The Korean War, 1950-3
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- Created on: 22-12-14 18:51
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- what happened in Korea pushed the boundaries of the Cold War towards 'warm war'
- although America and Russia didn't officially clash, client states did that in communist China, encouraged by Russia
- the country was divided after WW2 into the Russian-backed north and American-backed south
- each claimed their right to the other half in an attempt to unite them
- the division was the result of communists occupying the north
- in June 1950, the north Koreans launched a surprise attack against the south and Seoul fell in three days
- the United Nations Security Council (which was currently being boycotted by the Russians) asked the UN states to send troops
- the majority of troops were American (15 nations sent help)
- command was given to General MacArthur
- by the end of August 1950, only Pusan in the south-east…
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