Korean War

Intro (Korean War: June 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953) At the end of WWII in 1945, Korea was free from Japanese control. North Korea was occupied by the Soviets while South Korea was occupied by American forces. By 1948 the country was divided in half at the 38th Parallel. With the capitalist South by Syngman Rhee and the communist North by Kim Il-Sung. The Soviet troops withdrew from Korea in 1948 and U.S. troops withdrew in 1949, however, North and South Korea as enemies of one another would not accept the border between them as permanent. The North Koreans attacked South Korea on June 25th, 1950, advancing across the 38th Parallel. Around 75,000 troops of the North Korean People's Army defeated the Republic of Korea's Army with success. Capturing the capital city of Seoul, then occupying the whole of South Korea except for Pusan. This was a problem, as President Truman and the United States wanted to contain the spread of communism by preventing the domino effect. South Korea appealed for support, and the United States pushed a resolution through the United Nations Security Council. The USSR did not use its veto power as it was boycotting the council because the new communist China was not accepted. In China's seat was the Pro-U.S Chinese Nationalist government of Taiwan. An appeal was made by the Security Council for North Korea to withdraw it's troops, but was ignored. As a result, approval was granted for UN army made of international force of 16 nations to send help to South Korea.