Korean War

Korean War. Who Started the Korean War? With Soviet Russia support, 90,000 North Korean forces invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950 to reunite the country under communist government. Within days, the South Korean capital of Seoul fell to the North Korean Army., America Enters the War US troops under Gen. MacArthur were sent to South Korea but the North Koreans drove the South Koreans and their allies south to Pusan. MacArthur organized a daring plan to invade the port of Inchon and on Sept. 15, 1950, the attack surprised the North Koreans. We recaptured Seoul, cut North Korean supply lines and forced the North Koreans back across the 38th parallel, the original boundary., China Joins the War: As 300,000 Chinese troops were posed to enter the war, President Truman warned MacArthur against approaching the border. MacArthur wanted to push the communists out of both North and South Korea. Truman eventually fired MacArthur for failing to follow his orders. After China entered the war, the North Koreans and the Chinese forced U.N. forces south of the 38th parallel. Both sides reached an agreement at Panmunjom on July 27, 1953, which set a new boundary near the 38th parallel. The boundary included a 2-mile-wide "demilitarized zone" at the border., Results of the War Although Korea remains divided into North and South, we prevented the spread of tyranny but at a terrible price: 2.5 to 5 million people died. Nearly 40,000 American soldiers died in action, and more than 103,000 were wounded., Jackson County had at least six killed and hundreds wounded.