The Korean War: The Forgotten War

The Korean War took place at the beginning of the Cold War.  The war was mainly between North Korea and South Korea.  After World War 2 Korea was divided along the 38th parallel with the U.S. in the South and the Soviets in the North. So naturally the North took up communism leading to many problems in Korea.  Eventually North Korea would invade the South leading to the Korean War.  During the Korean war President Truman ordered General MacArthur to use "any force necessary" to aid the South Koreans all to help the larger picture of preventing the Soviets from spreading communism.  At one point the U.S. had sent over to Korea about five million soldiers.  As the war went on, more countries such as China entered the war.  Eventually the war came to and end due to the armistice agreement that restored the border between North and South Korea.  To this day there is still some conflict between the two, but the Korean War just opened up the Cold War for The United States and the Soviets.  The Korean War is often referred to as the forgotten war due to the fact that it took place between two bigger wars: World War 2 & The Vietnam War.