Ten important things everyone should know about the Korean War

1. Korea had originally been a Japanese colony for half a century when they surrendered in WWII
2. In 1945 soviets occupied north of the 38th parallel. America took control from south of the line, a communist government was forming in the north while a non communist government was forming in the south
3. The non communist leader of South Korea was supported by the United States.
4. The communist part, North Korea invaded the South starting a conflict called the Korean War
5. Truman got involved immediately, trying to prevent the spread of communism. By putting together a force of soldiers(mostly US) the non communists were going to go help South Korea under the UN name.
6. After being surrounded by the enemy North Korea fled back to the northern part of Korea.
7. With permission the UN followed the communists pushing them into China forcing them into the war.
8. After a long war and the firing of MacArthur, soviets suggested a truce which ended up lasting two years.
9. Eisenhower was elected in a land slide, and stuck to his word about ending the war quickly.
10. Through the end of the war communism was contained to Korea and North and South Korea were back were they started. In this case nobody won or lost the war it just ended.