The Attack that Almost Started WW3 and You've Never Heard About

In the early hours of June 23, 1952, the skies over the Korean Peninsula braced for a mission that many feared would start a new World War. Task Force 77, a formidable fleet of four American aircraft carriers, was poised to strike. The USS Philippine Sea, already in position, was soon joined by the USS Princeton, USS Boxer, and finally, the USS Bon Homme Richard, sailing from Yokosuka, Japan, to bolster the force.

Their objective was the Sui-ho Dam, a strategic target less than forty miles from a MiG-15 fighter base complex in China. With 150 MiGs stationed there, the stakes were high. The mission's success hinged on a coordinated, simultaneous arrival over the targets, ensuring the enemy's defenses were caught off guard.

As the clock ticked, aircraft from the US Air Force, the US Navy, and the US Marine Corps took to the skies. Propeller-driven planes and jets, launched in tandem, aimed to converge on their target simultaneously. The carrier aircraft of Task Force 77, masking their radar signatures, flew low over the mountains, preparing for a high-speed assault.

Leading the charge in one of the staggering 410 strike sorties to be launched that day, eighty-four F-86 Sabres arrived in the Sui-ho area. Their primary task was to fend off the hundreds of MiGs that were taking to the sky. Accompanying US fighter-bombers had over 200 tons of bombs ready to rain on the dam.

The fate of the world was in the balance. Destruction of the Sui-ho dam would not only knock out 90% of power in the region and cripple North Korea, but this came at the risk of cutting off power to China. As hundreds of fighters met in the skies so close to Chinese territory, British intelligence behind the scenes feared the mission was on the verge of triggering World War 3…

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