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On June 25, 1950, the North Korean Army invaded South Korea.
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President Truman committed U.S. naval and air support to South Korea.
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The South Korean Army bombed the highway bridge across the Han River, which stopped the North Korean Army.
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The Battle of Pusan Perimeter was a large-scale battle between the United Nations and the North Korean forces. It was one of the first major engagements of the war.
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United States announces in United Nations its goal of a unified anti-Communist Korea.
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General MacArthur landed two division in the port of Inchon. The communications were cut, and the North Koreans broke and fled back north.
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The warning given by the Chinese is ignored by the UN and so the Chinese army invades North Korean and helps hem fight the UN.
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In press conference, Truman admits that the United States might be considering using an A-Bomb.
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Both sides agreed to go to the conference table and armistice talks began, dragging out for two years.
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A ground combat battle that took place in the hills north of the 38th parallel north in the central Korean mountain range.
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General Clark ordered bombing of North Korea's power plants.
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Air strikes knock out North Korea's hydroelectric power sources for over two weeks.
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Largest air strike of the war, 1400 aircraft hit Pyongyang
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Eisenhower secretly went to Korea on a fact finding mission.
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The battlefields were calmed and thousands of former prisoners on each side were returned. The fighting was over, although Korea was still divided into two hostile states.