Episode 28- Operation Paul Bunyan – The Most Over-the-Top Tree Removal in Military History

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Published on Oct 10, 2025, 12:09:53 PM
Total time: 00:05:43

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In this episode of Mind-Blowing History, Historia recounts the bizarre and dramatic events of 1976 when the U.S. and South Korea launched a massive military operation—not for war, but to cut down a tree. It was a response to a violent North Korean attack, and what followed became one of the most heavily militarized acts of arboriculture the world has ever seen.

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