Word: phasing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...forces began to hold, their commanders ordered a series of daring, small-scale counterattacks, to rescue units cut off in the first phase of the Red assault. Near Masan, a counterattacking rescue battalion smashed through heavy North Korean forces to save the remnants of a unit whose steadfast refusal to yield a razorback ridge near Soehon played a major part in stalling the Reds' southern drive. The ridge was a key position controlling the broad valley of the Nam River down to its junction with the Naktong...
...First Phase: fight a delaying action toward Pusan, an excellent port only 150 miles from Japan, across waters controlled by the U.S. Navy and Air Force. Establish a perimeter around Pusan with both flanks resting on the sea (see map). The ideal beachhead would be small enough to be held by three or four well-armed U.S. divisions plus regrouped South Korean troops (see below), yet large enough to protect Allied activities in & around the port from enemy artillery fire. Barring Russia's intervention, the U.S and U.N. forces would have control of the air and sea, and ought...
...Second Phase: build up U.S. strength inside the perimeter without stripping MacArthur's Japanese base of all its troops and supplies...
...Third Phase: when ready (probably months hence), break out of the Pusan perimeter, as Patton had broken out of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy. This main offensive north from Pusan could be supported by Allied amphibious attacks behind the North Korean lines on either coast...
...barrel straight ahead with their armor, using it as a sledge hammer instead of as a meat chopper. This kind of tactics permitted U.S. withdrawals when things got too hot; it also meant that the Reds were not causing as much destruction as the Germans did in the blitzkrieg phase of World War II. North Korean military weaknesses might be exploited when (and if) the U.S. buildup accumulated a real counteroffensive punch...