After World War 2, Korea was split into two parts. The North, which was occupied by the Soviet Union and the South, which was occupied by the Americans. The country was spilt by an imaginary line which was the 38th parallel. The American government suggested that there be free elections so that they could unify the North and the South to become one country, however the Soviet didn't agree with this and so the idea was turned down. On May 10,

Today North Korea is under the dictatorship of Kim Jong Il. The North is a very poor and undeveloped country and is keeping an isolationistic policy with millions of North Koreans dying each year from starvation, while the South is having a booming economy with great ties to the world economies. To this day there has been great speculation that the North may one day invade once again but perhaps if they do, in the 21st century the South Koreans along with the free world will capture and end the communist rule and one day reunify Korea.

Between June 25 and September 7, 1950 the North Korean Army had basically captured most of the south Korean land. They had already killed thousands of troops and civilians and had control of the capital city. By the end of June over half of the South Korean army had been destroyed7 The only area left was a small area which was named the "Pusan Perimeter" This was on the south-east corner of land and contained Korea's main port of Pusan. The Pusan Perimeter was South Korea's only last bit of hope.

On April 11, 1951 a shock event occurred. President Truman removed General MacArthur as leader of the forces and replaced him with Ridgeway. Truman felt that Mac Arthur's policies were much to harsh as MacArthur once said "there are no substitutes for total victory, and All-out measures." Truman felt that these were not acceptable and felt that it could lead to a third world war.

On November 26 and 27, 1950 the allied troops suddenly retreated south. General MacArthur and his allies underestimated the size and strength of the Chinese army. They also felt that the Chinese army would only be used as a defence line rather than an offensive and did not feel that they would cross into North Korea. However they were all wrong, China had sent about 300 000 troops across the border and forced the retreat of the allies. The Chinese continued to press on and on December 4 the allies withdrew from Pyongyang. On new years eve the Chinese began to attack Seoul and fought for five days before capturing the capital on January 4, 1951. On January 16 the allies moved north again and began to fight all the Chinese and North Korean forces and captured Seoul once again on March 14 19519. For the next two year the war would almost be a non-event. There were no more major advances that either side made but there were many battles that led to key positions.

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