The History of the Korean War: North and South Seperation

By Harvey Madison

The Korean War w fught about sixty r g nd resulted in an unh rtin of Nrth nd Suth Kr. Thi wr i till causing reverberations thrughut th world nd effecting current vnt. Th Krn War began in June 1950 whn th Nrth Krn Arm (KPA) fldd vr th border separating it frm the Suth. Th uhd the South Korean Army (ROKA) nd a small htil frmd ntingnt f th US Eighth Arm tdil towards the . Th were finll td in August 1950 at wht m to be knwn the Pun Primtr. The d and u f th KPA in fring thir w uth hkd th wrld. With strong nurgmnt frm the US the newly frmd UN became involved (UNC), with th US lding the w under WWII hr Gn. Dugl MacArthur. In th fll f 1951 a urriing and iniring plan dvid b Gn. MacArthur w put int action. The US forces invdd t th port f Inchon nr Sul. Thi bm th fvrd t for MArthur bu f its r dfn. Taking back Sul, which is th itl f Suth Korea, wuld l b a big morale btr. Th uful untr-ttk uhd th Nrth Koreans back vr th brdr int Nrth Kr. At thi point th Chinese became invlvd uhing th Amrin bk blw th 38th parallel. Th Amrin ltr counter-attacked pushing th Chin bk nrth of the 38th rlll. In the mntim Gn. MacArthur w bming mr ublil vocal but striking t th Chin mainland. H wntd t blkd it rt nd invlv the Chin Nationalist leader, General Ching Kai-shek wh had troops n th island f Tiwn. Thi did nt ndr MArthur to Pr. Trumn wh viwd some of MArthur comments as inubrdint. In Aril f 1951 Gn. MArthur w rld by Gn. Ridgw. Fr th nxt two r th war w a virtul tlmt, but invlvd m of the most viiu fighting. The nw famous bttl of Pork Ch Hill and Hrtbrk Ridg tk l during thi tim. After tw years f bittr n nd off again negotiations n armistice w ignd in July f 1953. The result w Nrth nd South Kr bing rtd at the 38th rlll. Thi actually gv Suth Kr a small territory gin, lthugh nithr side w happy with th rult. Th dvttin wrought on bth id f th wr was drmti. Millions f mbtnt and ivilin n bth sides did nd th rrt damage w xtniv. Consequently th rvr was lw and tl. Th Nrth bm l with China nd th Suth ld ranks with the US and the West. Th US lt rximtl 38,000 mn in the wr. It was l th first hot nflit f th Cld Wr and the firt f many proxy wars fought btwn th Cmmunit and Western Super Pwr. Th next fifty r wuld be fud rund th Cld War with millin bing lughtrd b Communism and vast munt f bld and National treasure bing spent n bth id. Today th trvd nd enslaved l f North Kr ffr a stark ntrt to th free and prosperous l f Suth Kr nd an illuminating lk at the diffrn in ttlitrin nd free regimes. Th imlitin and consequences f th war till h today Nrth Kr h bm not nl nuclear but increasingly rrti in it behavior whil still rttd by Chin. Runifitin between the tw untri, supply f nuclear mtril t vriu gru r untri nd urt f trrrim are just m of th mr riu issues till in l with Nrth Kr. Rd more but th history of th Krn war and th separation of th Nrth Korea and Suth kr. LET''S DIVE IN!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1980390584
• ISBN13: 9781980390589
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"