The Korean War - Part 2 - The Rise of North Korea

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How did the Americans defeat North Korea? It is not the way you thought.
There is so much that has been forgotten about this war. The way the US burnt North Korea to the ground influenced the rise of the North Korea that we know today. I also go into the claims that the US may have used biological weapons, such as the bubonic plague, cholera, anthrax and typhoid against North Korea.
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This is the referenced Al-Jazeera investigation
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Music used:
By Kevin Mcleod:
The Complex
Prelude and Action
Infados
Sneaky Snitch
I Knew a Guy
Darkest Child
Anguish
Five Armies
Evil Incoming
Hard Boiled
Constance - The Descent
Sneaky Adventure
Achilles
Exotic Battle
Face Off
Dark Times
Desert City
Accralate
Crisis
Marty Gots a Plan
I knew a Guy
Crossing the Chasm
Sovereign
For the Fallen
Crusades
Other Autors:
Dark Mystery - Audionautix
Huma - From Russia With Love
Eminence Landscapes - Ian Post
The Voyage - Audionautix
Time stamps:
00:00 The United States joins the war
02:14 War for the South
05:34 China Joins the War
07:51 Geochang Massacres
09:30 Dismissing MacArthur
11:12 The Air War
14:49 Biological Warfare?
21:35 Conclusion

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Can you talk about The Chinese Civil War Next, A war that directly shaped the international stage of today?

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0:15 this attitude is exactly why american training is a detriment according to some ukrainian veterans, the counter offensive failed so hard due to underestimating the enemy

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10:43 "I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the President ... I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail." Harry Truman

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Damn. Who knew that reality would be so different from stuff we learn in school...

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Ever since his Vietnam video it is very easy to think

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I'm not surprised, knowing our education system.

[@anomalocaris2593]

@@deleetiusproductions3497 What about rest of the world?

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Explains why everything is so glossed over in our history books lol

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I’m honestly shook hearing all we have done here.

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Can you cover the 2 Balkan wars next? These are some important wars in recent history but very neglected by other history channels

[@Prowres4life]

I agree. I remember some people say that the Balkan wars was the predecessor of World War I

[@jackiecooper9439]

As a guy who likes history, the fact that this wasn't known to me is a shame.

[@manofsteal5066]

Welp... American propaganda

[@Vrooto]

Every nation in the world uses propaganda so even the "truest" facts are partially propaganda.

[@Ahesswisc]

@@manofsteal5066and now you get North Korean propaganda! Like the fact that the 5 Koreans living in the U.S. South at the time were considered ‘colored’ 🤦

[@WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot3267]

Buddy, even if it is true, North Korea sure as shit is not the good guys.

[@MR_Nosy_Otter1]

As a fellow history lover I feel ya. American exceptionalism propaganda is powerful. All we do is learn and educate others on actual history

[@The_Hope_Lost]

First you talked about Vietnam without bias, then the Arab Revolution with all respect, and now finally someone speaks impartially and finally shows the hidden dark side of America’s intervention in Korea...You are truly one of a kind.

[@Lynximus]

There is ALWAYS bias. That's not necessarily a bad thing, it's just a truth. Everyone has bias. BUT... That doesn't make the information or method of gathering info bad. Someone can have a strong bias but still give very well supported arguments.

[@woodsmand]

actually there are tons of tankie youtubers who shit on America while praising the communists he's not one of a kind.

[@Ahesswisc]

lol, the bias in this video is ridiculously in favor of North Korea.

[@mr.iiconic]

This video is very biased. It's a lot less biased than part one but if you think this is neutral you've fallen for the propaganda. The truth is we're all biased, and some of us can strive to find a middle ground. This video did not try very hard.

[@Lynximus]

@@mr.iiconic it lacks the pro western bias that we are used to. What you would consider neutral may actually be very heavily biased. And as we've both already stated, bias is inevitable. You must also realise that a middle ground just isn't always possible or the reality of a situation. On this video here I would say its bias is against South Korea, HOWEVER that isn't inherently a bad thing and the information he provided checks out. It's also better than A LOT of animated history channels which don't show any sources such as simple history and oversimplified. Both of whom have a MASSIVE pro western bias as well as a sketchy/misleading information.

