I am going to write about the Korean war which took place in 1950 to 1953. Before the world war 2 the Japanese military forces ruled the country. When Japan lost world war 2 they had to give up Korea to the US and the Soviet union. Korea was split into two peaces; south and north. The US took care of South-Korea and the Soviet union took care of North-Korea. They made a plan of four years of running the country , but after those four years the US and the Soviet union had to withdraw their forces.
They did and there were two leaders left, both with intentions to unite Korea. The leader in south was Syngman Rhee and he was elected with a lot of help from the US and UN. The leader in north was Kim Il-sung, he was assumed to loose the election because South-Korea was bigger and had about twice the numbers of inhabitants as the north. In the end of 1949 and the start of 1950 there were a lot of different political demonstrations in South-Korea because the people did not want a leader elected by the Americans. Rhee's military responded with use of force and weapons.
North-Korea did not accept this and their military forces were bigger and better during the start of 1950. They attacked South-Korea 25 June 1950. 135 000 people died that day and there were no other military forces from other countries to help them. The US sent military forces after some days and the fights kept on to 1953 when the truce were made 27. July. There are still bitterness between the south and the north, but a lot of people have family on the other sides.
During the war 2 or 3 millions died.
This is certainly a dramatic time in the history of both Korea and the United States. The Americans also lost a lot of soldiers during the Korean war. You might know that the tv series MASH was modeled on a Mobile Army service hospital in Korea.
SvarSlett