The Korean War: Fire & Ice

The Korean War was a dramatic confrontation that brought the disastrously downsized forces of the U.S. across the Pacific to stand toe to toe with a Chinese colossus fighting in its own back yard.

General MacArthur's amphibious Inchon strike routs North Korean invaders - until Chinese hordes intervene.

A freezing, shattered UN army fights its way out of a Chinese trap in the longest retreat in U.S. history.

General Ridgway replaces MacArthur and turns back the Communist tide over two years of the Korean War's bloodiest fighting.

Flying at extreme altitudes and near supersonic speeds, the jet pilot aces of "MiG Alley" gave the U.S. its edge in the Korean War.