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The Tiger and the Turtle: Samurai Invasion of Korea

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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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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