Inchon Landing
Inchon Landing (1950).During the Korean War, in the summer of 1950 United Nations forces were pushed back to the Pusan perimeter. In spite of this calamitous situation, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, as early as July, had conceived of a great amphibious operation that would land at Inchon, South Korea's principal west coast port, and drive inland to liberate Seoul, South Korea's capital. He envisaged a huge turning movement that would cut the enemy's major lines of communication and force the North Korean Army, already overextended, to face around and defend on a new front.
Naval commanders saw horrendous problems in assembling the necessary amphibious shipping and negotiating the treacherous sea approaches to Inchon. The tides, up to 30 feet, were among the highest in the world. Low tide left vast mudflats across which landing ships and
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