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 * My 9 Great Facts: **
 * Korea was split in half by the 38th parallel, or North and South Korea. North Korea governed by the Soviets took the communism form of government and South Korea supported the Unites States' form of government
 * The Korean war started when North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea
 * The UN tried to stop the spread of communism into South Korea by having each country of the UN provide soldiers to help defend South Korea. It wound up being made mostly of American soldiers, who did most of the fighting
 * General MacArthur asked to pursue North Korean forces back into North Korea and was given permission by The UN and President Truman
 * China thought that The UN moving their forces into North Korea was a threat to China's security and they warned that if they advanced any further they would enter the war
 * China sent waves of forces in hundreds of thousands to push UN forces back to South Korea, until both sides where deadlocked at the 38th parallel
 * MacArthur asked if he could blockade China's coast line and bomb them, Truman said no, he didn't want to get the Soviets involved and start another world war
 * MacArthur was mad about that and wrote to the newspaper, magazine publishers, and wrote to republican leader about what he wanted, Truman saw this as public criticism of his orders as a civilian and had him fired and sent home
 * In 1952 election Dwight D. Eisenhower won and kept his promise to go to Korea to get a quick end to the war, China and North Korea agreed to a compromise to end the war.


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My 1 Great Quote: "I now close my military career and just fade away__an old soldier who tried to do his duty as God gave him the light so see that duty. Good-bye"

The speech was given by General Douglas MacArthur in his farewell address after being fired by President Truman for expressing his opinions about the Presidents decision. **