Korean War

Korean War starts

Jun 25, 1950

Korean WarThe reason the Korean War started was because North Korea invaded South Korea by crossing the 38th Parallel.

Korean War

Period: Jun 25, 1950 to Jul 27, 1953

U.S. enters the war

Jun 27, 1950

Korean WarThe U.S. enters the war on South Korea's behalf. The U.S, was more concerned about the forces of international communism.

Battle of Osan

Jul 5, 1950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Osan
The Americans advance to Osan where they meet a group of North Korean forces. The Americans were expecting an easy victory but ended up losing and suffered 163 casualties. North Korea had 127.

U.S. invades Inchon

Sep 15, 1950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Inchon
A massive landing of thousands of soldiers and marines caught the Koreans off guard. MacArthur led the Americans and it only took them ten days to recapture Seoul. This ended in an American Victory.

Chinese Divisions enter war

Nov 15, 1950

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
The Chinese enter the war by crossing the Yalu river and push the Americans back. This leads to a series of American defeats.

Truman Fires MacArthur

Apr 11, 1951

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-relieves-macarthur-of-duties-in-korea
MacArthur wanted to push into North Korea and wipe all of them out, and he also said the Chinese wouldn't intervene. He also wanted to drop atomic bombs on China. But the Chinese did and they pushed American forces back so Truman ended up firing MacArthur.

Peace talks begin

Jul 10, 1951

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=when%20are%20thje%20peace%20talks%20at%20the%20korean%20waer Peace talks begin between the United Nations and North Korea. However nothing happens for 2 more years

Eisenhower Elected

Nov 4, 1952

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-goes-to-korea Eisenhower gets elected in 1952 and pledges to go to Korea and end the war.

Korean Armistice Agreement

Jul 27, 1953

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/armistice-ends-the-korean-war This agreement ended the war with a treaty. The United Nations and North Korea both agreed on the terms and signed the treaty.

Aftermath

Jul 27, 1953

http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.korea.html Over 1,000,000 Koreans were killed and 54,000 Americans killed.