the+korean+war

On june 25, 1950, communist north korean forces invaded south korea, started a three year war. Three days later, south korean capital,seoul, fell to the north koreans. President truman immediately ordered us air and sea forces to  give the korean government troops cover and support.

The conflict lasted until July 27, 1953. the United States suffered 54,246 battle deaths and 103,284 wonuded. tensions had festered since the korean peninsula had been divided into a communist north and a noncommunist south in 1945. with the partition 10 million korean families were seprated from each other. For three months, the US was unableto stop the communist advance. But then Douglas MacArthur successfully landed two divisions ashore at Inchon,behind enemy lines.The north koreans fled in disarray across the 38th parallel, the pre-aer border between north and south korea by novemder, US army and marine units thought they were about to end the war in just five months. China's communist leader threatened to send combat fources into korea, but the US commander,Douglas Macarthur thought they were bluffing