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Russia becomes communist and it spreads around Asia, the US begins to get worried
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Communist North Korea launches a full scale invasion across the 38th Parallel into South Korea with 110,000 troops, 1400 artillery pieces, and 126 tanks.
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US combat troops arrive in Busan, South Korea and move north
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South Korean and US troops capture Pyongyang. On the same day Chinese troops begin crossing the Yalu River into North Korea largely undetected by the UN Command.
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After three years of a bloody and frustrating war, the United States, the People’s Republic of China, North Korea, and South Korea agree to an armistice, bringing the Korean War to an end