Negotiations For Peace: The Korean War

The Korean War was fought between North Korea (aid of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (aid of the United States). The Korean War started June 25, 1950 when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. The Korean War ended on July 27, 1953 with the Korean War armistice.

The Korean War occurred from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953 when armistice was signed. (Stokesbury) It was between Republic of Korea and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. United Nations were on the South Korea side and China and Soviet Union were at North Korea side. North Korea invaded South Korea after United States’ military evacuation. North Korea occupied most of South Korea, but after Incheon Landing, it turned the tide of the war. Finally, the war ended by declaring ceasefire and made Military Demarcation Line. The war was significant because it was the war between democratic and communist countries. It was also the time of Cold War when Soviet Union and United States were having political and diplomatic conflicts

In the summer of 1950, the Korean War erupted into an international conflict, aided by the Soviet Union (Millett). By the signing of the Armistice, “more than a million combat casualties were suffered on both sides” (Millett). Korea was observed as another Communist threat, so even before Eisenhower was in office, he promised to take “a personal trip to Korea” and “to bring the Korean war to an early and honorable end”–and so he did (Patterson 260). He spent three days in Korea after the election and signed a ceasefire on July 27, 1953

After World War II, the US, Britain, and USSR decided that the Koreas should become two separate countries. However, the Koreas wanted to unite into one country. North Korea surprised South Korea by attacking at dawn on June 25, 1950. The war continued to escalate and the US sent in an army to help South Korea. During this time, Eisenhower helped negotiate a seemingly never ending armistice in the Korean war only six months into his presidency. The Korean War never truly come to an end, no live rounds have been fired but the tensions still permeate society.

Eventually, the war resulted in the split of Korean territory into North Korea and South Korea, and the United States withdrew their troops. In fact in many cases, the United States withdraws their military force and ceases the war is because of the objection within the domestic citizens, due to a weary of costing human lives and national expenses, not that the United States don’t have the strength to battle. If this event was described by an unbiased outsider, then it is more likely to be: The Koreans started a civil war, then split into North and South, and each side gained its own supporters or allies, and eventually the war was ceased.

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On June 25th, 1950, the Korean war began. About 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, the border separating North and South Korea. Undivided, Korea was a Japanese colony, until the end of World War II in 1945. But after WWII, Korea was poured into the hesitant hands of the United States, and the exhilarated hands of the Soviet Union. It was then divided into North, occupied by the Soviets, and South, occupied by the United States.

North Korea and South Korea sign the Armistice Agreement to end the war the countries agreed to create the Demilitarized Zone to separate

Eisenhower strongly criticized President Truman’s handling of the war in Korea. President Eisenhower while campaigning would start to make remarks about a nuclear attack witch prompted the end of the stale mate that was being held. Eisenhower had such great influence on South Korea he put an intense amount of pressure on South Korea to drop and reduce the size of demands they were looking for while the war was going on. On July 27th all sides signed an agreement to end the bloodshed of the war. All prisoners of war were allowed to return to their home countries. A new border between North and South Korea was drawn, which gave South Korea some additional territory and demilitarized the zone between the two nations.

The war lasted longer than three years. “It pitted the United Nations Command, largely made up of American and South Korean forces, against Soviet-trained and Soviet-equipped North Korean and communist Chinese troops” (McClenaghan 487). Even after Cease-fire negotiations beginning in July 1951, fighting continued “until an armistice was signed on July 27th, 1953” (McClenaghan 487). Peace terms were never agreed on. This long, bitter war with Korea put the United States in 157,530 causality debt, including 20 billion dollars in debt, and 33,629 war fighters dead. Korea on the other hand was in much destruction in both the North and

The Korean War or better known as the forgotten war, was fought from 1950 to 1953. Being sandwiched between World War II and the war in Vietnam it is often overlooked. After World War II, Korea was split into a communist government in the north and a more democratic government in the south. On June 25, 1950 North Korean soldiers marched into South Korea and captured their capital, Seoul. The U.S. and the United Nations sent thousands of soldiers to defend South Korea. The Chinese backed North Korea and soon both sides were in the hills at the 38th Parallel. This imaginary line split the North from the South and the war continued in the hills from 1951 to 1953. Finally, in July of ‘53 prisoners were exchanged and the fighting stopped.

On May 1951 the communist were pushed back to the 38th parallel and the battle line remained in that vicinity for the rest of the war. July 27, 1953 after 2 years of negotiation, military leaders from China, North Korea, and the United Nations signed an armistice that ended the fighting and created a new boundary near the 38th parallel that gave South Korea some territory and established a 2.5 mile wide demilitarized zone to serve as a buffer between the two Korea’s. Because South korea and North Korea never signed a peace treaty technically they're still at war today.

people have forgotten all about the war. The Korean war was over 65 years ago, it lasted for three years. The war was started when North Korea,who were communist, attacked South Korea(Pridham).  The south Korean troops were called ROK’s for the Republic of Korea(Dolan, 9-10).“The phong rang at about 9:20 P.M. Secretary of State Dean Acheson was on the line. He told President Truman: “Mr. President, I have very serious news. The North Koreans have invaded South Korea.”(Fitzgerald, 8).

The Korea War occurred from 1950 to 1953. It was the war between North Korea and South Korea. At that time, Soviet Union supported the communist North Korea, United States supported the democratic South Korea. In June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. Canadian government send 22000 soldiers to fight. 300 Canadian soldiers were killed. There are 3 countries supported North Korea and 17 countries supported South Korea. In July 1953, the Korea War ended. Neither North Korea nor South Korea won this war.

Thus began the Korean War, which would last for three years. By the time an armistice was signed in July 1953, 2.5 million people had died and the line of division remained. After the war South Korea flourished but North Korea remained an economic basket case and a police state which has been ruled by the same family for three generations. First came Kim Il-Sung, then his son Kim Jong-Il, and now the grandson Kim Jong-Un. Kim Jong-Un became the world's youngest head of state, after elevating himself from First Secretary of the Worker's Party of Korea to Supreme leader of North Korea.