Picture of the Day: Dokdo Exhibits Open at War Memorial

Dokdo model exhibition to resume
Dokdo model exhibition to resume
This photo, provided by the Korean War Memorial Organization on Sept. 30, 2024, shows a model featuring South Korea’s easternmost Dokdo Islets at the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul. Its exhibition is set to reopen the following day after months of preservation treatment. (Yonhap)
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setnaffa
setnaffa
30 days ago

Who can forget the Battle of Dokdo? Those brave soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who died. Next to the struggle for Dokdo, the battles with North Korea fade to insignificance.

Of course, Googles AI doesn’t give it proper significance; but they’re controlled by China.

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ChickenHead
ChickenHead
30 days ago

“Who can forget the Battle of Dokdo?”

What people have forgotten is the lesser-known SECOND Battle of Dokdo where a scrappy band of Korean conscrips fought off wave after wave of invaders by cleverly using terrain as a force multiplyer.

It is from this battle the famous quote originated, “THIS IS DOKDO!”

setnaffa
setnaffa
30 days ago

That’s right, CH!

In fact, after that battle, the unexploded ordinance was so widespread that visitors are only allowed to stay on Dokdo for 20-30 minutes; and sightseeing is restricted to the Dongdo Dock area.

It is said that the sharks still swim by the island in search of dead bodies, like those who fell so many years ago

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
30 days ago

From Wikipedia:

“In the Second Battle of Dokdo, the Korean conscripts—most of whom spent their pre-enlistment days mastering StarCraft rather than military strategy—found themselves in a real-life showdown against the entire Japanese military. Unlike the grand maneuvers of D-Day or the disciplined ranks at Waterloo, this was a scrappy, improvised defense where the only “Zerg rush” involved actual humans scrambling to set up positions before the Japanese landing craft appeared.

With a deep understanding of RTS (real-time strategy) games, the conscripts instinctively fell into a StarCraft mindset. The island was their base, and every rifleman was a Marine unit. Their sergeant, half-joking but mostly serious, kept yelling, “We need to expand!” as they frantically set up defensive perimeters, which in this case meant sandbags and rock piles, not new resource nodes. One squad set up an ambush point they nicknamed the “siege tank position,” positioning themselves on a hill to rain fire down on any approaching force. Another group referred to their rapid maneuvers around the island as “microing,” dodging artillery and sniper fire with all the reflexes they’d honed in cybercafés.

As the Japanese forces advanced, the conscripts executed a classic “bunker rush” strategy, piling into every rock crevice and makeshift fortification they could find, holding off waves of attackers just as they would in the final minutes of a tense game. When the Japanese forces attempted a frontal assault, the conscripts shifted into guerrilla mode, flanking their opponents in small, fast-moving squads—what any StarCraft player would recognize as a textbook “hit-and-run.” Against all odds, they managed to hold the island, proving that sometimes, just like in their favorite game, a scrappy underdog with quick thinking can outplay a more powerful opponent. Victory came not from strategic brilliance but from the same instinct that had kept them alive in countless virtual battles—adapt, survive, and never give up control of the high ground.”

setnaffa
setnaffa
29 days ago

CH, that is every bit as persuasive and accurate as the rest of Wikipedia…

It’s just too bad it sounds like something from a Hyunmoo…

It was fortunate that the Japanese never mastered videogames.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg

Korean Person
Korean Person
29 days ago

Ah yes more proof that the Setnaffarians are Sino-Russo bots and no friends of Korea.

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