[@iret9604]

More things I didn't know about prior to watching - The US scorched practically every part of North Korea - The US bought intel on the inhumane experiments from 731 - There were allegations of biological warfare - Japan still had major influences in South Korea Dear goodness, this conflict is so much more devastating than I recall... I seriously feel bad for the Koreans on both sides... I do hope that reunification would eventually happen, regardless of how unlikely that is, considering the many issues plaguing the two countries...

[@Duy23803]

Oh no, at least now, the people of South Koreans REALLY hate Japanese that they boycotted Japanese imports all the time. Many films are made shining the lights into the issue of Past Japanese and collaborators.

[@user-zp2df2hz2d]

MacArthur: nuke 'em Truman: no MacArthur: nuke 'em! Truman: no! MacArthur: NUKE 'EM! Truman: NO! MacArthur: OH COME ON! Truman: you're fired

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OverSimplified ?!??

[@user-zp2df2hz2d]

@@aleksandarvil5718 yep

[@Kemixuchiha]

Abraham Lincoln: you know what old buddy old pal your fired

[@mas-em4ik]

This is still funny. Although it didn't cover that Mac Arthur tried to go behind President Truman's back.

[@leopardknowledge.1430]

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[@jonathandarvill8757]

I once heard that the Korean War was a "forgotten war". I disagreed with it at the time, since if you asked somebody on the street, they probably know what the Korean war was. I now know why it's called that. The amount of harrowing information in these two videos is both surprising and terrifying, and the fact that a lot of this is not talked about more is even worse

[@501stcloneboi2]

Well that was quick. Didn't expect to see Part 2 so soon.

[@ThingsICareAbout]

Working fast here! Enjoy

[@501stcloneboi2]

That's cool. BTW what about subtitles?

[@liamcluett6203]

@@501stcloneboi2Looks like there are subtitles mate

[@Darkgeran7]

⁠yeah you seemed very troubled while making this video after watching it so am I

[@501stcloneboi2]

@@liamcluett6203 there were no subtitles when I watched it for the first time

[@kckc4955]

This was incredibly well done. I learned so much. My dad was in Korea but he never talked about it. I think I now understand a little better what he might have experienced. Thank you for this excellent content!

[@ismaelnehme379]

MacArthur wasn't particularly racist towards Asian people. In fact, he had a very good understanding of their culture, which was one of the reasons his administration in Japan was so successful. Now, his attitude towards black people is another story. He was a big pusher towards keeping the army segregated. But as far as Asians went, he was surprisingly tolerant (at least by the standards of the time). So I'd say his losses in Korea were far more attributable to his arrogance that his "racism" or something. MacArthur wasnt arrogant because he was racist, he was arrogant because he believed himself to be a military genius who was nearly incapable of failure (he was certainty a brilliant strategist, but his arrogance was often his biggest handicap)

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[@Prowres4life]

Honestly, I'm really glad channels like yours exist, cuz not to many of them talks about these types of topics, and for that, I thank you.

[@athinghere]

I underestimated how horrible it was.

[@ameyd3728]

Just like oversimplify, uploads both parts at same time 😊

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There's a third part in the second panic wars...

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[@blackhalo94]

Well this is unbelievably brutal....You should totally get into the Greek Civil War, i saw many parallels with the Korean War....

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[@ONI_002]

i have never seen such a thorough, well researched and unbiased exploration and explanation of war crimes in and before the korean war. fantastic job!

[@ThingsICareAbout]

thank you!

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The quality of this video overpasses Oversimplified by much. Please keep uploading videos and i will support you gladly!

[@st2565x]

NK and Chinese War Crimes: 1min SK and US War Crimes: 25min It was really well documented but the bias is pretty noticeable. The info and investigation of the NK War Actions, and the USSR and Chinese planning should have been as precise, otherwise you will show one side as the victim when both side were agressors

[@axel665]

Well it's an oversimplified video

[@EclipsedKarmaa]

More like NK China 1 min USA 1 min SK 24 min

[@siondafydd]

@@axel665Oversimplification isn’t the same as obfuscation one side. If it just oversimplified it could still have mentioned both sides acted barbarically.

