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- - - - The main reason the United States got involved in Korea was the purpose of doing everything possible to keep communism from spreading around world. Since the beginning of the Cold War the United States had practiced a policy of containment against the expansion of communism, and wanted to prevent the ideology from taking root in different regions of the world. For its part, the Soviet Union had actively supported the spread of communism around the world in places such as Cuba, Korea, Vietnam and Eastern Europe.(history,2015)
        
        History Crunch. (2015). Causes of the Korean War. History Crunch - History Articles, Summaries, Biographies, Resources and More. https://www.historycrunch.com/causes-of-the-korean-war.html#/
    - - It was fought between North Korea and the South Korea throughout the early part of the 1950s. The north had the support of communist allies including the Soviet Union and China, while the south had the support of the west with the United States. In fact, the United States played a large role in the conflict for several years. Due to the time period and nature of the Korean War, historians today consider it to be a Cold War era proxy war between the United States and Soviet Union.(history,2015)
        
        History Crunch. (2015). Causes of the Korean War. History Crunch - History Articles, Summaries, Biographies, Resources and More. https://www.historycrunch.com/causes-of-the-korean-war.html#/
- - - - Millett, A. R. (2021, June 18). Korean War. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War
      - As UNC troops crossed the 38th parallel, Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong received a plea for direct military aid from Kim Il-sung. The chairman was willing to intervene, but he needed assurances of Soviet air power. Stalin promised to extend China’s air defenses (manned by Soviets) to a corridor above the Yalu, thus protecting air bases in Manchuria and hydroelectric plants on the river, and he also promised new Soviet weapons and armaments factories.(britanica, 2022)
    - - Millett, A. R. (2021, June 18). Korean War. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Korean-War
      - Truman’s initial response was to order MacArthur to transfer munitions to the ROKA and to use air cover to protect the evacuation of U.S. citizens. Instead of pressing for a congressional declaration of war, which he regarded as too alarmist and time-consuming when time was of the essence, Truman went to the United Nations for sanction. Under U.S. guidance, the UN called for the invasion to halt (June 25), then for the UN member states to provide military assistance to the ROK (June 27). By charter the Security Council considered and passed the resolutions, which could have been vetoed by a permanent member such as the Soviet Union.(britanica, 2022)
- - - - the United Nations, urged by the United States Government, approved the movement of UN forces across the 38th parallel into North Korea in an effort to unify the country under a non-communist government. In spite of warnings issued by the Chinese Government, the United Nations forces moved toward the Yalu River, marking the North Korean border with Manchuria."(Eisenhower library, 2022) which just shows their interests thought war
        
        National Archives. (2020). The Korean War | Eisenhower Presidential Library. Eisenhowerlibrary.gov. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/korean-war
    - - The Truman Administration abandoned plans to reunite North and South Korea and instead decided to pursue limited goals in order to avoid the possible escalation of the conflict into a third world war involving China and the Soviet Union. When General MacArthur publicly challenged the Truman Administration's conduct of the war, the President, "...concluded that...MacArthur is unable to give his wholehearted support to the policies of the United States Government..." and relieved him from command in April 1951, replacing him with General Ridgway.(Eisenhower library, 2022)
        
        National Archives. (2020). The Korean War | Eisenhower Presidential Library. Eisenhowerlibrary.gov. https://www.eisenhowerlibrary.gov/research/online-documents/korean-war