Ep 9 "The Battle for Minds" (ENGLISH SUBTITLES)

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Korean War
The war stabilizes at around the 38th parallel, and the two sides agree to negotiate in the summer of 1951. Night battles and artillery duels ensue. The US Air Force destroys every town and city in North Korea in the air campaign. This episode details the UN bombing campaign over North Korea and the results for the people on the ground. The majority of civilians killed in the Korean War were killed in North Korea by air attack (this segment on the bombing of North Korea was censored from the US version of this documentary, aired by PBS affiliate WGBH Boston, in 1990). The truce talks continue with no progress, as the war stalemates at around the 38th Parallel. Truce talks continue as the war goes on. The Battle of Heartbreak Ridge (known to the North Koreans as "The Battle of Height 1211") in October 1951 was Verdun-style trench warfare, albeit with perhaps more fire-and-maneuver than the Great War battle. The North Koreans believe that this was the toughest battle of the war. Many American families learn of their loved ones in enemy POW camps.

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