Holding the Pusan Perimeter: How American and Allied Troops Bought Time With Every Hill
Headline Wednesday: Pusan Perimeter – last-ditch line, Korean War follows the shrinking corner of southern Korea that the United States and its allies refused to abandon. From the dusty ridges west of the port of Pusan to the bends of the Nakdong River, this episode walks through the moment when retreat finally stopped and the line had to hold or the war might be lost. You will hear how exhausted American and South Korean units, joined by British and other United Nations contingents, dug in around the vital harbor that kept the fight alive. Headline Wednesday is the Wednesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the series is developed by Trackpads.com.