[@potatokingjack6870]

Every Korean War vid has plenty of those list for NK but I never heard of ROK warcimres until now

[@AlecSoD]

They commit 80% of the warcrimes, they get 80% of the coverage

[@Zenta-H]

Fun fact: all of your "US Air superiority" scenes actually show soviet mig-21s so that's a bit cursed....

[@Vrooto]

9 years ahead of time and not of american design.

[@adeditz243]

You should do world war 1 next because this is a really good detailed documentary about it. I had no idea of the extent of this conflict so thanks for telling us this but good job!

[@scottanno8861]

0:30 LMAO it wasn't "waycism", it was the fact that the Koreans had a history of being dominated by Japan and China, not exactly a stellar military track record...

[@def3ndr887]

Haven’t had a military genius since Yi

[@rubiksprime6490]

I'm glad you released part 2 quickly!

[@melosoff]

U left out north, only criticizing south. I can understand lack of information but u could speak with Lankov korean specialist. He knows both sides atrocities.

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He also criticized North, for examples the killing of POWs

[@sufnskanne469]

He talked about the north

[@catfacecat.]

He very much talked about the North, you're just being brainwashed.

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Low-key he dogged on America more than North Korea

[@Ahesswisc]

@@nyandagaroseverin8232nothing low key about it…

[@michaheumann]

Amazing job, Nick! Thanks for these 2 videos. Keep up the good work!

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You didn't mention that there were thousands of other western forces that fought in the war

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Great video and great perspective

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This 2-part series was definitely worth a watch. Great work.

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Really helps to put the NK isolation and military emphasis in context

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Love your vids youre just as amazing as oversimplified maby even more you upload more often... at least so far hehe

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Wow. I absolutely loved this video. Unbiased, well-researched facts. Never stop doing what you're doing.

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I like this video this shows how the side we think is good also did bad things Also I like how your slowly marketing your own art style cuz ur first video was very oversimplified styled but slowly your changing and I like it keep it up!

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underrated conflict

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That’s why it’s called the forgotten war.

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Best explanation of the Korean war ever. Good Job.

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[@martinmorles1]

This was such an amazing video , the devastation suffered by both sides is just horrible! My dad has actually been stationed near Busan several times

[@Darkgeran7]

Thank you for giving me knowledge of this it has helped me better understand the situation I was not expecting also the death not part was hilarious

[@Everydayfunguy]

I sent this video to my Korean history professor, Dr. Lee. I just got done with my 2 Koreas course

[@tonypringles2285]

this guys chinese social credit is certainly going up

[@kentrosaurusboi3909]

This guys probably wakes up and worships Lenin in his basement. Honestly the bias in this video was so bad it was annoying to see. Even in the German Revolution vid.

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and we dont even have to wait 1 year for a part 2 this guy is goated

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This was really good, if i were able to I’d voice act for you

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Great Video maybe could you make a video about Budapest 56 uprising or Czechoslovakia intervention ?

[@CS_Uravity_PRO]

Goddamn. The unbiased context and details you've provided is absolutely based. Love your videos!

[@mr.iiconic]

This video is extremely biased.

[@Blizzardisclose]

@@mr.iiconicBasically pick your poison: Western Propaganda: Eastern Propaganda: -Actually un-biased source-

[@mr.iiconic]

@@Blizzardiscloseoption C: someone who makes an attempt to be an neutral as possible. Saying "oh well" and diving head first into strong bias because of the fact that no one is completely unbiased is defeatist and perpetuates the problem. The perfect unbiased source does not and will not exist, but we can do better than this.

