June 24, 1950 the North Korea invaded South Korea. A couple of days later Truman had ordered
U.S troops to aid of South Korea and persuade the United Nations to send military aids which
was referred as a “police action”. UN troops were mainly American were under command of
General Douglass MacArthur, since the NK attack was such a surprise the U.S and SK forces
were pushed into the southern corner of the peninsula. MacArthur had made a risky but smart
military action that got him to land behind NK. Around November he had driven the alliance
deep into NK and was determined to push them into China. Once the Chinese army found out
they send troops into the fight and forced the UN troops back into SK, but the forces got
organized again and attacked back which forced the Chinese back into the 38th parallel of latitude …show more content…
For 18 months a not so easy agreement appeared in a scatter
manner that got interrupted by battles. In July 1953 they came into an agreement to call
everything that was happening a tie.
The consequences of the Korean War were 33,000 U.S lives, plus 110,000 wounded. The
cost of the war was more than $50 billion dollars. MacArthur disagreed with Truman in broad air
with his decision on not to invade China and after the general was fired MacArthur became a
hero and Truman was known as being soft on
U.S troops to aid of South Korea and persuade the United Nations to send military aids which
was referred as a “police action”. UN troops were mainly American were under command of
General Douglass MacArthur, since the NK attack was such a surprise the U.S and SK forces
were pushed into the southern corner of the peninsula. MacArthur had made a risky but smart
military action that got him to land behind NK. Around November he had driven the alliance
deep into NK and was determined to push them into China. Once the Chinese army found out
they send troops into the fight and forced the UN troops back into SK, but the forces got
organized again and attacked back which forced the Chinese back into the 38th parallel of latitude …show more content…
For 18 months a not so easy agreement appeared in a scatter
manner that got interrupted by battles. In July 1953 they came into an agreement to call
everything that was happening a tie.
The consequences of the Korean War were 33,000 U.S lives, plus 110,000 wounded. The
cost of the war was more than $50 billion dollars. MacArthur disagreed with Truman in broad air
with his decision on not to invade China and after the general was fired MacArthur became a
hero and Truman was known as being soft on