China's involvement in the Korean War, 1950-53
•As U.N. troops got close to the Yalu River China sends almost a million troops
•They drive the U.N. troops almost off the pennisula
•Protect Communism in the north of Korea, which remains to this day
Summary: China's involvement ended up being a failure at the U.N troops were conquered by the North Korea
"In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores."
- President Harry Truman
•They drive the U.N. troops almost off the pennisula
•Protect Communism in the north of Korea, which remains to this day
Summary: China's involvement ended up being a failure at the U.N troops were conquered by the North Korea
"In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores."
- President Harry Truman