Korean+War

The Korean War
 * 1) After WWII both the soviets and the US occupied Korea, they planned to both leave Korea and un occupy their sides, freeing Korea
 * 2) Both South and North Korea created their own governments that claimed rule to all of Korea, the North communist and the South a democracy
 * 3) the United States publicly stated that Korea fell outside its area of Asian concern and withdrew its troops, North Korean communists seized this advantage and invaded South Korea in June of 1950
 * 4) The war was, to President Truman, a test of his policies, the UN, and to try and motivate them for stopping the Communist move in South Korea
 * 5) In the early fighting Northern Korea push the South almost down to Pusan, the Communists were winning
 * 6) The N. Korean troops and the US troops went on either side of the S. Korean troops and forced them past the 38th parallel line
 * 7) The US wanted to push them all the way up past the Yalu River but china warned them to stop
 * 8) It took two years to come to the armistice at Panmunjom
 * 9) As a result, the United Nations took its place as an international arbiter in its first of many military interventions.

 This picture shows the mountainous climate of the fighting conditions in Korea From WARCHAT.ORG <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This image shows the memorial for the Korean War. It also shows that this war is now called the forgotten war. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">From general admissions state of Wisconsin

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">This image shows the cover of a book about the Korean War. It shows the soilder in all of its winter gear. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">From Amazon

This is a map showing the movement of the two opposing forces and the treaty line. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">From WARCHAT.ORG This map shows the plans of the North Korean fighters From Forgotten: <span class="titleSmall" style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: auto;">The Arkansas Korean War Project