korean war
"The Korean War" For hundreds of years Korea was dominated by the Chinese empire. ... They took these conflicting views to the United Nations (UN), which had just been set up to prevent another world war and help with international elections. ... The Soviets left a communist dictatorship with a well-trained, well armed, North Korean-Soviet army. ... The Korean War dates from June 1950 to July 1953. The war started on June 25 1950, when a Northern Korean(-Soviet) army invaded South Korea. ... The struggle started as a civil war, because Kim Il Sung choose the date for the attack. ... The Soviet Union would have been able to veto any military moves against North Korea until the war was over. Unfortunately Kim Il Sung took the initiative and invaded South Korea, where a growing opposition welcomed the Northern Korean leader as a liberator and as the one, who re-united the two Koreas. ... During the first period of the war the Southern Korean forces were fought back to the southern coast into a very small region around the port city of Pusan, where the aggressors were finally stopped.