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Emily

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Battles of the Korean War
America, the Soviet Union, Korea and some countries from the United Nations (UN) were involved in the Korean War to determine if Korea would be a Communist country or not. On August 11, 1945 Korea was divided at the 38th parallel. The Northern part of Korea was the Soviet Union controlled zone and the Southern part of Korea was the U.S. controlled zone. Korea was split into two parts because Japan used to control Korea but at the end of World War II and the Soviet Union and the U.S. both wanted control of Korea so they split Korea down the middle.

The Korean War was a war where America’s goal was to not get allow any more countries to become Communist and whoever won the war would decide if Korea would either be Communist or not. The Korean War occurred in Korea during the 1950’s.

This topic of the Korean War is important to history because if we didn’t win the war then the Soviets could have made the world more and more Communist. If the world was mostly Communist then things wouldn’t be the way they are now and America may not be free. We learned about this topic because we need to know about these events in history that could define what the world is like today.

On June 25, 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea to take over the South Korean capital, Seoul. The UN demanded that North Korea stop but they just ignored the demand. The UN then asked members of the UN to send help to South Korea to stop the North Koreans. While the UN helped South Korea, the Soviet Union, with help from China, helped North Korea. When N. Korea captured Seoul, the Americans and the UN countries made an effort to capture N. Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. On July 8, General Douglas MacArthur was named commander and chief by President Truman.

The Inchon Landing was a plan that MacArthur had to take Seoul back over again. This was a surprise attack in mid-September that changed the course of the war. The plan was to sail into Inchon, which was the northwest coast of South Korean, and take over that port and then take over Seoul. After a very bitter and bloody fight to gain Seoul, the American and UN troops finally got it again. After they captured Seoul, MacArthur demanded that North Korea surrender, but they didn’t.

The war ended on July 27, 1953 when countries from both sides signed a peace treaty. Even today, North and South Korea haven’t yet signed a permanent peace treaty.

=Work Cited=


 * Gardner, Lloyd C. "Korean War." World Book Online Reference Center. 2007. [Highland Middle School. 2/5/07.] <[|http://www.worldbookonline.com.ezproxy.cooklib.org:2048/wb/Article?id=ar304360&st=korean+war&sc=2]>[|]
 * Uschan, Michael V. The Korean War. San Diego, CA: Lucent Books, 2001. 6-112


 * Images**
 * World Together Worlds Apart. map of Korea. 12 Feb. 2007 http://www2.wwnorton.com/college/history/worlds/images/map11_4.jpg.
 * Matray, James I. Revisiting Korea: Exposing Myths of the Forgotten War. 2002. the National Archives. soldiers fighting. 13 Feb. 2007 http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/images/korean-war-artillery.jpg.http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/images/korean-war-artillery.jpg.http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/images/korean-war-artillery.jpg.