-the army that crossed into korea, later when they had several armies-1952-53 i don't know, i'm sure there was a higher command that commanded that many units

yeah, but no one really knows who it was............ mmmh....... or maybe is the wrong war....... oh well, i tried

Originally posted by stalin006
yeah, but no one really knows who it was............ mmmh....... or maybe is the wrong war....... oh well, i tried

no, you may be right--i would think that a single army would be headed by its commander with no one above, but like you said the chinese were secretive ,so....

Originally posted by Oda Nobunaga
MacArthur was never in the navy. HE was an army GENERAL, and he headed the *LAND* attack in the Philippines, which was an ARMY operation (IIRC might have been supported by the USMC).

Really? I could've sworn he was in the navy... Oh well, the point got through, even if I proved I'm an idiot in the process.

Originally posted by trumpeteer


Oh well, the point got through, even if I proved I'm an idiot in the process.

this is the history forum, you were not wrong, just not right in the correct way

sorry, not quite. Marshal Peng Dehuai was assigned to command the Chinese on Oct. 8 1950 and he remained at that position until the end of the war. The fact was, Mao asked Lin Biao to command the Chinese, but he was concerned about the American fire power and refused, with scarce support from his generals, Mao had to summon Peng Dehuai back from Northwest region to ask him to take the job, Peng agreed with Mao's view on the Korean situation and took the task of commanding the PVA.

question is up for grabs :)

yall do know that means anyone can post a question......

what was operation "chromite"?

The ampbious landing at Inchon involving the US 1st Marine Division, 7th Infantry division and a collection of ROK and British marine units.

:goodjob: yes

OK, here's a question:
What common feature did the British, Canadian and Philipino forces sent to Korea have that that the Australian, Belgian, Dutch, Ethiopian, Thai and Turkish forces were lacking?

Here's a hint: such weapons played a very important role in the inital North Korean victories in the war.

flamethrower?

I'm afraid not.

mortors

Nope - everbody had lots of mortars in Korea - they were very useful in the rugged terrain.*

Here's another hint: Kursk



*(The only exception to this may have been the Dutch, who didn't have a heavy weapons company in their battalion. But I suspect that they had some 60mm weapons within the rifle companies.)

Tanks ...?

anti-tank mines

Originally posted by nonconformist
Tanks ...?

Correct! The British, Canadian and Philipino forces where the only 'UN' forces which included tanks.

The British sent a battalion of armour (Centurians and Cromwells), and the Phillipinos and Canadians each had a company attached to their forces (the Canadians used M4 Shermans, as did the Phillipinos before replacing them with M-24s).

As an aside, much of the North Koreans inital sucess can be attributed to their tank force. The South Koreans had no amour other then some M8 amoured cars, and their heaviest anti-tank guns were 37mm guns, which didn't stand a hope of stoping the North Korean T-34s. Similarly, the North Korean armour played a major role in the rout of the first American forces sent to Korea following the invasion. One only has to read a description of the fate of Task Force Smith to see how effective the North Korean tanks were against poorly motivated troops troops lacking effective AT weapons.

Sorry about this but I don't know much about this subject but that was a lucky guess so an easy question based on the film...... what did M*A*S*H stand for?

mobile army surgical hostipal

Originally posted by pawpaw
mobile army surgical hostipal

:goodjob: :)
correctm sorry it was not really a challenging question but I am not very resourceful about the Korean war, but the forum i al yours!

What is "moose" and "sexyass" in Korean?

quess i'll ask my question now:rolleyes: , what advantage did the average north korean soldier have over his south korean and american opponent in 1950( an important one )

A combination of tanks, artillery, training and suprise? (all of which were rare commodities in the South Korean and American armies in Korea in 1950).

1 of your 4 kinda touchs on it, but not quite ( key word is soldier is think )

They actually had experience

Originally posted by nonconformist
They actually had experience

yes, some 30-40% of the north korean infantry had served in the chinese civil war for 2-3 years in actually combat conditions.

Fantastic that actually I got another one right! Honetly I have almost no knowlege of the Korean War so I leave this question open to anyone

Is anyone actualy going to ask another question

ummmh....... oh i got an easy one:
why was the USSR unable to veto the UN resolution to send troops to korea in aid to south korea?

didn't they leave the u.n. in protest of taiwan being a member and not red china when the korean vote came up