On September 29, Syngman Rhee was restored to power in Seoul. Rather than stopping at the 38th Parallel, MacArthur, with American support, sent his forces north of the dividing line. MacArthur traveled to Formosa on July 19; still, US leaders continued to view Zhou's threats, which did not travel through official channels, as mere posturing.
MacArthur went ahead with the Wonson landing anyway, but it proved to be unnecessary. At the Wake Island Meeting, Truman tried to emphasize the importance of handling the Korean situation carefully and diplomatically.
Military authorities at the highest level of the U. Marine Corps strategists worried about the difficulty in having Marines scale the large sea walls that surrounded Inchon. The Joint Chiefs of Staff were concerned by what would happen if the operation failed.
They knew the U. Douglas MacArthur, head of the Far Eastern Command, viewed the plan for the landing as a great opportunity to change the course of the war. MacArthur activated the X Corps to take part in the landings. Even though the Inchon plans had been leaked in U. Key objectives were taken with far fewer casualties than past U. After the fall of Inchon, U. The Han River and over 20, North Korean soldiers occupying the city made capturing it more difficult.
A hard fight for the city ensued. On September 29, , the city fell to U. A brief ceremony gave control of the city to South Korean president Syngman Rhee. The Eighth Army broke out from the Pusan Perimeter. After some resistance, the North Korean forces were defeated at Waegwan, Chungam-ni, and the western port of Kunsan.
While some North Korean forces broke into a chaotic scramble, others waged a fighting retreat that involved holding tight to certain positions in South Korea. These examples of North Korean resistance cost U. Despite this, North Korean soldiers soon found out that they could not defend the X Corps attacks near Seoul and Inchon and hold allied forces back in southern Korea. Costly but thrilling victories after a painful summer caused United Nations leaders to debate going beyond the pre-war boundary set during the post-World War II U.
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