The Korean War
The Forgotten War
Season 1 Episode 1 of 2
Shedding new light on one of the most perilous episodes in post-war history, examining how and why its legacy - a tense stalemate - continues to this day. Beginning with 35 years of brutal Japanese occupation, a sudden and arbitrary division of the 1000 year-old nation in 1945, followed by three more years of occupation by the U.S.S.R. in the North and the U.S. in the South. Part one of two
The Korean War airs on PBS America at 10:35 AM, Thursday 23 January. (Subtitles.)
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