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"Liberation" of South Korea
North Korean leader aka Kim ll Sung proposes the 'liberation" of South Korea to the Soviet Union -
The War Begins
North Korean military forces of 135,000 men cross into South Korean which then starts the Korean War. -
Truman deploys the 7th Fleet
President Harry S. Truman deploys the 7th Fleet to waters off Taiwan to prevent the spread of the conflict in Korea to other Far East waters. -
Air Battle Victory
First air victory of the war. A 68th All-Weather Squadron F-82 shoots down a North Korean Yak fighter. Two more enemy planes are destroyed in this air battle. -
Battle in the Sky
Fifth Air Force's 3rd Bombardment Group sends 18 B-26 Invader light bombers against Heijo Airfield near the North Korean capital of Pyongyang: 25 enemy aircraft are destroyed on the ground; one Yak fighter is shot down. -
First U.S. infantry units in Korea
First U.S. infantry unit arrives in Korea: 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Along with Battery A of the 52nd Field Artillery Battalion, it comprises Task Force Smith. -
Battle of Osan
First U.S. ground action of the war: Task Force Smith (406 infantrymen and 134 artillerymen) engages and delays advancing North Korean People's Army (NKPA) units. -
Fifty-seven Army nurses arrive in Pusan, Korea
They helped establish a hospital for the wounded. Two days later, on July 8, twelve Army nurses moved forward with a mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH) to Taejon. -
Crossing the 38th parallel
President Truman allows troops to go after North Korean troops even if it means they must cross the 38th parallel (the latitude at 38 north is where the border between North and South Korea is)
Fun Fact: the sun is viable for 14 hours and 48 minutes during the summer solstice) -
North Korea advances
North Korea reaches their farthest advancement. Fun Fact: by the time their troops reached the Pusan perimeter they were only half and strong and lacked armor. -
CCF
Chinese Communist Forces (CCF) launch their first phase offensive of the Korean War. -
Sneaky Soldiers
More than 100,000 Chinese soldiers secretly arrive in Yalu (North Korea) -
Battle of the Changjin (Chosin) Reservoir
The encircled 1st Marine Division fights its way southward from the Chosin Reservoir to the port city of Hungnam. -
Seoul
Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul -
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Operation Killer
The UN used Operation Killer against the PVA of China and the North Korean army, this killed 7,819 lives -
Poor Seoul
The fourth time Seoul has been changed, the UN liberates the South Korean capital (again) Seoul's population has reduced greatly. -
Fake Truce
Truce is talked between the UN and the communists but a date is not stated an the war lasts for 2 more years. -
Battle of Bloody Ridge
North Korea goes to battle against The U.S. ,Philippine,ROK and the UN -
Battle of Heartbreak Ridge
This is where South Korea, French, Philippine and American forces fought Chinese and North Korean, 28,000 lives lost -
Battle of the Triangle Hill
The Americans tried to achieve the Iron Triangle -
Armistice Agreement
The U.N., North Korea and China sign an armistice agreement, continuing the division of Korea. South Korea had refused to sign. The agreement demanded for a 2 1/2 wide buffer zone across the middle of the Korea that was along the 38th Parallel.