The Korean War started at around
4 O'clock in the morning on 25 June 1950 with the surprise attack
of Kim Il-Sung's North Korean forces. The attack was supported
by two big communist powers, the Soviet Union and China. Kim
Il-Sung was looking for the right time to attack and unify the
country. After the U.S. completely removed their forces from
Korea in 1948 and excluded Korea and Taiwan from Far-Eastern
Defense Line in January 1950, Kim Il-Sung decided to make his
move.
It only took three days for the North to occupy Seoul. With
their superior preparations and heavy weapons such as tanks,
it only took a month for the communists to gain control of the
entire country minus a small area in the Southeast near Pusan
that became known as the "Pusan Perimeter".
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North Korean tank going down |
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