In this installment of Trench Diaries True Tales, we look at the so-called Blue House Raid. It was a commando operation conducted by North Korea in 1968, with the goal of assassinating the then-president of South Korea, Park Chung-Hee. How and why did the North Koreans decide to commit to an act like this? Watch and find out.
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0:00 Intro
0:53 The Cold War
1:21 Short History of the Korean States
2:16 The April Revolution & the Emergence of Park Chung-Hee
2:56 Communist Doctrine, The Coup & You
3:33 North Korea decides to intervene
5:21 Unit 124
6:41 The Mission is a Go!
7:23 Accidental Discovery
9:31 The Mission Continues
10:24 Contingency in Seoul
11:00 Only 800 yards to go
11:43 Choi Gyu-Sik
11:59 Aftermath
13:44 Outro
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