Uploaded December 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The extraordinary and unknown story of how British, American and other UN POWs captured in Korea were forced to take part in a secret Olympic Games organised by the Chinese in North Korea in 1952. It was a major propaganda event for the Communists, and remains controversial among British and US veterans of the Korean War. Discover the full story, researched and written by Mark Felton from recently declassified files.
The extraordinary and unknown story of how British, American and other UN POWs captured in Korea were forced to take part in a secret Olympic Games organised by the Chinese in North Korea in 1952. It was a major propaganda event for the Communists, and remains controversial among British and US veterans of the Korean War. Discover the full story, researched and written by Mark Felton from recently declassified files.










