The+Korean+War

​ =__The Korean War__= On June 25, 1950 nearly North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, and attacked South Korea. President Truman and WWII hero General Douglas MacArthur, sent troops to help South Korean and United Nations forces. They attacked, Inchon in September 1950 and by October North Korea had been sent back north. But Truman still worried of what China would do if the war kept going. But he was told(by MacArthur)that China would not get in the way. So he continued. Bur Truman was right. On November 26, 1950 nearly 300,000 Chinese soldiers attacked, and Truman did not want to have the U.S. to enter another war. By spring of 1953, Dwight D. Eisenhower, now president, hinted he wanted to use nuclear weapons. But neither side won the Korean War, and the sides remainded divided today. But two things did change. One was that Truman's use of American forces enlarged the power of the presidency and the second was a new alliance called SEATO(Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) was formed to prevent the spread of communism. It was the Asian version of NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)**
 * During the Korean war President Truman used his power of presidency to the limit the spread of communism on East Asia. One of the problems was that their was communism in Korea. Then communism spread, and the solution was SEATO(Southeast Asia Treaty Organization). It was the Asian version of NATO(North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Then America got involved. Another problem was that China intervened and we attacked. So the communism moved to Korea. But after WWII the U.S. and the Soviet Union split Korea in to two. They called it the 38 Parallel, because it was divided by the 38th parallel of latitude.[[image:http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/images/korean_w.gif width="302" height="283"]]

​ Chinese Nationlist leader.
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**__Mao Zedong- __** Communist leader.
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**38 Parallel-**
Where after WWII the U.S. and the Soviet Union had splitKorea into two and it was divided by the 38th parallel. []

(Military) a war in which the belligerents do not seek the total destruction of the enemy, esp one in which nuclear weapons are deliberately not used
====__//**Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation(SEATO)-**//__ A new alliance that was formed to prevent the spread of communism. ==== 

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