Korea+9321



1) The North and South Korean governments both claimed rights to rule the entire nation, and each established a military presence along the 38th parallel.

2) The Inchon landing, the amphibious assault planned as Operation Chromite, took place on September 15, 1950. It was Korea's second largest port and was the point selected for invasion. And below is a picture to go along with it:

3) In 1948 South and North Korea created separate and rival governments: The south was called the The Republic of Korea and the north was called the People's Democratic Republic of Korea.

4) On June 25, 1950 the north invaded the south. In response to this the United Nations demanded that North Korean troops be removed from South Korea.

5) On June 27, President Truman authorized the use of American land, sea, and air forces in Korea.

6) On October 14, 1950 communist Chinese troops cross Yalu River into Korea

7) On March 28, 1953 Chinese and North Korean leaders agree to POW exchanges

8) As a result of the war in Korea, the United Nations took its place as an international helper in its first of many military interventions

9) The impact of the war led to the emerging of the containment policy, in which the US can intervene in military if it will stop the spread of communism.

QUOTE: //"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."// - //President Harry Truman// [|*this is a link to a super cool animated map of the korean war]