[@Blizzardisclose]

@@mr.iiconic Ik but it is pretty annoying how everyone criticizes each-other for being biased while being biased themselves

[@mr.iiconic]

@@Blizzardisclose i personally never criticize someone for simply being biased, but I do if they're blatantly biased with no clear effort to try to to eliminate their bias and come to as neutral as they can within their power. Plenty of people on this platform do this to the best of their attempt. This channel doesn't even try. The best way is to simply include all of the TRUE information you have. There's a temptation to research more into the stuff that supports your beliefs, but you have a duty as an educational channel to fight this temptation. This channel features only the positives of the North and negatives of the south, and none of the opposites. It's not that they don't exist, he simply didn't include them. It's admirable to give NK more a fair review since it usually gets a bad rap, but to wash it away of its sins and hyperfixate on how awful the south was is blatant bias and it's disrespectful not only to the history and those who participated, but to an audience who came to be educated and not indoctrinated. TL;Dr, don't criticise the bias. Criticize the unwillingness or lack of effort to try to curb it, as this is a duty of any good history source. Cheers.

[@cooldude913]

Incredibly well researched series of videos! It was honestly eye opening to me as I had not been exposed to the full, true nature of this conflict before these videos. I thank you for putting as much effort and care into this topic with these videos as you did. You're quickly becoming a new favorite history channel of mine.

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Hello,that was a quick second part! I loved your German revolution video Could you do a tyrolean rebellion video?

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This video was incredible can you do soviet-Afghan war next?

[@AlexandruBerbeca]

Awesome video, btw a video idea could be the Afghan war (2001 2021).

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Damn learned a lot fr

[@Democracyyy]

Amazing video i always thought the south were the good guys but this really changed my perspective. Amazing

[@tonypringles2285]

the south WERE the good guys. compared to the norht nayways

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Fantastic

[@VirgonianConqueror]

The more I go into the Cold War, the more I realize the Cold War had no good side.

[@tonypringles2285]

the US is objectively the good side. still did evil sure but sometimes to do some good you gotta be the bad guy

[@leopardknowledge.1430]

Ask that to the Cambodian

[@adriamasero996]

Es imposible escapar de la propia subjetividad, sin embargo, es de agradecer que trates de explicar lo sucedido con el máximo rigor y nivel de imparcialidad posible. Es un placer ver tus vídeos a pesar de que los temas sean tan jodidos. Disfruté mucho con tus videos sobre el derrocamiento de Allende en Chile. Un saludo desde Barcelona 💓

[@zsombortelek8411]

Thank you. This was pretty informative. The sheer amount of destruction was insane, I would have never thought it was that bad, holy shit. I also appreciate you citing a Hungarian writer. I hope on day you'll make a video or two about the Yugoslav Wars, including that time when Arkan and his Tigers liberated the Serbian town of Srebrenica from the Ustasha. (I'm joking) Love, from Hungary

[@ThePatrickNetwork]

This breaks my heart

[@ramesharyal7466]

Things I care about Thank you for another well made video. It was surprising to know all the bitter truth about the autrocities committed by the south korean leadership and the americans that are not talked by most of the sources. Furthermore your hard work in animation and research is also very clear. Thank you again!

[@tonypringles2285]

we dont talk about them because nobody cares given what NK did

[@sillyriver4486]

I will definitely check out the Korean War book that is shown in the video when I have the time since I got back to reading from my haitus from it.

[@athinghere]

24:39 that is a perfect explanation

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Wild

[@reaper2579]

can you also make the philippine American war next?

[@aiiv7839]

Damn...and to think South Korea still managed to prosper nowadays...I kind of wonder what would happen if the US and the USSR did not intervene. Would it still be brutal or not? Great video!

[@nyandagaroseverin8232]

It could have been like Vietnam

[@bambinazo123]

This reminds me that there's no good or bad side in a war, there's just sides

[@mr.iiconic]

NK never had any potential for that

[@bambinazo123]

@@mr.iiconic yeah I read further into it and you're right

[@tonypringles2285]

this is inherently wrong. usually there is a good side or at least comparatively good

[@bambinazo123]

@@tonypringles2285 not every conflict is ww2 my guy Wars are way more complex than that

[@mr.iiconic]

@@tonypringles2285 rarely.

[@jceciro]

Can anyone tell me the name of the sad piano song that plays a few times throughout the video??

[@DerekismxD]

just a minor error, I guess you meant the Chinese civil war instead of the Chinese revolution at 6:00

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Do one on the Soviet Afghan war

[@logger22]

The lesson learned from this is that nobody is truly on the right side in war.

