The Korean Hamburger*
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Date: June 15, 2009*
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Battle Location: North Korea*
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Battle Type: South Korea advance vs North Korea defend*
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Description: Led by the United States an international coalition is formed to put pressure on the ever defiant North Korea. The goal is to force Pyongyang to adhere to the demand of the international community, especially regarding the suspected Nuclear Weapons program.*
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Despite a build-up of various forces in South Korea the North Korean leadership does not find the coalition to be a credible threat, as there is some disagreement between chiefly the European countries and the United States, on top of which most of the coalition partners are more or less bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan.*
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A number of ultimatums put forward by the coalition are ignored. Efforts by China to mediate in the crisis fail. North Korea mobilise some of its forces, but preparations are limited as the leadership in Pyongyang remains secure in the belief that the military build-up is a bluff.* 
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On June 5 the military operations against North Korea begins.*
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While the NKPA forces have significant problems with keeping up with the fast moving tempo of the Coalition pockets of cut off north Korean soldiers are formed in several places where die hard officers refuse to surrender.*
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One defiant band of north Koreans are surrounded on an insignificant hilltop on the western side of the Korean peninsula. Surrounded by ROK troops the North Koreans manages to repel a coalition attack and in doing so score a propaganda victory.*
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The South Koran government demands that the hilltop be secured by ROK forces. Despite efforts by the American commander of the coalition forces in Korea to have the assault cancelled or at least postponed as the hill has no direct military value and the NKPA forces are incapable of much other than defending, the South Koreans are adamant. The hill must be taken. It is a question of national prestige. With massive air and artillery support a ROK infantry battalion close in on the mountain top which in international press has been likened to the Vietnam war Battle for Dong Ap Bia, commonly known as Hamburger Hill.*
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Notes: If played against the AI the human player should take the South Korean side.*
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Sources: Fictional scenario.*
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Design by:  Ulf Lundstrom.**
