The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever

since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World

War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. The United States

troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces

The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was

because John Foster Dulles, the future Secretary of State under

Dwight Eisenhower, said that it would be best if we entered the

war. At the time Dulles was a special advisor to the Secretary of

State Acheson. Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war.

Dulles sent a message to Acheson that if the South Koreans start

losing and cannot hold back the North Koreans, they should send in

United States forces. He said to do so, "even though this risks

Russian counter moves. To sit by while Korea is overrun by

unprovoked armed attack would start a disaster chain even leading

most probably to World War III." When Dulles got back to

Washington he specified that he meant sending in United States Air

Almost immediately after getting word of the invasion, Ache

On June 25, 1950 , without warning a surprise attack was

also asked to set up a naval blockade off the entire Korean coast.

States Seventh Fleet, "to stabilize the combat situation".

staged by North Korea, on South Korea, across the 38th Parallel.

States felt that if Russia's troops would fight for North Korea, we

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