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 * There were five main countries and leaders in the Korean War. There was the communist Soviet Union, which Joseph Stalin controlled, China, which Mao Zedong controlled, and North Korea, which Kim II Sung controlled. There was the democratic United States of America, which Harry S. Truman was president of, and South Korea, which Syngman Rhee was the president of.**


 * [[image:macarthur.jpg width="107" height="142" align="left"]]A very famous democratic general that led troops in the Korean War was General Douglas MacArthur. He went to West Texas Military Academy. Soon after he was admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point. He then began to work his way up in the military ranks where he became a full general in 1930. In 1935 he was named a military advisor. He retired in 1937, but he returned in 1941 when President Truman requested that he do so. He later became head of the United Nations command. He was also in control of the eighth army. He made a plan in the Korean War to trap the North Korean army between two UN armies, and on September 28, 1950 UN forces captured Inchon. On April 11, 1951 President Truman fired MacArthur because he spoke ill of Truman.**


 * [[image:kimilsung.jpeg width="94" height="116" align="left"]]The North Korean communist leader was Kim II Sung. Kim Il Sung gained fame in 1931 for being a guerrilla fighter against the Japanese in the Yalu River region. In October of 1945 Kim was an official Soviet army captain. In exchange for Kim's loyalty, the Soviets appointed him premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948. In June of 1950 Kim II Sung's army went across the 38th parallel, which was the border between South and North Korea, so he could conquer it and Korea could be one county.**


 * There were also other people involved in the war. General Walker was an U.N. general. General Dean was head of USAFIK. General William K. Harrison was general of U.S. Army and North Korean General Nam II of the People's Republic of North Korea. He was also a UN representative. General John Hodge took command of South Korea. General Omar Bradley was General of Joint Chiefs of Staff. These were all democratic generals.

The most important leaders were Kim II Sung and Harry S. Truman. Kim II Sung was the leader of North Korea and Harry S. Truman, the U.S. Kim II Sung came to power in 1931 and Truman in 1945. Truman and Kim have both served in the army before. Kim started the war, but Truman came in later on. In the end there was a cease fire on July 27, 1953.

The generals and leaders of the war could, in fact, be the most important thing in the war. That is because they made all the important decisions. They decided when to go to war and when to stop. They are the heart of war.

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