The North Korean Tree That Almost Started WW3

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This video was made possible thanks to everyone on the Simple History Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory The day began simply enough, with Captain Arthur Bonifas and Lieutenant Mark Barrett going on what seemed to be the most boring mission of their careers. They would lead a work detail of American and Korean soldiers on a task that seemed, on the face of it at least, to be something so routine, it wouldn’t even be interesting enough to write home about. In fact, the mission revolved around gardening, a hobby so mundane it’s more closely associated with retirees than soldiers. Little did anyone know that by the end of the day, both Bonifas and Barrett would be dead, hacked to death by an unexpected enemy. Who was responsible for this butchery? Was it one of their own men, or someone else? Check out our other Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPdc6bs3I8s6Y4QE_3g3MZw Discord server: https://discord.gg/JZsPQXHeYC Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Further Reading: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/korean-axe-murder-incident.html https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df72d572n https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-01-08/dmz-a-deadly-strip-of-land-between-koreas/103271906 http://www.tourdmz.com/rb/?r=eng&c=238/293/298 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/16/north-korea-kim-jong-il-birthday https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-49394758 Credit: Simple History Creator: Daniel Turner (B.A. (Hons) in History, University College London) Video Directors: Anthony Barrett, Denis Blinov Script: Tash Martell Script Review: Peter Turner Narrator: Chris Kane (https://vocalforge.com) Artists: ShyShelly, Arya Ahumada Lydisma Animators: Kuldip Bheda, Krunal, Mani Kumar, Bharghavi Editor: Alec Urbany, James Dowse Senior Production Manager: Umar Ijaz Simple History Channel Manager: James Dowse