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Korean War Overview The Korean War began with the North Koreans barging into the South Korean barrier with their experienced military tactics from the Chinese Civil War
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After realizing the situation, the Americans decided to enter the war because they wanted to keep the Soviets from overtaking it. They assumed that the Soviets were the ones who started the war.
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The American delegate specifically asked for help and the UN accepted later on.
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They took over Seoul and made the South retreat down Korea even further.
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In September, MacArthur's soldiers and marines made a successful landing at Incheon. The landing outflanked the North Koreans, the soldiers recaptured Seoul , and forced them to retreat northward in disarray.
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He reconquers the capital city by ceremonially government means (political ways).
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They decide to barge into Korea for the sake of protecting their own country. The Americans and South Koreans were shocked over this event.
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They fought for the first time in Unsan
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There was a retreat of the UN from the 200,000 Chinese who joined the 150,000 North Koreans
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He wanted to make a bomb because the Soviets were having them too and he wanted to use it to overturn the Korean War
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The event allowed control on land and air. The UN troops were able to re-cross the 38th parallel. The rest were able to come close.
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The event allowed control on land and air. The UN troops were able to re-cross the 38th parallel. The rest were able to come close.
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With US/UN/ etc.
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He is replaced by General Matthew Ridgway.
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UN nations start military goods boycott of the People Republic of China.
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Talks about how to stop the war at Kaesong.
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He decides to give it up to Eisenhower.
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He won by saying that he will go to Korea and save them
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May have led the Soviets into chaos.
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End of Korean War slideshow Peace Treaty signed at Panmunjom. 38th parallel reset as boundary between communist North and anti-communist South. Cold War tensions continue unabated. Gen. Mark W. Clark says he has "the unenviable distinction of being the first US Army commander to sign an armistice without victory."
