The Korean War
Korea originally divided at end of WW11 between USA and Russia along the 38th parallel
war between south and north Korea
Americans had a huge military force in Japan
War broke out in 1950
There was many american troops there, but this was the first war that the newly created United nations participated in
United Nations led by General McCarthur
He wanted to bomb north Korea with atomic bombs, but was called off by Truman
War-see saws back and forth
in the first years of the war the UN forces attacked and went north and made it up to the far tip of the Korean penincilla, and made it unto YAHOO river, but when they got there the chinese felt threatened. in 1949 china had a communist revolution. So, when the UN came china tried to defend communism and became involved in the war and sent troops over quickly. Turning point at Inchon Landings
this took almost 3 years by the time it was done
There are repercussion from this war to this day, because of TRADE
war between south and north Korea
Americans had a huge military force in Japan
War broke out in 1950
There was many american troops there, but this was the first war that the newly created United nations participated in
United Nations led by General McCarthur
He wanted to bomb north Korea with atomic bombs, but was called off by Truman
War-see saws back and forth
in the first years of the war the UN forces attacked and went north and made it up to the far tip of the Korean penincilla, and made it unto YAHOO river, but when they got there the chinese felt threatened. in 1949 china had a communist revolution. So, when the UN came china tried to defend communism and became involved in the war and sent troops over quickly. Turning point at Inchon Landings
this took almost 3 years by the time it was done
There are repercussion from this war to this day, because of TRADE
Summary
The Korean originally divided between Korean and Russia during the 38th parallel. This was a war between the North and South Korea. The Americans had a huge military force in Japan, and the war broke out in 1950. This was the first war however, that the newly created United Nations participated in. It was led by general MacArthur, who wanted to bomb north Korea with atomic bombs but was called off by Truman. There were repercussions from this war to this day because of trade.
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