At 4am on Sunday June 25, 1950 powerful North Korean forces invaded South Korea, advancing towards the Southern Capital of Seoul, in a determined attempt to reunite Korea by force. South Korean troops resisted bravely, but were crushed by overwhelming Northern superiority. On July 7 the United Nations Security Council appointed US General Douglas MacArthur to command UN forces which would be sent to save South Korea. It was a conflict which pitted UN forces against the People's Republic of China in a war which resulted in hundreds of thousands of casualties.
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The Korean peninsula, 450 miles long and averaging 160 miles wide, is about the size of Great Britain or Southern California. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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North Korean, World War, South Korea, United States, United Nations, Van Fleet, Commonwealth Division, Capitol Divs, Marine Div, Border Constabulary, Group Army, Imjin River, Korean War, Marine Corps, Soviet Union, Yalu River, Chosin Reservoir, Group Armies, Imperial War Museum, Infantry Division, Lee Russell New!
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