British/Commonwealth naval operations in the Korean War

[Yokel]

During the Korean War, the US Navy operated off the Korean East coast, leaving the West coast largely to British and Commonwealth forces.They were many islands off the West coasts, and many naval bombardments and air strikes carried out in conjunction with anti Communist regulars, not unlike 2011 NATO operations in Linya being coordinated with the anti Gadaffi forces.

Here is a PhD paper by a Korean Gentleman called Inseung Kim

 

[Yokel]

Did any of the Western forces in Korea have any sort of special forces that could could have worked with local anti communist forces - or were all such troops disbanded post 1945 as nobody could see a role for them in the Cold War?

 

[tiger stacker]

41 cdo is worth looking at

US Navy Special Operations in the Korean War

High-Speed Transports The Perch Frogmen Marine Reconnaissance Royal Marine Commandos The CIA's Special Missions Group The Perch at War The Dangerous Ride to Work The Raids Endnotes

www.history.navy.mil

A Combat First: Army SF Soldiers in Korea, 1953-1955

The Korean War is noteworthy in Army history for the first use of Army Special Forces (SF) soldiers in a combat theater. In 1953, ninety-nine graduates from the first two Special Forces Qualification Course classes deployed to Korea as individual replacements. Working alongside their...

arsof-history.org

 

[QRK2]

Did any of the Western forces in Korea have any sort of special forces that could could have worked with local anti communist forces - or were all such troops disbanded post 1945 as nobody could see a role for them in the Cold War?

SBS operated on the coast and a Sqn of SAS was raised from 21 for Korea but it never deployed in that country, diverted to Malaya instead (ended up as B Sqn, 22).