- Korea originally divided at end of WWII between USA and Russia along the 38th parallel
- War between North and South Korea
- Often seen as a de-facto war between USA and its western allies and China and Russia and other Communists states
- War see-saws back and forth
- Turning point Inchon Landing
- Chinese sent almost a million troops to support the North
- United Nations led by Gen. MacCarthur
- North pushed South down, United Nations pushed them back, but Chinese sent almost a million and pushed United nations and south Korea way further down