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After World War II, the USSR and the U.S. decided to divided Korea on a spot called the 38th parallel. The USSR controlled communist North Korea and the U.S. controlled anti-communist South Korea.
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Soviets also withdraw troops but leave training and administrative groups.
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President Truman releases a foreign policy isolating the United States from associating themselves in China's civil war.
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US Secretary of State, Acheson, said in his speech that, the US, as a whole, believed that they were not responsible for neither the Korean Government nor Korea's future.
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North Korea launches a surprise invasion of South Korea, which is the beginning of the Korean War.
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Gen. Douglas, conducts a personal reconnaissance mission to understand the situation for a recommended direct military action.
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This military action was led by Gen. Douglas MacArthur.
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South Korea entered with little resistance, on October 7, 1950, US forces manage to enter North Korea as well.
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The increasing tension between Gen. Douglas and President Truman, over how to stop Chinese troops, was the main cause of the removal of Gen. Douglas as General.
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The Korean war is settled with a stalemate and the US, Soviets, and China were ready to negotiate diplomatic solutions.
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despite visiting, the armistice was only successfully signed 6 months later.
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South Korea's President, Syngman Rhee, disagreed with the settlement but signed it because the Eisenhower administration promised additional aid and a post-conflict security pact.