War in Korea!

• After World War II, Korea was divided along the 38th parallel of latitude.

• Communists controlled North Korea, and the United States backed South Korea.

Korean War:When communist

North Korea invaded South Korea.

• The United States was willing to go to war to keep Communism from spreading to this area.

• President Truman sent U.S. troops over and asked the United Nations to help him.

• It was a hard fight, but North Korea was finally driven out of South Korea.

United Nations troops tried to go farther north to the Chinese border.

The Communist country of China attacked them and killed many soldiers.

The end of the war• In 1953, the Korean

War ended in a stalemate (a tie with no winner.)

• The border between the two countries was almost the same as the original border before the war.

Opposing Alliances

· In 1949, the U.S. formed an alliance with 11 other nations called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).· The members of NATO would defend each other against any Soviet aggression.

NATO

Alliance formed to defend each other against any Soviet aggression.

BelgiumCanada

DenmarkFrance

Great BritainIceland

ItalyLuxembourg

The NetherlandsNorwayPortugal

United States

Current NATO Members