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1950
U.S. forces land at Inchon
During the Korean War, U.S. Marines land at Inchon on the west
coast of Korea, 100 miles south of the 38th parallel and just 25
miles from Seoul. The location had been criticized as too risky,
but U.N. Supreme Commander Douglas MacArthur insisted on carrying
out the landing. By the early evening, the Marines had overcome
moderate resistance and secured Inchon. The brilliant landing cut
the North Korean forces in two, and the U.S.-led U.N. force
pushed inland to recapture Seoul, the South Korean capital that
had fallen to the communists in June. Allied forces then
converged from the north and the south, devastating the North
Korean army and taking 125,000 enemy troops prisoner.
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when 90,000 North Korean
troops stormed across the 38th parallel, catching the Republic of
Korea's forces completely off guard and throwing them into a
hasty southern retreat. Two days later, U.S. President Harry
Truman announced that the United States would intervene in the
conflict, and on June 28 the United Nations approved the use of
force against communist North Korea. On June 30, Truman agreed to
send U.S. ground forces to Korea, and on July 7 the Security
Council recommended that all U.N. forces sent to Korea be put
under U.S. command. The next day, General Douglas MacArthur was
named commander of all U.N. forces in Korea.
In the opening months of the war, the U.S.-led U.N. forces
rapidly advanced against the North Koreans, but Chinese communist
troops entered the fray in October, throwing the Allies into a
hasty retreat. In April 1951, Truman relieved MacArthur of his
command after he publicly threatened to bomb China in defiance of
Truman's stated war policy. Truman feared that an escalation of
fighting with China would draw the Soviet Union into the Korean
War.
By May 1951, the communists were pushed back to the 38th
parallel, and the battle line remained in that vicinity for the
remainder of the war. On July 27, 1953, after two years of
negotiation, an armistice was signed, ending the war and
reestablishing the 1945 division of Korea that still exists
today. Approximately 150,000 troops from South Korea, the United
States, and participating U.N. nations were killed in the Korean
War, and as many as one million South Korean civilians perished.
An estimated 800,000 communist soldiers were killed, and more
than 200,000 North Korean civilians died.
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