KOREA - The Forgotten War

Top 10 important things to know about the Korean War.

1. One of the origins of the Korean War was that Mao Zedong became head of the new informing communist state of China. Many Americans were shocked by the fall of the nationalist party. And they realized that with this new communist leader he would spread communism more.

2. In June of 1950, North Korean forces crossed into the 38Th parallel into South Korea. And when that escalated into the first fighting of the war is was crowned the name the "Korean War"

3. As a result to stop the communist force began to move into Korea, the UN of sixteen different nations provided soldiers.

4. Then when China noticed that the UN was coming in they said that if you advance any father it would force them to enter the war. But the UN ignored there threat and on November 25, 1950 Chinese communist forces moved in and pushed the UN back into South Korea. MacArthur wanted to go and bomb china but Harry S. Truman refused.

5. The war ends in a stalemate- As it went on it became more less popular, and on July 1951, the soviets and Truman suggested a peace talks. The talks went on and they compromised to end the war with North Korea and China. And a cease fire ended fighting in July of 1953. But communism was still contained in Korea.

6. This war was mainly about taking sides, and either you chose the democracy side-the us side- the good side- or the communist side- the bad side- or the North Korea and China side. and if neither of those then you were neutral.

7. During the whole entire war the US supported South Korea and no other country in the war. The South Koreans were the only ones in the middle of the war looking to stop the spread of communism.

8. MacArthur's choice to not retreat from South Korea when the North Koreans seemed unbeatable, was the biggest decision in winning the Korean War. If not for that decision we would have never signed the peace treaty which resulted in the end of the war.

9. The leader of China at the time Mao Zedong, thought our support of the war was only to get more land in the east and expand our territory. Which was not the intention of the Americans in any way. All the Americans wanted to do was stop the war and the spread of communism.

10. The Americans purpose for fighting in the Korean war was to stop the spread of communism in Asia. But even after the peace treaty the Americans occupied South Korea for a long time. 1953 was the year the American troops were finally able to come home.