Picture of the Day: Dokdo Exhibits Open at War Memorial

“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!”

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.”

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