Korean War
Korea originally divided at end of WWII between USA and Russia along the 38th parallel
- War between North and South Korea - Often seen as a de-facto war between USA and its western ales and China and Russia and other communist states - War see-saws back and forth -Turning point at Inchon Landings - Chinese send almost a million troops to support the North - United Nations led by Gen. MacCarthur "In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores."
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War between North and South Korea. USA and western allies vs. Russia and commies.
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