1 - Red alert: the Communists are coming

At 4am on June 25th, 1950, the Land of the Morning Calm was shattered by the sound of artillery firing across the 38th parallel dividing Korea into north and south. Soon the growl of tank engines, Soviet-made T-34s, confirmed what was coming. Invasion. North Korea’s surprise attack on their ill-prepared southern neighbours began the first major conflict of the Cold War, a war of sweeping advance and hurried retreat whose consequence is still felt today.

Narrated by Paul Waggott

Written by Robin Scott Elliot

Production and Sound Design by Holy Smokes Audio

Executive Producers Tony Pastor + Neil Fearn

A Goalhanger Podcasts Production

Cast;

William Roberts as General Douglas MacArthur

Lance Fuller as General Stratemayer

Julian Alexander as Bulldog Walker

Tim Licata

Zhang Hongtao

Wang Hui

Boyoung Jo

WK C

Thomas Mitchells

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