The Korean War

The Korean war was often called the forgotten war. With the two world wars and the Vietnam war following that, many people forgot about it. No one really knew anything about it. It wasn't the most popular war since it only lasted three years while the others lasted more than 10 years. (4)
North Korea and South Korea wanted their own form of government. North Korea wanted all of Korea to be communist, while South Korea wanted democracy. (5) The governments of these two countries were established in 1948. The Republic of Korea in the South, and People's Democratic Republic in the North. (4) Since they were not both the same kind of government, it started many problems between each other.

For many years, Japanese ruled all of Korea. At the end of World War II, Russia and the US forces entered Korea and fought the Japanese out. It took them awhile, but they finally surrendered on September 9, 1945. The Russians and the US decided that Korea should be split into two halves, but the Korean's wanted to be just one country. Russia and China were fighting with the North Korean's, while US and other United Nations joined with South Korean's big army. North Korea thought force must be used to unite North Korea and South Korea to be one form of government. So, using Russian weapons, they attacked South Korea at dawn on June 25, 1950. This was the start of the Korean War. (5)

For about three years, the fight against communist and non-communist of Korea had many invasions by each Korean country. North Korea had South Korea at their fingertips. On June 27, 1950, the capital of South Korea, Seoul was captured. United Nations was scared that communism would get spread to close countries, because they were attacking South Korea. America's army then came to help South Korea, and since the American army was pretty small, North Korea trapped them behind enemy territory. (5)

By August 1950, South Korea has almost been lost. North Korea had invaded almost the whole South Korea. More troops from all over the world then came to help out the South. On September 1, 1950, North Korean then attacked all around the barriers. They then invaded Inchon, the major supply center for South Korea. By September 18, American troop launched many air attacks on the North Korean army, and they were pushed back to the imaginary line dividing North and South. (5)

The war then turns around. Troops for the South moved on to North Korean's capital P'yongyang. They stayed in control of North Korea for a while. The invasions just got bigger and bigger. After months of fighting, and two years of peace talks with no progress, the war still continued. Battles still took place but also long periods of none as well. United Nations was slowly, but efficiently taking control of North Korea, but North Korea would not give in. Untied Nations gained 20 miles of the country. (5)

Truce talks began in July 1951, making sure all of North Korea and South Korea had some word in them. The war ended two years later, with the original boundary of North and South Korea to stay the same. The armistice was signed July 27, 1953, ending the war. Although a peace treaty never followed. (4) Even to this day, the war continues. North and South Korea still have standing armies at the boundary line, often still getting in disputes. (5) Many troops that fought in this war died. Untied States losses were about 54,000 dead and 103,000 wounded. (4) The Chinese and the Koreans were 10 times higher. Deaths in the Korean War totaled up to more than 3,000,000 people. Even though this war was a forgotten one, it had a big impact on our lives and how we live today. (5)


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