Korean War

The Korean War was a product of the heightened tension between the United States and the Soviet Union after the Second World War.   America’s foreign policy on the containment of communism extended oversees.   Both nations had differences on their perspective of the role of government and resulted in North Korea siding with the Communists, while South Korea combine forces with 16 other democratic nations. The South Koreans were taken by surprise as North Korea tried to unify the Korean peninsula under communist rule. Without a sufficient amount of artillery that was required for the South to gain victory, their goals of establishing a dictator free nation was shattered and the Communists were able to invade South Korea with ease.   The North Korean troops coordinated an attack at several strategic points along the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950, heading south towards Seoul.   The South sensed despair as they saw their capital fall into the Communist’s hands.
The grief did not last very long because the U.N. decided to take a firm stand. Due to the belief of a domino theory in which communism would fall and spread to countries through the initiation of the Marxist idealism in the Soviet Union, the U.S. sent U.N. troops to assist the South Koreans in their war.   The arrival of U.N. troops greatly boosted the South, giving hope and strength to push the North Korean and Chinese troops back. Eventually losing most of the South’s territories, the South Koreans fled to Nakdong River, near Busan where North Koreans were finally halted for the first time and lost their chance of almost winning the war. The troops arrived continuously from both sides as the constant warfare depleted both sides’ army. With more soldiers, General MacArthur of the U.N. army led the South Korean and U.N. armed forces to Inchon, a major source of supply for the North. With the U.N.’s successful victory in Wolmi-do, the U.N. was able to land their troops on Inchon beach grounds and cut the North’s... [continues]

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