Korea+9321

=__**//Korean War //**__=
 * After WWII Korea was divided into two pieces between the U.S. and the Soviet Union; it was planned to eventually reunite the two parts and withdraw the forces.
 * As tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union grew in 1947 the U.S. asked the United Nations to organize unification through national elections. The Soviet Union would not let the elections take place on their territory, so the Unification never happened.
 * In 1948 the U.S. formed the Republic of Korea, a democratic government. The Soviet Union then formed the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (actually a communist government) in North Korea. Both governments claimed rights to rule the nation of Korea.
 * Both governments established military power near the 38th parcel. Between 1948-1950 this troops had large amounts of tension, never resulting in battle though. The U.S. eventually withdrew its troops, before then a Civil War could have happened very easily.
 * In 1950 the Soviet Union attacked South Korea, which struggled to defend itself. Harry S. Truman sent troops to help defend South Korea, there was heavy fighting for about a year the United Nation's troops were gaining ground, which they then lost when China started to assist North Korea. A truce was passed in July 1943.
 * Although the fighting between the U.S. and USSR stopped the civil war for the two Korean sides was barely affected by the truce.
 * The Korean war only affected Korea in a small amount, but greatly affected the US and the United Nations, the Untied Nations took its place as a national arbiter for military interventions.
 * The final agreement kept Korea divided and Chinese troops in North Korea.
 * The US made a big step in this war, they had to decide how much power to use in it, and whether to actually be in a war. They had to deal with both the USSR and slightly with Communist China.




 * Many American soldiers fought side Korean soldiers, and as you can see by the land scape many of the war was not fought in the tropics of Korea, but rocky hills.

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 * As you can see the death counts were quite large, and many of them weren't even troops, but were innocent civilians, and in some cases even children.



This picture shows that the war could leave civilians stripped of all supplies and even their own homes. This war specifically hurt those living in rural areas near the battlefield, because soldiers would often raid their homes for supplies.



This map shows where the battles where, and where the armies moved and whether the movements where offensive or not.**




 * This map shows where the battles moved, and where the heat of the fighting was.**

"My God, maybe there's a real war going on!"
 * -Unknown American soldier of TF Smith, upon seeing South Korean wounded**