Korean war

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  • korea divided between North and South

    korea divided between North and South
    following japenese surrender, Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American tropos in the South. Temporary border at 38th parallel establoshed

  • N. korrean invasion

    N. korrean invasion
    75,000 soldiers of the north korean army crossed the 38th parallel the boundry betweeen the Soviet-backed Democratic People's Republic of korea in the north, and the pro-western republic of korea in the south

  • Execution

    Execution
    President of N. korea was worried that south korea would join the communists, President Syngman Rhee orders the execution of 100,000 people

  • deployment of the 7th fleet

    deployment of the 7th fleet
    President Harry s. truman deploys the 7th fleet to the waters off Taiwan ti prevent the spread of the conflict in Koreato other far east waters

  • capital controll

    capital controll
    Pyongyang, the korean capital, falls the controll of the U.N.

  • first airborn operation

    first airborn operation
    War's first airborne operation. Seventy-one C-119s and 40 C-47s of the Far East Air Force's (FEAF) Combat Cargo Command drop 2,860 paratoopers of the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team (RCT) at Sukch'on and Sunch'on north of Pyongyang. One trooper killed and 36 injured in one jump. Paratroopers in association with ground forces driving north, kill or capture about 6,000 North Koreans during this operation, however the operation is considered a failure in that it did not rescue any POWs or