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1. After WWII, the U.S and the Soviet Union both occupied Korea after fighting off Japanese invaders. 2. The Nation of Korea was divided upon the 38th parallel, but planes to reunite the two halves and withdraw forced was drawn up. 3. As Cold War tension between the USSR and the U.S heated up, the U.S asked the UN to unify the nation through election. 4. The election of 1948 in Korea led to the formation to the Republic of Korea. 5. After the U.S began withdrawing troops, they accused Communist N. Korea which was supplied by Soviets and this led N. Korea to invade S. Korea. S. Korea which was more agricultural and defenseless struggled to protect themselves. 6. The UN began to allow other nations to get involved, and Truman put Douglas McArthur in charge of U.S forces. 7. The UN gained ground after an amphibious attack, but they soon lost it after China joined up with the N. Koreans and the fighting resumed back around the 38th parallel. 8. The Conflict lasted two years, and the war ended in July of 1953, but fighting still broke out periodically. N. and S. Korea both entered the 20th century unified, but no lasting agreement was made. 9. Although the Korean war had little impact on Koreans the U.S and UN became and international arbiter in one of its soon to come many international interventions. The U.S hit the Cold War policy head on and had to decide how much force to use in the region where Communist China was looming.




 * "I will defend Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California."

General Douglas McArthur ||