It started at the 38th parallel north. On June 25, 1950, the Korean War broke out between the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Within two days, the U.S. government ordered troops to invade the DPRK and sent its Seventh Fleet into China's Taiwan Straits. On July 7, the United States manipulated the United Nations (UN) Security Council to adopt a resolution on dispatching a UN force that it led to the Korean Peninsula. #KoreanWar1950 #unforgottenwar For

The Korean War began #OTD, 1950, when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea in a surprise attack. The conflict arose from the division of Korea at the end of World War II, when the peninsula was split into two zones of occupation: the Soviet-backed North and the American-supported South. Both North and South Korea claimed legitimacy over the entire country, creating intense political rivalry. Kim Il-sung, the leader of North Korea, sought to unify the peninsula un