Korean conflict Puns

I'm curious as to what were the most significant causes for the korean conflict. Japanese occupation of Korea and their loss in ww2 meant Korea was split but aside from that, did Japanese occupation of Korea play a significant role in causing the Korean conflict and how so?

Following the Korean nuclear strike on Tokyo, Japan, instead of launching retaliatory nuclear strikes, begins to conduct a conventional military campaign. On the evening of November 18, more than 47 non-nuclear conventional missiles are fired at Korean military targets, including airstrips, air force bases, military bases and army camps and several shipyards and two naval bases.

The non-nuclear conventional operation is quickly followed by a large-scale invasion involving hundreds of thousands of Japanese troops, hundreds of aircraft, naval vessels and countless military hardware and artillery. Such a military buildup had already been taking place even prior to the nuclear strike on Tokyo, given Japan's years-long continuing fear that the GKR intended to eventually use its nuclear weapons against Japan.

The overwhelming invasion on November 19 is met with fierce resistance by the GKR's 2.5-million strong standing army, made up of active and reserve personnel. Shortly after, the GKR's main ally, the PRC, is drawn into the extremely serious conflict after Imperial Japanese Air Force jets shoot down three Chinese air transporters which were delivering extra military hardware to the Koreans.

Meanwhile, with news of the gigantic and chaotic conflict unfolding in Korea and China - and fearing that Russia would be drawn in, with resources and manpower already stretched thin owing to the conflict with Ukraine - the Russian President demands that "all countries involved immediately cease their involvement in the conflict", whilst also simultaneously condemning the nuclear strike.

The GKR's Chair of the Defense Committee retorted that it had previously given Japan a "final ultimatum" to cease its troop buildup and that Japan had ignored the ultimatum, thereby leading to a justifiable pre-emptive nuclear strike.

With China, Korea and Japan all blind with fury and thirst for revenge, rogue elements within the Imperial Japanese Navy and Imperial Japanese Air Force, failing to wait for confirmed permission to strike, launch a combined eight nuclear missiles from bombers and submarines. All missiles hit several targets in the PRC, one of them on the outskirts of Shanghai.

With the conflict exploding into a full-blown war of apocalyptic proportions, an extremely large US-led military force, composed of troops, equipment, aircraft and vessels from dozens of nations across North, Central and South America, Western Europe, Africa and Oceania are all deployed to Eas

With the sudden and unprovoked attack on our embassies in the Korean Union, along with Korea effectively holding the half milllion Chinese in Korea hostage, the PFC has decided to do the same to the Korean embassies and people in China.

In order for this to occur, PLA units all across the PFC have been activated to halt the movement of goods and people to Korea. However, the primary focus here is to stop the 2 million or so Koreans in China from leaving. If the Chinese can't leave, so can't the Koreans. As the Korean population in China is concentrated in Manchuria, elements of the three PLA army groups (the 16th, 26th, and 39th armies) in the Northern Theater will be used to effectively seal off the land, air and sea border between us and Korea. Alongside this, the 16th Army Group, 50,000 strong, will take up positions to guard airports, naval ports, and the Korean Land Border. They will be actively manning these entryways in order to make sure that no-one crosses.

We have also broken elements off from the 26th and 39th armies to seize the Korean Embassy in Beijing along with their diplomatic missions, along with tracking down Korean diplomats and interning Korean civilians who also attempt to leave.

These elements are the 319th Infantry Brigade, the 304th Infantry Brigade, and the 359th Infantry Brigade. Alongside this will be 3,000 MSS agents dispatched from the Chinese Security Directorate, in order to uncover potential Korean state secrets and such. Alongside this are helicopters dispatched from the 498th Combat Aviation Brigade. They will assault the Korean embassy at around 1-2 AM, and use explosives, missiles, and other equipment to breach the embassy, march in, and seize all documents. Simultanously, the residences of diplomats who do not live at these embassies will be stormed. Lethal force is authorized against anyone armed and who attempts to fight back (looking at you, Roof Koreans). We must seize the embassies as intact as possible, and gain access to their classified documents. The helicopters procured will patrol the area and will threaten to s

While the end of World War II brought peace and prosperity to most Americans, it also created a heightened state of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States. Fearing that the Soviet Union intended to "export" communism to other nations, America centered its foreign policy on the "containment" of communism, both at home and abroad. Although formulation of the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and the Berlin Airlift suggested that the United States had a particular concern with the spread of communism in Europe, America's policy of containment extended to Asia as well. Indeed, Asia proved to be the site of the first major battle waged in the name of containment: the Korean War.

