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Stalemate
Until the Armistice agreement was officially signed, the war continued being a "Stalemate" since both sides basically gave up trying to unify Korea forcefully. -
Invasion of South Korea
The Korean War began after five years of tension along the Korean peninsula caused by border conflict, which led to Kim ll-Sung (the leader), crossing the 38th parallel as the North invaded the South on June 25, 1950. Kim ll-Sung was heavily supported by the Soviet Union that was towards the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula at the end of WWll. -
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Landings at Inchon
It was an invasion and battle of the Korean War that ended in favor of the United Nations Command. During the War, U.S Marines landed at Inchon around the west coast, about 100 miles south of the 38th parallel and 25 from Seoul. The location at the time was said to be risky but the Commander MacArthur advised they still do the landing anyway. Also the difficulties they faced actually landing the Inchon due the Geography (Big tides gave away to the mudflats), An assault needed accurate timing. -
China Intervenes
Around late October of 1950, the PRC (People's Republic of China) committed about 260,000 troops to combat in North Korea. The first thought the Chinese had was to intervene the Korean conflict based on misperception of American commitment to stop communist expansion. Then late November, 1950, the Chinese pushed a full strength attack towards South of the 38th parallel with communist forces seizing the South Korean capital, Seoul. -
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Battle of Imjin River
Also being known as the Battle of Solma-ri, The Battle of Imjin was the bloodiest engagement endured by the British Army since the Second World War. For three days, the 29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group thwarted the Chinese Spring Offensive. As the Korean War went on, in the late 1950, many Americans lost interest. Newspapers reflected this on October 5th and published an article called "Korea: The Forgotten War". -
Armistice
Prior to the Korean War, since the Cold war politics ended in the establishment of two separate governments in 1948, rising tensions prevented co-operation which made the desire of peace unification for a lot of Koreans drop when the War broke out in 1950. After months of conflict between officials from united States, North Korea, South Korea, China, and the former Soviet Union and U.N forces, on July 27, 1953, The Korean Armistice Agreement was officially signed.