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Koreas is annexed by Japan in the Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910. They would remain under Japanese control until the end of WWlll.
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The Axis powers finally surrender. Japan has been bombed twice by the US. Japan faces many deaths due to the nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Korea is divided into South and North Korea as result of Japans surrender in 1945. The United States and Sovites occupied the country.
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Armed forces from communist North Korea smash into South Korea, North Korean forces surprise South Korean forces and were heading towards the capital city of Seoul.
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It was a large-scale battle. It lasted from August 4 to September 18, 1950. It was one of the first major engagements of the Korean War.
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Battle of Inchon was an amphibious landing. The operation used 75,000 troops and 261 naval vessels. The result was the recapture of South Korea.
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UN and South Korean forces cross the 38th parallel. Artilliery fire was heavy.
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In October Chinese forces began to cross the border to assist their North Korean ally. Early November their forces grew to nearly 300,000.
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Chinese forces launched their first major counter-offensive on multiple fronts. China wanted to take the initiative by conducting multiple front attacks on Japanese forces.
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Eisenhower went to Korea to see if there was a way to end the war. He was only there for a short time until returning to the US without a solution.
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Was designed to insure a complete cessation hostilities. Signing the armistice created the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
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The US, North Korea, South Korea, and China come to an armistice ending the war. Eisenhower threats to use nuclear weapons in hopes to end the war which it did.