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=__**//CHINA'S ROLE IN THE KOREAN WAR//**__=

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= = = = ==**China's main role in the war was to help the North Koreans. China and the Soviet Union helped North Korea and the United States helped out the South Koreans. The Soviet Union ruled North Korea and China helped with troops and stayed with them the whole time.**== ==**China helped in many different ways including by sending troops and defending North Korea. China had controlled Korea since 1637 until In 1910 when Japan took over.** **In the beginning of the war North Korea invaded South Korea. After this the United States went to help the South Koreans. South Korea pushed them back up past the 38th parallel. This kept continuing they would push each other back and forth across the 38th parallel. This created a teeter totter affect.**== ==China then went to help the North Koreans. China helped out North Korea and the Soviet Union helped with military equipment. North Korea had about 135,000 soldiers. Many of these soldiers fought for China and the Soviet Union during World War Two. North Korea was also stocked with airplanes and tanks. The North Koreans were not under estimating the South Koreans, they knew that they had gotten soldiers from various places such as Australia, Belgium, and the Netherlands.== ==When the war began, the UN which is the United Nations, security council tried to find a resolution to not fight and to retreat to the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union could have found a resolution but they were too busy boycotting council meetings to protest having China become part of the council.== ==The Chinese nationalist leader was Chaing Kai-Shek. On June 5th, 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea and the UN made them return back to the 38th parallel, again. The Chinese was not happy with the UN. On November 1st China attacked the UN forces. The Soviet Union was on the same side as China. After World War Two China and the Soviet Union were communist nations, they were both now allies.== ==China warned the troops on the border. General MacArthur was born in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 26th, 1880. MacArthur hoped that the war would be over before winter time. He ordered the allies to press back on the United States army. More than 300,000 Chinese troops went into North Korea. General MacArthur thought that the allies outnumbered the Chinese troops and he thought that they would only be good for defense. MacArthur thought that allied power would stop the Chinese troops from entering. China sent a very big force against the allies on November 26th and 27th.== ==Chinese communists were blamed for taking prisoners and brainwashing them. During the Korean War the North Koreans and the Chinese would try and convert the American prisoners over to communism. The North Koreans would have them put into a tiny room and told that their thoughts and beliefs were wrong. Sometimes they were given no food and no sleep. They suffered and would change there beliefs.== ==China's Role in the war had a big impact in history. China helped prevent the South winning the war. Without the Chinese the North Koreans would not have many troops or supplies. China kept the North Koreans strong. South Korea and North Korea never really settled their dispute but the South Koreans did not win and China helped prevent that.== = = =__//**SOURCES**//__= North Korean Flag- http://www.hatsofflynden.com/images/Flags%20Of%20The%20World/North%20Korea.JPG China Flag- http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&q=China+Flag&btnG=Search Information from book- Marquette,Scott.Korean Conflict.Vero Beach:Rourke Publishing LLC,2003 Information from Computer-

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