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9 FACTS

Both the US and the SU occupied Korea after WWII. It was divided into two nations. The US wanted a democratic election and the SU did not resulting in tension and a civil war.

On June 25, 1950 the north had a well executed surprise attack on south korea. This act was the immediate cause of the Korean war and changed america;s policy towards Korea and east Asia.

Pres. Truman thought that the north would fail and that the south still didn't need american support. Taking out military aid or advise.

The Us withdrew its troops for Korea. They also said publicly that Korea was outside of their Asian concern. North Korea then invades South and South Korea has a hard time defending.

The united Nations led the attack on north korea and wanted other nations to help. Pres. Truman sent a few troops over to help defend South Korea. Intense fighting lasted for about a year when china joined the North Korean side.

Gen. MacArthur's campaign defeated the Korean People's Army and put the UN on the offensive side, but truman said that the Us would not be allowed to go into the north and that they had to stay on the defensive side.

The US pressed the general assembly to go into north Korea. gen. reorganized the UN forces and went into north Korea on October 7, 1950.

After fighting and after stopping the Chinese mounted a major offensive and restored a defensive line north of the 38 parallel. They could not go on without widening the conflict so Us was ready to negotiate and so were the Soviets and Chinese. There was more then 6 months of bitter fighting before the negotiations succeeded.

The end of the war led to containment in the US. this is when they feared the spread of communism and aimed to stop it. from that other action evolved later in Vietnam.

3 PICTURES

the 38th parallel was the truce line. It was the dividing line between North and South korea, when you crossed it it was danger.

This is President Truman and General MacArthur. General MacArthur wanted to invade the North earlier, but truman wouldn't have it. One of the first jets, the F-86 Sabre, was used during the Korean War.

2 MAPS This is a Map of the Major battles, where the troops went, and when groups went on the offensive in the korean war. This is the Important battle of P'Yongyang where the UN forces occupied areaa and went on the offensive side.

1 QUOTE "I can almost hear the ticking of the second hand of destiny. We must act now or we will die. . . . We shall land at Inchon, and I shall crush them."

said by MacArthur talking about Inchon. He says that the Koreans are not expecting an attack so we need to act now.