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The Korean War (Course (27th July 1953
no peace has been declared but an…
The Korean War
Course
27th July 1953
no peace has been declared but an armistice is signed by both countries and the UN withdraws.
25th June 1950
North Korea invades South Korea and takes most of South Korea. The South Korean Army retreats to Busan.
July 1950
UN Forces landing at Inchon
North and South Korea had officially divided.
United Nations army intervenes and lands at Incheon, a small port just about half-way down South Korea, from there on they fight the North Korean army and push them past the border separating North and South Korea and close to the Chinese border, just south of the Yalu River.
China starts to feel threatened with the war happening so close to them and tells the UN Army and the South Korean army to return to the border and that they have no business to fight so far into North Korea.
October 1950
The warning given by the Chinese is ignored by the UN (led by an American general, Douglas MacArthur) and so the Chinese army, called the People's Liberation Army, invades North Korea and helps the North Koreans fight the UN until the UN forces are pushed past the border separating North and South Korea.
December 1950
Because MiG-15s are beating America's P-80 Shooting Stars, the F-86 Sabre goes to Korea.
February 1951
Fighting continues until order is restored and neither army is in the other country. Peace talks begin.
11 April 1951
Douglas MacArthur relieved of his commands for making public statements that contradicted the administration's policies
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Consequences
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Korean effect
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Many Korean families were split due to them believing in different things, communist or non-communist
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The American Effect
The Americans some what successfully intervened at Vietnam to prevent another North Korea. This showed how determined US was the stop communism from spreading.