mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
mission for himself. korea today is a very important to the united states. bret: korean war cost 37 thousand american lives, 800 thousand chinese soldiers, and as many as 4 million koreans died in a brutal conflict that lasted three years. and changed the course of history. we flattened north korea. to this day, this plays into minds of all koreans in the north. bret: brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. fact that communist forces have invaded korea is a warning. this was the start of the cold war. bret: today 30,000 american troops remain in korea standing vigil at one of the world s most heavily fortified borders. because of everything left the way it was 80 years ago. north korean side did miscalculate once in a real big way. we got the korean war out of that. that doesn t mean they won t miscalculate again. bret: hello i m bret baier, my latest unauthorized history series for fox nation is a 5 part documentary, what is called forgotten war. but may
the nearest american troops to korea were 600 miles away on the japanese island of okinawa, the two young men faced a fateful decision. they had one man they could look at. they kind of closed their eyes, drew a line, that became 38th parallel. that seemed to be as good as you could do for government work on short notice. but this had long long temp implications they could have not have known. end of war ended with united states saving south korea. duping the soviets into preventing the occupation of the peninsula. ? the north soviets chose kikim il sung. as a boy they b fled to
the nearest american troops to korea were 600 miles away on the japanese island of okinawa, the two young men faced a fateful decision. they had one man they could look at. they kind of closed their eyes, drew a line, that became 38th parallel. that seemed to be as good as you could do for government work on short notice. but this had long te long temp implications they could have not have known. end of war ended with united states saving south korea. duping the soviets into preventing the occupation of the peninsula. ? the north soviets chose kimelkim il sung. as a boy they ble fled to