Korea+9321

Many Korean civilians died during the war A large part of the fighting during the Korean War was trenchwarfare Douglas led many troops occupying North in war
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 * The Korean War was a war between North Korea and South Korea lasting for 3 years (1950, 1953)
 * North Korea was supported by the U.S. while South Korea was supported by China
 * Korean Peninsula was owned by Japan until after WWII
 * Korea was divided into two parts at the Potsdam Conference without consulting the Koreans
 * Northern Korean forces invaded the South border on June 25, 1950 leading to the start of the war
 * It was the 1st major armed conflict of the cold war
 * Became a battle of trench warfare
 * There were 2,000,000 Korean civilian lives lost
 * On June 27, 1953 an Armistice was passed saying fighting would end immediately
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General direction of attacks during war
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Shows the 38th Parallel the line before the war separating North from South Korea

//"I fired him because he wouldn't respect the authority of the president. That's the answer to that. I didn't fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was, but that's not against the law for generals. If it was, half to three-quarters of them would be in jail." // - Harry S. Truman President Truman said this after firing Douglas MacArthur because he was made at how he conducted his army in the war.
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