Pusan saved from the rear
Logistics of the KPA cut.
Two pulses (island, city) then an inland capital fight. Teach the Han, not only the ladder over the wall.
Exploitation south-north was a political choice dressed as momentum.
Principles
Seoul's second 1950 liberation
A Korean capital fact.
A success that licensed overreach
The Yalu road.
Seawall
The urban waterfront obstacle that replaced a sandy beach. Read as a 15-19 September 1950 (landing and city; Seoul follows to 28 Sep) concept in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea.
Yellow Sea tides
Extreme range that set a two-pulse plan. Not a present instruction.
Steps
- Pusan holds
1950-08: The perimeter makes a rear landing thinkable.
A dated beat of Battle of Inchon in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. Sequence as history, not as a campaign to copy.
- Briefing fight
1950-08-23: MacArthur's 45-minute argument with JCS visitors -- a famous staff scene.
A dated beat of Battle of Inchon in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. Sequence as history, not as a campaign to copy.
- Wolmi bombardment
1950-09-13: Naval/air prep of the island.
A dated beat of Battle of Inchon in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. Sequence as history, not as a campaign to copy.
- Wolmi-do
1950-09-15-am: Morning tide; island taken.
A dated beat of Battle of Inchon in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. Sequence as history, not as a campaign to copy.
- City landings
1950-09-15-pm: Evening tide; seawalls.
A dated beat of Battle of Inchon in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. Sequence as history, not as a campaign to copy.
- Inchon secured
1950-09-16-19: Port opens; Kimpo next.
A dated beat of Battle of Inchon in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. Sequence as history, not as a campaign to copy.
Diagrams
From Pusan holds (1950-08) through Inchon secured (1950-09-16-19) to China enters (1950-10-25+) in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea. One sequence, not a staff overlay.
Douglas MacArthur (UNC) and Arthur Dewey Struble (Joint Task Force 7) sit at the centre of most English accounts; Syngman Rhee and Kim Il-sung correct the usual photograph.
Limits
Source limits
Figures such as "UN/ROK dead in the hundreds at Inchon-Seoul; KPA dead and captured much higher -- published bands vary" stay in ranges because records are incomplete, political, or still closed. How many died? is answered as a band.
No how-to
Battle of Inchon is described as history. This page does not teach weapons employment, coup method, or attack planning.
Memory bias
English-language fame of Battle of Inchon and local memory in Inchon (Incheon) harbour and the approach to Seoul, Korea are not the same map. Kim Il-sung is often the correction the first photograph drops.
Tide ranges are 1950 hydrography. They are not a current assault manual.
Urban Seoul fighting is described as cost, not as a street-fighting lesson.