Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Reason for topic
I chose to do the Korean War honestly because i didnt know what else i could do. I never really payed attention to what happened after WWII. So i had Ms. Harms help me pick one and this is what we came up with.
Interesting Facts
A few interesting facts about the korean war are:
- North Korea invaded South Korea
- The U.S. was a great part of the war effort to stop North Korea.
- The united kingdom also helped aid South Korea.
Friday, May 14, 2010
The Korean War
- The Korean war started June 25,1950 and ended July 27, 1953.
- North Korea attacked South Korea.
- In the summer of 1950, the U.S. and other countrys gathered to contain North Korea's fast-movingarmy.
- In mid-summer 1950 an amphibous invasion at Inchon Slowed the North Korean war machine. However China and the Soviet Union interveined. The UN was thrown half way back into South Korea.
- About half way threw 1951 the front lines had stabalized close to were the war started. Then negotiations began.
- No body thought that negotiations would take another two years befor a peace treaty was declaired.
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