The Korean War was the first war in which the United Nations played a major role in. It was also part of the cold war between the US and Soviet Union. One of the deadliest war in history, it took many lives in such a short span of time of three years. Even after all these deaths, the conflict isn't completely resolved in Korea. There are still American troops stationed in South Korea, in case the Communists decide to take aggressive action.
In WW II, Japan had gained control in Korea. At the end, when Japan was defeated by the Allies, the US and Soviet forces moved in Korea . Korea was divided to serve as the purpose to move the Japanese troops out. The line which was at the 38th parallel divided the country in about half. The Soviet forces were responsible for the north and the US for the south part of Korea. Later, this partition was made permanent. In 1947, the UN declared for elections to be held in all of Korea to decide one government for the country. However, North Korea refused to take part in the elections and didn't allow it. So on May 10, 1948, South Korea voted for a national assembly which set up the Republic of Korea. On September 9, North Korea set up the Democratic
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Ridgway came up with a new way to defeat the enemy which was going slower to kill a lot of the enemies. Once again, the troops captured Seoul on March 14. After all these deaths, Korea ended up being the way it was when the war started. Both sides were no fighting on the sides of the 38th parallel. It also had airplanes, tanks, and artillery that outnumbered South Korea by three to one. The other went in to northeastern parts of North Korea. Congress supported Truman but didn't officially declare war on North Korea. On April 11, 1951, Truman suspended MacArthur from command. North Korea chose to disregard the resolution. This was because MacArthur wanted to use bombs on Manchuria which would directly involve China. In reality, China had a force of 300,000 which it sent on November 26 and 27 to defeat the UN forces. Meanwhile, the North Koreans advanced forward and took Seoul by January 4, 1951. He had to take special precautions because of the tides at Inchon which could have trapped the boats with soldiers in it. On June 27, North Korean troops reached South Korea's capital, Seoul.
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