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Korean War Timeline

By gigiarg99

  • Soviet Detonation

    Soviet Detonation
    Ending the United States' short reign as the sole atomic power on Earth. The entry of the Soviets into the atomic club made Americans nervous, not to mention a little suspicious- especially of communism.

  • Invasion

    Invasion
    Communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea at the head of a United Nations force composed of more than a dozen countries.

  • One Korea?

    One Korea?
    The communist leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, decided to attempt to reunify Korea under his control.

  • Military Advance

    Military Advance
    North Korean forces had swept across almost all of South Korea; American forces held only a small defensive perimeter in the country’s southeast, near Busan.

  • McArthur

    McArthur
    Under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, the United States launched a bold counter-offensive that included a daring amphibious landing in territory held by North Korean forces at Inchon, on South Korea’s western coast. Soon, US forces drove the North Koreans back to the border at the 38th parallel.

  • Communist Cohorts

    Communist Cohorts
    Communist China joined North Korea in the war, unleashing a massive Chinese ground attack against American forces. The Soviet Union also covertly supported North Korea.

  • Parallels

    Parallels
    American forces neared the Chinese border, leaders in communist China sent tens of thousands of Chinese soldiers streaming into North Korea and drove the American and UN forces southward, back across the 38th parallel
  • Period: to

    Beating a Dead Horse...

    these years consisted of periods of fierce fighting, but the border held fast and did not change

  • Spring Time

    Spring Time
    Americans had pushed to the 38th parallel once again. That same spring President Truman fired General MacArthur when MacArthur publicly challenged the administration’s strategy

  • Armistice

    Armistice
    An armistice established a status quo antebellum, the existing state of affairs before the war, border near the border that had originally divided North and South Korea.

  • Present Day

    Present Day
    The heavily armed two-and-a-half mile wide Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea exists to this day