The Korean War

  The Korean War began in 1950 and ended in 1953. It first started when the North Korean communist army, which was led by communist leader Kim II-sung,  invaded non-communist South Korea. The North Korean army was armed with tanks, machine guns, and explosives. It quickly took over South Korea. The United States quickly came to South Korea's aid by sending troops.

    North Korea decided to launch a large attack on September 1st 1950. They were not able to hold up the attack. The US saw this as a perfect opportunity to make a move. It decided to attack Incheon due to the fact that it was the best place to attack the North Korean army from. After careful planning the US launched its attack and it was extremely successful. No American soldiers were killed. However, the US and South Korean army pushed until the border of China, where the Chinese army decided to intervene by pushing them back to the North/South Korean border. Therefore, the war started there, and ended there.

 

       In my opinion the war was pointless. What Kim II-sung did was not a wise thing to do. There was no good reason to invade South Korea other than just doing it for power. The lost lives of troops were not worth this meaningless war, because at the end of it, everyone was right where they started. North Korea could have simply left South Korea alone. There was no benefit to the war whatsoever. Kim II-sung was just hungry for power.