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U. S had victory over Japan and this ended the war in the Pacific.After WWII, the Cold War began which eventually led to the Korean war.
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North Korea invaded South Korea hoping to take control of the non-communist nation.
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China crossed the Yalu and ambushed South Korea
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The Chinese First Offensive had the limited objective of testing U.S-R.O.K fighting abilities and slowing their advance.
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The U.S National Security Council adopted a policy that commited the U.S to support democratic korea, but not necessarily one unified by military action and the overthrow of Kim II-Sung
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From Sept. to Nov. 1952, the Chinese force staged its sixth offensive of the war. The Chinese forced the allies back to the 38th parallel and to inflict casualties on them.
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The Chinese opened on the Imjin River sector againts the U.S and the Commonwealth divisions. Then they shifted to South Koreans and drove them back from the Kumsong salient.
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President Eisenhower was elected and then went to Korea to negotiate peace.
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The fighting between North and South Korea ended and had left Korea divided into two.
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Mark W. Clark for the UNC, Peng Dehuai for the Chinese, and Kim II- sung for the North Koreans signed the Armistice which ended the war.