The division of Korea into two halves had come at the end of World War II. The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to temporarily divide Korea and oversee the removal of Japanese forces. In August of 1945, the Soviet Union occupied Korea, which had been under Japan's control since 1910. The United States quickly moved its own troops into southern Korea. Japanese troops surrendered to the Russians in the north and to the Americans in the south.

The U.S.-Soviet agreement temporarily divided Korea along the 38th parallel, a latitudinal line that bisected the country; this avoided a long-term decision regarding Korea's future. This line became more rigid after 1946, however, when Kim Il Sung organized a communist government in the north –the Democratic People's Republic. Shortly after, nationalist exile Syngman Rhee returned to Korea and set up a rival government in the south –the Republic of Korea (ROK). Each government hoped to reunify the country under its own rule.

On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops coordinated an attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel and headed south toward Seoul. The United Nations Security Council voted 9-0 to adopt a resolution condemning the invasion as a "breach of the peace." The Security Council did not have a Soviet delegate, since six months prior, the Soviet Union had left to protest the United Nation's refusal to seat a delegate from China.

President Harry S. Truman quickly committed American forces to a combined United Nations military effort and named Gen. Douglas MacArthur Commander of the U.N. forces. Fifteen other nations also sent troops under the U.N. command. Truman did not seek a formal declaration of war from Congress; officially, America's presence in Korea amounted to no more than a "poli

The court of Seaoul has refused our demands in the aftermath of their barbaric atrocities against good European missionaries. Like Vietnam and China before them, they must be taught a lesson.

Grand Strategy

Goal- Extract concessions from the Korean court regarding practice of Christianity and trade access.

Forces:

• 1st regiment- 3x battalions(1st, 2nd, 3rd) of 1,000 mem each

• 4th and 5th battalion of 1,000 men each

• Far East Naval Division- 2 steam frigates, 4 corvettes, 2 avisos, and 4 gunboats. Reinforced by fleet of 2 steam frigates, 3 corvettes, 6 gunboats.

Funding- Approved from budget

Supply- Naval supply lines from Yokohama and Tianjin. Requisitioned from local populous.

Orders

• Combined fleet and landing force will cut off and occupy Jeju Island, turning the harbor town into the center of operations for the expedition. Naval forces will move to decisively engage and destroy the antiquated Korean fleet if it makes an appearance.

• After the island is secured and HQ established, 1st and 2nd battalion will remain as garrison of the island while the fleet transports 3rd and 4th to Gangwha Island off Incheon.

• Gangwha will be occupied and the royal treasures on the island extracted. From the island we can dominate the river and region's rice harvest come fall, providing a strategic grip over supplies to the capital. If the island is fully secured, they will be reinforced by 5th battalion and cross to the mainland.

• The 3,000 strong force will attempt to engage whatever Korean army has assembled and decisively defeat it, following up by seizing the forts that bar the way to Seoul. If successful to here, will open negotiations with Seoul.

• We will attempt to communicate with the large Christian population in Pyongyang to spark a rebellion in order to split the attention of the Koreans.

Subhuman cadet here but real talk I know jack shit about these wars. I'm looking to read more on them and want some book recommendations if you all have any. Obviously there are a ton of books on the matter so I don't know where to start

On top of that I'd appreciate any shit-shooting perspective y'all on this sub can offer. I think what I mostly want to know is why we stayed in Vietnam so long despite accomplishing so little. But maybe there are more important questions I should be asking? I don't know. Really just throw in anything you think an LT should know about these conflicts

Thanks

EDIT: Just want to express my appreciation. Lots of great comments and suggestions in this thread, with the two most common being Col. David Hackworth's About Face and the docuseries The Vietnam War from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. So many more though, and I'm excited to get to them. Thanks to every one of you bitches that took the time to respond