Korea+9321

- Many Americans were shocked by the fall of the Nationalist government because they viewed the takeover as part of a Communist plot to rule the world. - American forces took control of the 38th parallel, and aided by the Soviets, a Communist government came to power in North Korea. - In June 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 18th parallel into South Korea, this conflict became known as the Korean War. - In early fighting, the North Koreans pushed the South Koreans back almost to Pusan, this city was on the southeastern tip of the Korean peninsula; But Macarthur reversed the situation by landing his troops at Inchon, this was a port city behind the North Korean lines - General Macarthur requested permission of his superiors to pursue the enemy into North Korea, the UN and President Truman agreed; the president hoped the invasion might lead to a reunion of the 2 Koreas. The UN forces pushed nothward beyond the 18th paralel toward the Yalu River and the Chinese warned them to stop. - The Chinese soon enter the war also because they saw this as a threat to China's security, so Chinese leaders warned that a further advance would force them to enter the war, ignoring this warning the UN forces pushed on toward the Yalu River. - Eisenhower soon became president and promised to make an end to this war, he did so and the war ended. - Americans felt frustrated by the indecisive war. - Communism was still contained in Korea.

This is a picture of a soldier sending a letter home. Many soldiers were far away from home and sent letters to loved ones telling them they are ok. This is a picture of soldiers shooting at the enemy. There was many deaths from bullets and bombs. This is a picture of a soldier waiting to battle. The soldiers had to wait for direction and more ammunition. The soldiers did not have very good living conditions during the war and they often had to wait in the forest.

The red arrows represent where North Korea invaded, the red dotted arrows represents the communist chinese offensive, and the blue arrows represent where the UN remained offensive.

The red arrows represent the movement of the Communist forces, and the blue arrows represent the movement of the UN forces.


 * //"In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores." -// Harry S. Truman said. He is saying that Communism should be stopped in Korea. ||