The Korean War was a war between South Korea and North Korea. The drastic situation of the war caused for the joining of multiple nations supporting the communist side, and the United Nations. The United Nations had the goal of stopping the spread of communism and the threat it poses. This long war was the first that involved battles between jet aircraft. It also was the first war that an international organization, the United Nations, was in through military involvement (Armstrong, 2015, p. 379). The war started by Korea wanting the establish a government for the whole peninsula, but the two sides set up two governments that both claimed the whole country. The United Nations wanted the Korean peninsula to consolidate for one whole country
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The invasions were successful and led to the capture of Wonsan, Hungnam, Hamhung and Pyongyang (Armstrong, 2015, p. 382). Four days after the capture of Pyongyang United Nations forces were surrounded and ambushed (Reece, 2011, p. 49). The soldiers were massacred and some were forced to retreat back long distances before being captured. General McArthur went on to the border of China, where the Chinese and the allies met on October 25 in Onjong. This battle carried on until the allies and the Chinese drew back on November 6. On November 26, 1950, 300,000 Chinese soldiers attacked and left the United States shocked and drastically weakened (Calkins, 1975, p. 457). By 1951 the United Nations had driven the communists back further into the north in retaliation. General MacArthur became increasingly more expressive in his opinions on bombing the Chinese and ending the …show more content…
382). They recaptured Seoul on March 14 with little resistance to their efforts. During this time period there began to be more brutal and bloody battles that raised questions overseas. General MacArthur’s personal opinions were not perceived well, and he was replaced by General Mathew B. Ridgeway on April 11, 1951 (Armstrong, 2015, p. 282). All over the world everyone was beginning to express wanting a close to the war (Calkins, 1975, p. 457). The communist side and allied side suggested talking means of a treaty to end the war on June 30 (Armstrong, 2015, p. 382). On July 10, 1951, negotiations began to end the long and brutal war. The armistice line was formed in the signing of a document between the United Nations and North Korea on July 27, 1953. The United Nations issues statements to both sides saying that prisoners of war could make the decision on if they wanted to return home or not (Armstrong, 2015, p. 382). There were 1,600,000 communist troops killed, and 560,000 United Nations and South Korean troops killed over the course of the war. There were one million South Korean civilians killed by the communist forces. The Korean War tested the strength of the five-year-old United Nations. The battles went back and forth, but nobody claimed victory. Both sides of the tremendous struggle agreed on the armistice agreement, but the tensions still live on (Reece, 2011, p. 86). This war was the first
The invasions were successful and led to the capture of Wonsan, Hungnam, Hamhung and Pyongyang (Armstrong, 2015, p. 382). Four days after the capture of Pyongyang United Nations forces were surrounded and ambushed (Reece, 2011, p. 49). The soldiers were massacred and some were forced to retreat back long distances before being captured. General McArthur went on to the border of China, where the Chinese and the allies met on October 25 in Onjong. This battle carried on until the allies and the Chinese drew back on November 6. On November 26, 1950, 300,000 Chinese soldiers attacked and left the United States shocked and drastically weakened (Calkins, 1975, p. 457). By 1951 the United Nations had driven the communists back further into the north in retaliation. General MacArthur became increasingly more expressive in his opinions on bombing the Chinese and ending the …show more content…
382). They recaptured Seoul on March 14 with little resistance to their efforts. During this time period there began to be more brutal and bloody battles that raised questions overseas. General MacArthur’s personal opinions were not perceived well, and he was replaced by General Mathew B. Ridgeway on April 11, 1951 (Armstrong, 2015, p. 282). All over the world everyone was beginning to express wanting a close to the war (Calkins, 1975, p. 457). The communist side and allied side suggested talking means of a treaty to end the war on June 30 (Armstrong, 2015, p. 382). On July 10, 1951, negotiations began to end the long and brutal war. The armistice line was formed in the signing of a document between the United Nations and North Korea on July 27, 1953. The United Nations issues statements to both sides saying that prisoners of war could make the decision on if they wanted to return home or not (Armstrong, 2015, p. 382). There were 1,600,000 communist troops killed, and 560,000 United Nations and South Korean troops killed over the course of the war. There were one million South Korean civilians killed by the communist forces. The Korean War tested the strength of the five-year-old United Nations. The battles went back and forth, but nobody claimed victory. Both sides of the tremendous struggle agreed on the armistice agreement, but the tensions still live on (Reece, 2011, p. 86). This war was the first