., Kim Il Sung(김일성), the president of North Korea, declared war on the South. ... Despite the allies that aided each respected side, this war was ultimately the North Koreans against the South Koreans. ... During the war, the South Koreans fought with the major help of the United States and other United Nation member countries. ... On October 3rd, 1950, China announced to the world that if the United States crossed the 38th Parallel, they'd get themselves involved in the war. Many people in the U.S. ...

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THE KOREAN WAR" WHY DID WE FIGHT IN KOREA? ... We first entered the war on June 25, 1950 because the United States felt that if Russia's troops would fight for North Korea, we should fight for South Korea. ... One of the main commanders involved in the Korean War was Major General William "Big Bill" Dean, commander of the U.S. 24th Infantry Division , a combat veteran of World War II and former military governor of South Korea. ... I disagree with the people who said we should enter the war. ... Many people died, and the U.S. did not even, necessarily, win. ...

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Korea was engaged in a civil war as an attempt to keep North Korea from thrusting its influence on South Korea. ... After the 38th was crossed putting the US and South Korean forces in the North , China threatened to send troops in to defend North Korea. ... Some people questioned whether this would evolve into World War III. ... China lost 967,000, and North Korea lost 624,000. ... Not only this, but North and South Korea were left in ruins. ...

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He spent eight years as Vice President taking on major duties for the Eisenhower administration. ... Meanwhile criticism from the anti-war movement and the media was increasingly growing with such things as the Cambodian incursion in 1970 and the bombing of North Vietnam in May and December of 1972. In January 1973 President Nixon ordered a halt to all offensive operations in North Vietnam after representatives from all sides of the war met in Paris France and signed the Paris Peace Accords. ... In 1985 he met with leaders in China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thai...

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