10 things someone should know about the Korean War

1. In June of 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea.
2. The United States took sides with South Korea and helped them fight back.
3. In the early part of the fighting South Korea was pushed back to the southern most major city in South Korea but in just two days, they had been pushed back a considerable amount.
4. MacArthur wanted to bomb China with 50 atomic bombs so they wouldn't help any more but Truman didn't want to because it might make the USSR get involved and start a world war.
5. Truman fired MacArthur because he wouldn't stop asking to do it and retired as a hero.
6. China threaten the UN if they kept on pushing on, then they would have to get involved. UN ignored the threat and kept on pushing on, making China get involved.
7. As the war went on it became unpopular.
8. "Ike" went and talked about a truce.
9. He warned that if anything else arose that they would go in and use nuclear weapons and carry the war into China.
10. The boundaries stayed the same and the war ended in July of 1953.