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Korean War

The Truman Doctrine led to the beginning of the Korean War to stop communism. North Korea was communist and at the time North and South Korea were fighting because they were in the middle of a Civil War. The Korean War was 1950-1953. North Korea attacked South Korea so they called Truman and asked for help. Douglas MacArthur was in charge of the war. MacArthur and Truman do not like each other. MacArthur kept going passed the border and went into China. China fought back and won back most of North Korea because they were getting to close to China. Truman was furious and fired MacArthur for getting China involved. It ended with a truce however there is no peace treaty between North and South Korea so they are still at war. They created the DMZ (De Militarized Zone) which is a mile wide no living zone and if someone is in the zone, you get shot. Today, this is still very important because since there was a treaty they are still at war and if they solved it during the war they could live in harmony and peace.

Citations: "Korean War." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation. Web. 12 Apr. 2016.