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Facts


 * Not until World War II did the United States take a real interest in Korea. President Franklin D. Roosevelt favored a trusteeship in Korea, whereby the United States,Great Britain, China, and the Soviet Union woild temporarily govern the country until they decided that Koea could govern itself.
 * Korea was split in to two parts, one being North Korea and the ther being South Korea
 * Efforts to reunify Korea diminished during the cold war, when the Communist northern government refused to allow a United Nations cmmission into its territory. In May 1948, the commission hld elections in the southern half of Korea, and Syngman Rhee as elected president of the Republic of Korea. The North responded by inaugurating the Demorcratic People's Republic of Korea with Kim II Sung, who had ties to China and the Sovit Union, as its premier.
 * When President Harry Truman began his second term of office on January 20, 1949, Mao Zedong and the Communists continued to dominate the civil war in China against Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists.

Here is what ground combat looked like in the Korean war. Here is a picture of a tank used in the Korean War. Here is another picture of a tank used during the Korean war. Here is a map showing some battles during the Korean war. Here is a picture of another map showing what North and South Korea did during the war.
 * The Korean People's Army, clearly defeated in the South, retreated into North Korea but refused to surrender. On October 1, South Korea forces entered North Korea against Minimal resistance.
 * Chinese Forces began to deploy into North Korea in October. While Washington ordered MacArthur to call off for air strikes against Chinese targets for the destruction of the bridges over the Yalu River, President Truman reassessed the situation. Truman was determined not to widen the war, while MacArthur argued the military necessity of hitting targets in Manchuria that supported the Chinese deployment. The growing feud between Truman and MaxArthur over how to deal with China culminated with the general's removal from command in April 1951.
 * The Size and initial success of the late-November Chinese intervention changed the complexion of the conflict. United Nations Command Forces, after losing Seoul for a second time, finally stopped the Chinese, mounted a major offensive, and were able to restore a defensive line just north of the 38th parallel.
 * By May 1951, the war had settled into a costly stalemate. The unification by the force of the Korean peninsula was no longer possible without expanding the conflict. The Truman administration now was willing to settle for a diplomatic solution and a return to the antebellum status quo, and the Soviets and the Chinese were also ready to negotiate.
 * Meetings over a settlement began on July 10, 1951. However, the negotiations were delayed over the next 18 months as disagreements over venues, meeting agendas, cease-fire agreements, the exchange of prisoners, withdrawal of foreign forces, the demarcation line, and the widening of talks to include the Taiwan situation prolonged the complicated negotiations. In the meantime, both sides attempted to display their resolve by continuing military actions with significant additional casualties.

//"I will defend Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California."// — Gen. Douglas MacArthur to Dr. Syngman Rhee, President of the two-month-old South Korean Republic, October 1948