Korean War
What led the united states to the korean war ?
WHAT LED THE UNITED STATES TO THE KOREAN WAR BACK IN WORLD WAR 2 ?
When Japan collapsed in 1945, Korea had been divided up into two sections: the Soviets controlled the north above the 38th parallel and the United States controlled south of that line.
On June 25, 1950, the North Korean army invaded South Korea. President Truman’s National Security Council had recommended NSC-68, calling for the quadrupling of the United States’ defense spending. Truman ordered a massive military buildup, well beyond what was necessary for the Korean War.
NSC-68 was a key document of the Cold War because it not only marked a major step in the militarization of American foreign policy, but it reflected the sense of almost limitless possibility that encompassed postwar American society.
On June 25, 1950, President Truman obtained from the United Nations Security Council a unanimous condemnation of North Korea as an aggressor. (The Soviet Union was not present at the meeting.) Without Congress’s approval, Truman ordered American air and naval units to be sent to support South Korea.
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