![]() ![]() This advance caused Communist China to intervene in the war in November, and MacArthur’s forces were forced to retreat to the vicinity of the prewar North Korea-South Korea border. The United Nations authorized an attempt to unify Korea, and MacArthur led his forces north. MacArthur’s dramatic invasion at Inchon on Septemturned the tide and by early October had reversed all North Korean gains. ![]() The North Koreans won a series of victories that nearly pushed Korean and U.N. troops went to Korea and were later joined by other nations under the United Nations banner. ![]() Command was set up under the overall direction of the United States, through President Harry Truman in Washington and Gen eral Douglas MacArthur in Tokyo. North Korea invaded South Korea on June 25, 1950, causing the United Nations to make a commitment to the security of South Korea. post-World War II national security structure. It was the first large armed conflict of the Cold War, the first war fought under a United Nations banner, and the severest test yet for the new U.S. The Korean War’s outbreak in 1950 was a watershed in world history. ![]()
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