[@matiisme]

I rarely cry when learning about history, though I know the crimes are horrible etc. But I truly shed many tears watching this, and got angry about all the terror and distruction.

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Collaborate with Oversimplified please I beg you 🙏🏼

[@tonypringles2285]

something about the font and characters look a bit...simplified...almost...overly even

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This looks suspiciously like Oversimplified. Hmmmm🤔🤔I mean this REALLY looks like oversimplified😶

[@americanmapping832]

It's intentional

[@GSconnoisseur]

Remember that the victors are the ones who will write the history books

[@tonypringles2285]

wrong. so many people say this but that would mean there would never be a bad thing written about america. if only the victors right the history books how do we know all this bad stuff that happened. the correct saying is historians write history

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Please stay safe and well friend

[@REGULARGUY250]

Can u do a video on the punic wars btw i love your vids

[@pyeitme508]

Cool

[@rct3LP]

A good video but I think it lacks a neutral aspect. Bruce Cumings is often criticised for being quiet biased against the South and ignoring or not understanding sources. While the South did many atrocities his works and this video imo lacks the neutrality to also examine the Norths actions during the war. But like I said until the war I support the notion the North was the better option for people. I think a unified Korea under the North would today look similar to Vietnam or China with a kind of Capitalist Economy and lingering Socialist elements. Instead of the insane dictatorship it is today.

[@sirlj4328]

"Cummings is biased against the south" - yeah, I'd be biased too if a country committed a genocide. The only criticisms of Cummings I've found have misunderstood his works, literally denied US war crimes in the Korean war, or repeated State Department talking points about modern North Korea. There is no 'both-sidesing' a genocide.

[@axel665]

​@@sirlj4328modern North Korea is a hell hole

[@ducki]

how old are you? do you really think north korea ruling the peninsula would be better for human rights?

[@sirlj4328]

@@ducki Do you know how Juche came about? Or are you just going to continue consuming State Department talking points of 'North Korea bad!!!!!!!!!!!!! They don't let people have haircuts!!!!!!!!!' North Korea is like how it is due to 75 years of Southern aggression and crippling US sanctions designed to impoverish the state.

[@jityooo]

@@sirlj4328you’re defending a country that that puts people in concentration camps for listening to K-pop

[@Zombotron5678]

I think you’ve shown us why the beginning of the Korean War isn’t brought up a lot 😅

[@MayaFord-ow7gr]

i was just trying to cram for my history exam and here you are unravelling truths about 20th century american military intervention somehow even more horrifying than the ones i knew

[@michaelcoleman9044]

All history is just that. His story. Each person experiences it from a different perspective. You can never know what really happened unless you were there and even then, it os only from your own point of view. All we can do is observe each recollection of witness accounts and go forward.

[@Polpatnie]

I don't like France as a example for country that was like Korea.

[@Dill_Pickle1997]

I remember thinking I knew who were the good guys in this conflict…now I don’t know which side was good or evil

[@nitothefunkybunch6938]

The answer is no

[@mr.iiconic]

No one was good in the Korean War.

[@tonypringles2285]

considering the north was communist the south was inherently good when compared

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Ain't no way the article writter name is Hanson" W- BALD-WIN"💀

[@joydip9044]

Brother are you from America or France ?

[@Mr._Ludwig]

Jesus christ…. I did not expect something so brutal, many times while watching this video i had to rush to the toilet to puke, just because this all sounded so horrendous i cannot imagine what it was like for the people of korea during this conflict…

[@alyana9958]

Really love the video and the nuanced depictions of both sides! Deeply appreciate the genuine care and consideration put into these. Do you have a list of your sources or anything like that?

[@ThingsICareAbout]

My sources were all the ones that appeared in the video! The biggest ones were "The Korean War A history",by Bruce Cummings, "Killing Hope",by William Blum,and "this monstruos war" by William Burchett

[@mr.iiconic]

The allies were depicted with great nuance and details. The NK side was not. The video spent something of a combined 6 minutes repeating the same war crime from many different perspectives and proving that the U.S. did biological warfare. The U.S. definitely DID do it lmfao they were nasty but notice how there is no equivalent to this for the other side? The North Korean massacre of P.O.W.'s is like 20 seconds and done.