The korean war, 1950-53
- Korea originally divided at end of WWII between USA and Russia along the 38th parallel
- War between north and south Korea
- Often seen as a de-facto war between USA and its western allies and China and Russia and other Communist states.
- War see-saws back and forth
- Turning point at Inchon Landings
- Chinese send almost a million troops to support the north
- United Nations led by Gen. MacCarthur
The Korean War started in 1950, and the American's fought but not under their flag, but under the united nation flag. Chinese overwhelmed the United Nation Forces, where they were pushed back to South Korea. They then considered atomic bombs, in the end they made it back to North Korea then pushed back again ( war see-saw). First time lots of Jet aircrafts were used to bomb.
View Korean War and over 3,000,000 other topics on Qwiki.