The effort to cut down this tree resulted in two deaths, three people
getting injured and almost resulted in a full-blown war between two
countries. What incident are we referring to and how is it related to
the big guy in the second picture? As usual, give your answer as a
comment.
Operation Paul Banyan.
ReplyDeleteIt happened after axe murder incident
axe murder incident....Response: Operation Paul Bunyan
ReplyDeleteThe incident in the hatchet incident in the DMZ of north and South Korea. The killings and responses is codenamed "operation paul bunyan" after the famous american folklore, who is shown in the second picture.
ReplyDeleteAxe Murder incident in the Korean DMZ. Was followed by operation Paul Bunyan(named after a fictional American lumberjack) which involved cutting down the tree shown in the pic.
ReplyDeleteAxe Murder Incident leading to killing of two us soldiers by north korean soldiers regarding a poplar tree trimming . It lead to later Operation Paul Bunyan.
ReplyDeletePaul Bunyan is a popular american mythical character on whose name the Operation was named by us and north korean soldiers as a counter attack to trim the tree with armed forces as a reply to the insult. This figure was built in memoir of the incident by americans.
AXE!
ReplyDeleteoperation paul bunyan. north korea killed us soldiers and US then started operation paul bunyan. name paul bunyan as axe was used to kill and north american forklore says that paul bunyan exist and is a lumberjack with unusual skill. Nikhil nautiyal
Axe murder incident(from wiki)
ReplyDeleteThe axe murder incident was the killing of two United States Army officers by North Korean soldiers.
First image
The engineers in the convoy, who had, two days before, conducted a recon of the tree disguised as a Korean Corporal — disembarked from their vehicles once the convoy arrived, and immediately started cutting down the tree while standing on the roof of their truck, while the 2nd Platoon truck was positioned to block the Bridge of No Return. The remainder of the task force dispersed to their assigned areas around the tree and assumed their roles of guarding the engineers.
Second image
Paul Bunyan Statue in Akeley, Minnesota.
Connection between the two
Operation Paul Bunyan
In response to the "axe murder incident", the UN Command determined that instead of trimming the branches that obscured visibility, they would cut down the tree with the aid of overwhelming force. The operation, named after mythical lumberjack Paul Bunyan, was conceived as a US/South Korean show of force, but was also carefully managed to prevent further escalation.
pretty interesting story:
ReplyDeleteN/S korea a tree blocks line of sight for UN troops stationed near that border.
troops are sent to trim the tree.
N koreans respond/ engage... and kill 2 us soldiers
the retaliation from the us is called operation paul banyan [the statue] and almost caused a war b/w N korea and US..?
pretty interesting story:
ReplyDeleteN/S korea a tree blocks line of sight for UN troops stationed near that border.
troops are sent to trim the tree.
N koreans respond/ engage... and kill 2 us soldiers
the retaliation from the us is called operation paul banyan [the statue] and almost caused a war b/w N korea and US..?
the tree blocked the line of sight for us soldies at UNC on the N/S korea border.
ReplyDeleteit was planned t be trimmed down.
mis communications take place confrontations follow, 2 american soldeirs were killed.
the response from the us to the incident.. almost led to a war with N korea.
the operation was code named Op paul bunyan [the statue]
pretty interesting i'll say... :-)
Axe murder incident...between north korea and the US..the connection is the axe in his left hand..
ReplyDeleteAxe murder incident.....war between NOrth and SOuth KOrea over US soldiers killing....connection is the axe in the left hand
ReplyDeleteThe incident happened in the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas. The US response to the North Korean attack on the soldiers trimming the tree was called Operation Paul Bunyan.
ReplyDeleteThe bottom picture is of "Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox" from American folkore.
The Axe murder incident at North Korea/South Korea border which led to Operation Paul Bunyan.
ReplyDeleteaxe murder incident...?
ReplyDeletepaul bunyan, the statue, fictional character is the name given to the ops/response from the US
South Koreans wanted to remove a tree on the DMZ which was obbstructing their view. When they went in to chop the tree, UN soldiers were attacked by North Koreans and few were killed. US and Couth Korean replied to this with heavy machinary in an operatioon named 'Paul Bunyan' the legendary lumberjack shown in the second picture.
ReplyDeleteSouth Koreans wanted to remove a tree on the DMZ which was obbstructing their view. When they went in to chop the tree, UN soldiers were attacked by North Koreans and few were killed. US and Couth Korean replied to this with heavy machinary in an operatioon named 'Paul Bunyan' the legendary lumberjack shown in the second picture.
ReplyDeleteAll of you got it right. This is the axe murder incident in which efforts by American military personnel to fell a tree in the DMZ resulted in a confrontation that resulted in the death of two US soldiers. Later the Americans returned with the support of South Korean soldiers in what was called Operation 'Paul Bunyan' to fell the tree. For more details read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_murder_incident
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