"A Look At South Korea’s Covert War Against North Korea" Topic

"After Pyongyang attacked Seoul in the late 1960s, the South counterattacked

This is the fourth story in a series. Read parts one, two and three.

In the late 1960s, North Korea unleashed a guerrilla war on South Korea, sending spies and special operations troops across the Military Demarcation Line that separates the two countries in an attempt to cause havoc in the backyard of its rival.

The highlights of Pyongyang's campaign have since become well known — the attempted assassination of Pres. Park Chung-hee in Seoul, the landing of 120 commandos along the South Korean coast and the infiltration of agents into the Republic of Korea.

Less well-known, however, is the fact that South Korea responded to the attacks with a covert war of its own. Almost from the very beginning of Kim Il-sung's campaign, South Korean forces retaliated against the North with raids and intelligence missions that ventured across the MDL into North Korean territory…"
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Amicalement
Armand

Fascinating. Thanks.

A votre service mon ami!. (smile)

Amicalement
Armand

When I was in the Armored Cavalry back in the 1970s, I awarded several purple hearts to soldiers who were injured due to North Korean actions. Two soldiers, one with a broken leg fell into a collapsing tunnel dug by the North Koreans under the border.

A number of situations were never reported in order not to cause an incident with them. The same week in which the North Korean killed the Captain clearing blocking trees to improve the range of fire, a Cobra helicopter crashed.
The pilot was issued an Army medal for crashing into rice paddies near the border. Why the copter crashed was never released.