
The Tiger and the Turtle: Samurai Invasion of Korea
Conflicted: A History Podcast
The Story of the Korean War
As the japanese armies evacuate and continue their march to the coast, the koreans find what's left of their cities and towns. When i entered the capital with ming soldiers recalled national high commissioner u sonon, i saw that scarcely one in a hundred citizens still remained. Those few people to be seen were all starving. They were gaunt, sick and exhausted, the color of their faces like that of a ghost. And finally, it is said that when a drunken chinese soldier vomited on the street, starving men crawled to the spot and fought over the right to eat the steaming mess.
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