>>64472024
As other anons already said, Korea happened too close to World War II and was considered far less important, if thought about at all, by the contemporaries, for many reasons. And the Vietnam happened, throwing Korea inro the dustbin of History for decades to come
It's a shame really. The soldiers deserve to be remembered, the war had a big impact, not only for Korea and East Asia, but also on the Cold War in general, the fighting and weapons were kino, an intreresting mix of WW2 and newer doctrines and technologies of the Atomic Age
It was also one the UN's first, most massive and arguably most successful operations. This last aspect is the most fascinating to me. The UN forces, although largely made up of Americans and South Koreans, were a patchwork of units and equipments from across the Western-aligned world, united around a common goal and determined to prove their worth and their willingness to defend the new international order that was taking shape
Reminds of the generic Allied Western faction we see in RTS like Red Alert, where each unit is from a different country and has itw osn related characteristic