Korean war timeline for kids
Korean war timeline of events...
After World War II, Korea is divided into communist North Korea and anti-communist South Korea at a spot called the 38th parallel.
Korean war timeline for kids
Russia controls North Korea and the U.S. controls South Korea.
President Harry Truman gives a speech and says that that the U.S.
will help any country that is threatened by communism. The speech is called the Truman Doctrine.
With permission from Russia, North Korea invades South Korea and continues on to the capital of Seoul.
South Korea does not have a strong enough army to stop it.
Worried that South Koreans will join the communists, President Syngman Rhee starts the Summer of Terror and orders over 100,000 people killed.
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