Korean War Part 1

After World War Two, Japan had lost its control in Korea. Korea became a free country. However, the country was weak when it first became independent. So USA and USSR decided to give help to Korea, meanwhile spread the country into North Korea and South Korea. After most of the USA army had leaved South Korea, North Korea is planning to attack South Korea. 25 June 1950, the North Korean Army had crossed over the 38 parallel line and attack the South Korea Army. However, North Korea claimed that South Korea attacks them first, and North Korea was just self-defensing.

At the same day, after USA noticed the action that North Korea did, they had sent out air forces and navies back to Korea

At the beginning of the war, North Korea had successfully taken over Seoul, the capital of South Korea, in three days. Hundreds of citizens got kill by the North Korea Army.

29 June 1950, USA Government had gave out promotion for the US army started the attacks from air forces and navies to North Korea Army above the 38 parallel lines.

1 July 1950, two companies of US infantry regiments had arrived in Bussan to help the South Korean Army to fight North Korea Army. These were the first US army that arrived Korea since the war began.

8 July 1950, General MacArthur became the General in Chief of the United Nation Army. Six days later, the president of South Korea, Syngman Rhee, gave out his military control power to MacArthur.

In the following few months, armies from many United Nation countries had came to Korea to help out the war. United Kingdom is the biggest supporter that supported USA to fight the war.

At the same time, Soviet Union had said that they wouldn’t influenced the war that fight in Korea. But they didn’t say that they wouldn’t gather armies alone the border between China, North Korea and Soviet Union. They had gathered they army along the borders just in case anything bad happened to them.

However, China had created a “Chinese People Volunteer Army” with 9 divisions alone the border in between China and North Korea waiting to help North Korea Army.