Covert missions during the Korean War

The Korean War Covert Missions were covert missions performed to assist in ending The Korean War, which took place from 1950 to 1953.

Missions[]

• Operation Blossom- Early 1950s mission that used North Korean refugees to go in and create a resistance. This was a failed operation.
• - The purpose of this 1953 operation was to disrupt the transportation of supplies being shipped via railway from the Soviet Union to North Korea.
• - This mission was to interrupt the transportation of the supplies around . The mission was deemed successful
• -Little information is known about this operation.
• - The mission here was located near and is claimed successful.
• - This 1952 mission was done by the orders of Harry Truman because he wanted as much information as possible about the then People's Republic of China. Much information was received about China and the Soviet Union's involvement with North Korea and the mission was deemed successful.
• - This operation took place after the end of the war and the goal of this mission was to try to disturb any North Korean government officials.
• Operation Chromite- This operation, also known as Incheon Landing, was essential to the South's success in the war.
• - This was a large mission that took place with the group, . The people involved would be parachuted down and create a station for future missions. Some of the people involved were trapped behind enemy lines and were never recovered.
• -In 1954, this operation was completed to rescue members who had been captured during a previous mission .
• Operation Hurricane- The mission was to come in contact with an alley in the area of Anju.
• - The goal of this was to augment some of the Donkey units that were present at the time and had to be in three trials.
• Operation Leopard- This was a mission to stop the flow of people fleeing North Korea into Chinese territories.
• - This operation was made to capture prisoners of war. This was the first of many mustang operations and was canceled.
• - This also was an operation to rescue POWs and one specific, . The mission was canceled because of intel that may have proved the plan was already known.
• - They were to contact Operation Leopard and try to communicate with and capture POWs.·
• - This sixteen crew mission was to dismantle a railroad that would cut some necessary supplies. This mission was considered a failure.
• - This mission was to find an escape route for the prisoners but they were not heard from after they were dropped from the plane.
• - In route to rescue POWS, the parties of this operation lost contact.
• - This mission was to rescue POWS in North Korea, but all contact was lost.
• - This was another mission to destroy the railroads, but there were no communications after the initial drop of the six-man team.
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