Following the UN resolution of June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman authorized US forces to support the South Koreans against the invasion from North Korea. Truman officially approved the transfer of US combat forces to Korea on June 30, 1950.
It is said that the US joined the day after North Korea broke the line of the 38th parallel. The 38th parallel was broken by North Korea on June 25th, 1950. So I believe that the US joined June 26th, 1950.
The Korean War was actually a Police Action that involved the United Nations and North Korea. North Korea was Chinese and Russian backed. They invaded South Korea. This argument was the result of the Cold War and the bad feelings from that. Both Countries are really still at war.
We started sending aid on September 3rd 1950, although American troops did not touch Korean soil until 1951.
June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953
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The Cold War demanded that we intervene.
Red China.
The United States believed it was necessary to intervene in Korea during the Korean War because it wanted to contain the spread of communism. The North Korean invasion of South Korea was seen as a threat to US interests and part of the larger Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additionally, the US was committed to upholding its alliances and supporting its South Korean ally.
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See Korean War Facts or Korean War Educator.
The Cold War demanded that we intervene.
us policy during the Korean war was to make sure N Korea understood the us would intervene if they dared to cross the 49th parallel and attack S. Korea
Red China.
The United States believed it was necessary to intervene in Korea during the Korean War because it wanted to contain the spread of communism. The North Korean invasion of South Korea was seen as a threat to US interests and part of the larger Cold War struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Additionally, the US was committed to upholding its alliances and supporting its South Korean ally.
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South Korea. The US aided the South Koreans because the North was communist and therefore due to the Containment Policy, the US felt the need to intervene and save the South from falling to the Communist North.
See Korean War Facts or Korean War Educator.
They were afraid that the advancing UN forces would not stop at the border but follow the fleeing North Korean forces into China, thus invading China.
what was one of the reason why the us has been so reluctant to intervene in world war 2
The US entered the Korean war in order to protect South Korea
yes, US forces participated in the korean war from 1950 to 1953
For the US, Vietnam.