Korea+9321

After WWII the Soviet Union and America both had claim to Korea so they split it in half. North being communists south being democractic America withdrew its support in South Korea causing north Korea with Soviet support to attack South Korea was mostly just agricultural so had trouble defending themselves America eventually sent support under command of Douglas McArthur War went on for over a year communist vs. UN UN won ground at the start but then China joined North Korea and they lost ground They stopped at the dividing line half-way between the two countries then two years later a peace agreement was signed Cased the US to decide how involved they are going to get in different places more carefuly UN became the international arbiter and will become more powerful

Because South Korea was mostly a farming country there was much blood-shed in open fields and shipping areas.



more modern wepons were being used in the Cold War. Most importantly the threat of the atomic bomb was big on both sides.

The terain was very different asn there were even mountains. Also with more powerful guns, firefights could happen from farther away.

This is a map of all the diffrent major movements of the UN and Communists all in one map.

The Korean War was an important fight but it was just one small skirmish in the two diffrent major powers of the world.

//"I will defend Korea as I would my own country—just as I would California."// — Gen. Douglas MacArthur