Korean War

Korean War. , On June 25, 1950, North Korea, equipped with soviet arms, invaded South Korea to unify the country under communism. Three days later, president Harry S. Truman ordered combat forces to deploy to Korea. Ultimately, combat troops from fifteen countries and medical units from three other countries were placed under the command of U.S. leadership. , In the autumn of 1950, United Nation forces pushed the North Korean army past its capital, P'yongyang, where they met 300,000 Chinese troops. The U.N. troops lost the ground they had gained, and the South Korean capital of Seoul was captured by the north in January, 1951. Heavy fighting continued both on the ground and in the air. Some of the most savage battlefields were called: Chosin Reservoir, Old Baldy, Capital, Pork Chop Hill, T-bone, Inchon, and Heartbreak Ridge. , In July, 1953, after two years of negotiations, a truce agreement was signed at P'anmunjom. The U.S. suffered the loss of 54,246 soldiers; communist casualty estimates are over two million. The economic and social damage to the Korean nation was incalculable.