tHE KOREAN WAR , 1950-53
- Korea originially divided at end of WWII between USA and russian along 38th parallel
- war between north and south Korea
- often seen as a defacto war between USA and its western allies and China and Russia and other communist states
- war see-saws back and forth
- turning point at Inchon landings
- Chinese send almost a million troops to support the north
- united nations led by Gen. MacCarthur
"In the simplest of terms, what we are doing in Korea is this: We are trying to prevent a third world war.”
Harry S. Truman, April 16, 1951
Harry S. Truman, April 16, 1951
Summary: Korea dividing into North and South Korea causing to fight and a war against each other. Thus being the first war the United Nations had fought in.