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1. In 1945 Soviet troops ocupied parts of North Korea all the way down to the 38th parallel and U.S. forces took South Korea up to that point and both established there respected governments in there occupied terratory. 2. In June of 1950 Communist North Korean troops invaded South Korea and UN Forces were sent to combat this threat on democracy. 3. General MacArthur lead UN troops to land behind enemy lines a daring move that worked. 4. The UN forces pushed the Communists all the way to close to the Chinese border but then the Chinese warned the UN forces to halt. 5. China entered the War and hundreds of thousands of men pushed back UN Forces because they felt that there boarders were being threatened. 6. The UN Forces and Communist Forces were dead locked at the 38th parellel. 7. MacArthur was fired due to public critizism of Truman for not wanting to blockade and bomb China due to the threat of the Soviets getting involved and this turning into another World War. 8. After Eisenhower was elected he had peace talks with Chinese and Koreas and he privatly threatened to use Nuclear Weapons on China but peace was reached. 9. The borders were set back to where they were at 1950 in Korea and Communism was contained in the Koreas.

This map shows where the major conflicts were fought in the Korean war.

Korean War terrain was rough and as you can see the technology was not that different when it came to war technology from WWII.

The war also took many Civilian lives as well as soliders lives.

In addition to rural concflicts there were also Urban conflicts this taking place in the South Korean Capitol of Seol.

This map shows the forces after the peace was signed.

General Douglass MacArthur said this after he was fired. "I now close my military career and just fade away-an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light to see duty. Good-bye". This moved a lot of people but they later realized that Truman was right.