Posts Tagged With: British

British Veteran Visits His Dead Brother’s Grave In North Korea

» by GI Korea August 17th, 2009 at 9:03 pm » Comments (1)

You don't hear me say this very often, but the North Korean government actually did a very nice thing in assisting this elderly British man find his long dead brother ...more »

British Documentary About the Korean War – Prisoners of War

» by GI Korea August 3rd, 2009 at 2:37 am » Comments (5)

Episode 21 - Prisoners of War: The Gloucester of the British 29th Brigade are taken prisoner of war after the battle of the Imjin River in April, 1951. The war stabalizes ...more »

British Documentary About the Korean War – Pre-Incheon

» by GI Korea July 23rd, 2009 at 2:00 am » Comments (0)

Episode 10 - Pre-Incheon: UN forces enjoy almost complete air superiority, and the bombing campaign begins. The Naktong River battles continue, with the NKPA pushing UN forces further into a tighter ...more »

British Documentary About the Korean War – Prelude to War, Part 2

» by GI Korea July 15th, 2009 at 2:00 am » Comments (11)

Episode 2 - Prelude to War Part 2: A further explanation of the Korean factional powers that took over the Russian's and USA's respective occupation zones of Korea during the 1945-1947 ...more »

British Documentary On the Korean War – Prelude to War, Part 1

» by GI Korea July 14th, 2009 at 2:00 am » Comments (4)

Here is a first in a series of postings on a long documentary about the Korean War from a British perspective. Hat tip to Tom Coyner for pointing this out ...more »

Picture of the Day: British Armed Forces Day Remembered In Korea

» by GI Korea July 2nd, 2009 at 12:47 pm » Comments (3)

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="U.K. Ambassador to Korea Martin Uden (second from right) holds a reception to commemorate the British Armed Forces Day last Wednesday at his residence in Seoul. ...more »

Remembering the Last Day of the Korean War, Did the Politicians Really Get It Right?

» by GI Korea April 23rd, 2009 at 8:52 am » Comments (0)

Here is quite an interesting look at the last day of the Korean War as remembered by a British lieutenant: Gazing over No Man’s Land from his hilltop position, 2nd Lieutenant ...more »

Remembering the Battle of Goyang

» by GI Korea April 23rd, 2009 at 4:47 am » Comments (0)

To put the loss of life during the Korean War into perspective, the British lost more men in one battle during the war then they have lost in over 7 ...more »

Places in Korea: Gloucester Valley

» by GI Korea November 18th, 2007 at 5:56 am » Comments (9)

For those that have read my series of postings (Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3) about the heroism of the Gloucestershire Battalion during the Battle of the Imjim you ...more »

Heroes of the Korean War: LTC James P. Carne – Part 1

» by GI Korea November 15th, 2007 at 5:36 am » Comments (18)

Introduction In November of 1951 the Chinese military entered the Korean War and launched a massive invasion of the Korean peninsula in support of their communist ally North Korea. The ...more »