The Korean War Combatant Nations Late to
the Battlefield

This uncredited editorial was one of the first of its kind and many more would follow on its heels. The opinions expressed would be repeated in American schoolrooms, barrooms, dinner tables and state houses all the way up to the collapse of the Berlin Wall in 1989. It was not merely the parents of draftees who wondered aloud as to the whereabouts of the U.N. signatories in times of crises, but practically the whole nation:

“For two months the American and South Korean ground forces fought it out alone. For two months they fought without even the promise of help from other major powers…”

All told, sixteen nations would commit blood and treasure in order to turn back the Red Hoards from South Korea; when this article appeared in late September, 1950, Australia’s expeditionary forces were arriving in Pusan:

•The troops from the Netherlands would arrive that October

•The Thai, Greek, French and Canadian forces landed in November

•and the military aid from Belgium and Luxembourg (900 men) would arrive in late January, 1951

Contrary to the thinking of this writer, the British and Philippine armies had been in theater since August (six weeks after the war began).

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