Argument
Pusan plus a map of Inchon.
Without the Pusan Perimeter there is no Chromite -- a landing needs a war still alive in the southeast.
MacArthur's Tokyo briefings are a civil-military document as much as a plan.
Timeline
- Pusan holds
The perimeter makes a rear landing thinkable.
- Briefing fight
MacArthur's 45-minute argument with JCS visitors -- a famous staff scene.
- Wolmi bombardment
Naval/air prep of the island.
- Wolmi-do
Morning tide; island taken.
- City landings
Evening tide; seawalls.
- Inchon secured
Port opens; Kimpo next.
- Han and Seoul
Urban fight for the capital.
- Seoul ceremony
Rhee and MacArthur in the damaged city.
- North of the parallel
The success becomes a new war aim.
- China enters
The sequel Chromite did not plan.
Eras
The tides
Wolmi and the city pulses.
Seoul
Capital recapture.
Exploitation
KPA collapse in the south; UN goes north.
Memory
USMC liturgy; Seoul museum; the Yalu shadow.
Milestones
Pusan saved from the rear
Logistics of the KPA cut.
Seoul's second 1950 liberation
A Korean capital fact.
A success that licensed overreach
The Yalu road.
28 September is a ceremony, not a peace. October is the dangerous month.
Chinese intervention is the afterlife every Inchon toast should mention.