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Crusade in the Pacific is a video series that documents the fighting between the United States and Japan's Empire of the Rising Sun during and immediately after World War II. Each episode examines a crucial stage in a war that was contested bitterly and marked by unheard-of savagery. This episode, Crusade in the Pacific: War in Korea, Part 1, covers the aftermath of World War II, specifically the first real shooting confrontation of the Cold War in Korea. This tape covers events up until the landing of Marines at Inchon and the intervention of Communist Chinese forces.