Here’s what happened when North Korea actually hit an American battleship

Here’s what happened when North Korea actually hit an American battleship

By 1952, the Korean War wasn’t going well for the North Koreans. Of course, the war was in a stalemate at the 38th parallel, but that had nothing to do with anything the North Koreans had planned. Kim Il-Sung and his regime survived only because of Chinese intervention and Soviet airpower, but the United States and United Nations air forces were still wreaking havoc on North Korean cities and infrastructure.  North Korea fared no better at sea. …