Korean War Key Events

korean war  The decision to intervene in Korea, however, grew out of the tense atmosphere that characterized Cold War politics On the eve of the North The Korean War experience helped the Navy fight more effectively during the later conflict in Southeast Asia and elsewhere The conflict was also America's

By late 1951, the United States and the UN allied powers had driven North Korean forces nearly to the Yalu River, the border of North Korea and China At this important turning-point in the history of the cold war As President Truman put it in the statement which he made on June 27, 1950, two days after the

The Korean War was a three-year struggle with ongoing political, social, and economic ramifications From 1950 to 1953, the small Korean peninsula became Korean War, 1950-1953 A collection of primary source documents related to the Korean War Obtained largely from Russian archives, the documents include reports