Korean War: A Cause of Tension

The Korean War was because of the conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel. Suddenly, North Korea invaded South Korea, and war broke out. The U.S. was involved in much of the fighting throughout the whole war trying to stop the Communistic actions. Air and naval support was ordered to fight back against the North by Truman to aid the South. At first, the North Korean troops seemed to be unstoppable, but after a month of brutal combat, the North pushed the South into the corner of the peninsula. There were counter attacks from the South by tanks and heavy artillary, after a long fight, over half of the North Korean troops surrendered and the rest fled back across their side of the 38th parallel. The Chinese decides to fight back, but the United States chooses to stay out of this battle. This was a large tension for the United States and our allies.