The Korean War: Summary

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The Korean War, a short summary of what happened in Korea. Let's place ourselves first; we're done World War II (1945) with the victory of the allies on the axis (Germany, Italy and Japan). In 1945, as I told you, the Americans defeated Japan and split up with the other winners (that is, that is, the Soviet Union) the Republic of Korea (which had been a membership of Japan during the war). They decide to divide it along the 38th parallel, leaving a pro-communist government in the north and a pro-capitalist government in the south. So much so that on June 25, 1950 the communist North decided to attack the Capitalist south to try to unite the entire Korean peninsula into a single communist government. As the South does not wait for the attack, very quickly the troops from the North manage to conquer almost the entire South of the peninsula, leaving only a small area in the South called the Pusan ​​perimeter.

It is at this time that the United States, sponsored by a UN decree, goes to war to try to liberate the capitalist South from the communist North. Commanding troops under the command of Douglas McCarthur who was a great hero general of World War II.

Douglas macarthur he devises a very, very risky plan but one that will ultimately be very successful. He thinks that; Since almost the entire peninsula already belongs to North Korea, he will try to attack from high above and thus catch them off guard and threaten the rear. All the generals believe that it is a very crazy and risky plan but in the end it is carried out and with remarkable success. That is, the allies (this time the UN with many countries led by the United States) manage to make the North Koreans have to withdraw, cross the 38th parallel again and go up a little more by pulling north. At that time China, which was also a pro-communist country, decided to go to war and aided economically and militarily by the Soviet Union. Through a brutal offensive they get the allies to go down again beyond the 38th parallel.

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