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North Korea Invades
Blair House Meeting Notes 75,000 North Korean soldiers cross the 38th Parallel into South Korea, initiating the beginning of the war. -
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Korean War
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 84
U.N. council meets soon after Blair House meeting, decides it would be in the best interest for them and South Korea to put all troops coming to the aid of South Korea all under the U.S. command, to unify the attacks and strategy. -
Inchon Invasion
US and U.N troops launched a surprise invasion on Inchon, west of Seoul, that led to the reclaiming control of Seoul. -
Truman relives MacArthur
History.com article President Truman ended the feud and disagreement of MacArthur's ideas in Korea by dismissing him. The most public disagreement between the two was that MacArthur wanted to push past the 38th parallel into North Korea, to completely wipe them out, but Truman feared intervention from communist China would result. -
Operation Strangle
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Operation Strangle
Air/bombing attacks, mainly by the U.N. in an attempt to cut off Communist supply lines to North Korea. Targeted all sorts of vehicles, communist trains, supply centers, and ammunition dumps. It proved to be a fairly futile attempt though, as the Koreans and Chinese had almost all of the bomb damage repaired by the next year. -
Koje-Do Riot
Korean Prisoners-of-War joining together in rebellion and captured the American commander of the Koje-do prison, to force an admittal of the unfair treatment the POW's were receiving.
This lasted for a few days, with reinforcements being brought in, and a negotiation process, but the capturing of the camp commander was on this date. -
Attacks on Power
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Attacks on North Korea's Power
Navy, Marines, and Air Force launched a series of attacks on North Korea's hydroelectric dams, and other energy producing facilities, to cut the power to North Korea. This attempt proved better than operation Strangle, as almost the whole of the North Korean power grid was out for about two weeks. -
Dwight D. Eisenhower goes to Korea
Eisenhower visits Korea In a fulfillment of one of his presidential campaign promises, Eisenhower visited Korea shortly after he was elected. -
The Armistice
History.com on the Armisitce
An Armistice is signed, stopping the fighting until a peace treaty could be written and completed, essentially ending the war
