Episode 307 - Task Force Smith Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast

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In the opening stages of the Korean War the US sent a badly underarmed, undermanned Task Force to blunt the advance of the entire North Korean military. It did not go great.

Sources:

https://www.historynet.com/rush-disaster-task-force-smith/

https://www.thenmusa.org/task-force-smith-and-the-problem-with-readiness/

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA381834.pdf

chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://www.moore.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2022/Spring/PDF/LessonsFromThePast.pdf

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/task-force-smith-americas-entry.html

https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Korea/ExecutiveLeaderFailures