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Podcast: The Hungry Historian
Episode: The Korean War - More Than M*A*S*H - Part III - Donkatsu
Description: Send us Fan Mail"If we let Korea down, the Soviet[s] will keep right on going and swallow up one [place] after another.” - President Harry TrumanThrough the first two episodes of this series, the Hungry Historian has set the scene for the moments and events that led to war in Korea being a possibility. This episode deals with the breakout of the war itself.June 25th, 1950, having been preceded by an artillery barrage, the North Korean People's Army drives South of the 38th parallel, thus invading the Republic of Korea.