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_"I will defend Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California."
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Dr. Syngman Rhee, President of the two-month-old South Korean Republic, October 194827
- Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Dr. Syngman Rhee, President of the two-month-old South Korean Republic, October 194827
The Korean War, 1950-53
-Post WWII Korea divded into a communist side (North) and a democratic side (South)
-In 1950 North Korea invaded the South supported by Russian equipment and Chinese troops
-The UN (Now 32 countries) was sent to help the South side defend
-That immediately produced heavy military and naval involvement by the United States.
-Canada alone sent 26, 500 troops.
-Throughout 1950 the U.S. and the other involved United Nations' states tried to contain North Korea's fast-moving army, assemble the forces necessary to defeat it
-simultaneously begin to respond to what was seen as a global military challenge from the Communist world.
-Feared Domino Affect of communism
-September 1950 a daring amphibous invasion at Inchon fractured the North Korean war machine.
-In the next two months UN pushed swiftly through North Korea
-China intervenedopenly, and the Soviet Union not-so-openly, on the side of their defeated fellow Communist neighbor
-The UN was pushed back to South Korea
-By the middle of 1951, the front lines had stabilized near where the war started twelve months earlier
-Negotiations began amid hopes that an early truce could be arranged.
-In 1950 North Korea invaded the South supported by Russian equipment and Chinese troops
-The UN (Now 32 countries) was sent to help the South side defend
-That immediately produced heavy military and naval involvement by the United States.
-Canada alone sent 26, 500 troops.
-Throughout 1950 the U.S. and the other involved United Nations' states tried to contain North Korea's fast-moving army, assemble the forces necessary to defeat it
-simultaneously begin to respond to what was seen as a global military challenge from the Communist world.
-Feared Domino Affect of communism
-September 1950 a daring amphibous invasion at Inchon fractured the North Korean war machine.
-In the next two months UN pushed swiftly through North Korea
-China intervenedopenly, and the Soviet Union not-so-openly, on the side of their defeated fellow Communist neighbor
-The UN was pushed back to South Korea
-By the middle of 1951, the front lines had stabilized near where the war started twelve months earlier
-Negotiations began amid hopes that an early truce could be arranged.
Summary
North(Communist) invaded South(Democratic). USA and allies helped Korea out. Though in the end, they ended up where they started (38th parallel).