Essay On The Invasion At Inchon

In the beginning, it was established that Japan that was in control of Korea from the annexation they made in 1910. April 1945 the Yalta Conference agreed to make a four power trusteeship for Korea near the end of World War two. Korea was split into two pieces, North and South Korea. The United States had control of the southern part of Korea below the 38th parallel, and the Soviet Union occupying the northern area. Later on in that year it was settled that the country would be reconnected and made an independent country after a five year wait. Though to be said a five year time period before the reuniting happened, it was decreased and election was held in 1948 in both the Northern and Southern area of Korea. The communist, began to build …show more content…
September 15,1950, the invasion at Inchon was led by veteran Admiral Arthur Dewey Struble. Sometime around 0630 the first group of United Nations troops was ashore "Green Beach" on Wolmi-do. The island was captured by noon. During the afternoon they defended the land bridge to Inchon, while in anticipation of reinforcement. The invasion on Inchon was a surprise to the North Korean People Army like General MacArthur said. The fatality during the Inchon invasion and a following battle for the town had 566 killed and 2,716 wounded. The North Korean People Army lost more than 35,000, both killed and captured. This plan helped crack the North Korean combative and United Nation servicemen sent them back over the 38th Parallel. United Nation servicemen made their way to North Korea Capital, Pyongyang. This led United Nations servicemen to think that the war with North Korea would be over by Christmas …show more content…
In Eisenhower campaign, he stated he would end the war in Korea. July 27,1953 a consent of agreement was established at Panmunjom . An armistice was signed by North Korea, the United Nations, and China. The treaty made it to where neither side could expand the number of Non-Korean military personnel stationed in Korea. South Korea, however, did not want to sign the armistice. The armistice made a 2.5 mile demilitarized zone between South and North Korea along the 38th parallel. In this zone all troops and weapons shall be banished. After the war Korea remained split into two areas, North and South Korea. After the signing and understanding of the armistice Korea would remain split and divide some families. Families are not allowed to visit or even communicate with each other in they are not in the same Korea region. April of 1954 representatives from both China and the United States met in Geneva and talked about reuniting Korea The two countries could not come to an agreement however so they remained divided in both North and