To unite both halves of Korea under
Communist rule.
The United
Nations
interfered with their invasion. The
Korean war began. The North
Koreans
were too strong to take head on. He got permission to lead a mission to ambush them from behind. General MacArthur
President Truman
To defeat the North
Korean army.
To keep the troops the war to President away from the last much
Truman fire
Chinese border, so longer than it
General
that there was less of might have if MacArthur a chance that China the Chinese for going would enter the war. hadn’t against his entered the orders. war.
China
The troops to stay away from the border between China and
North Korea.
MacArthur and his troops were extremely close to the
Chinese
border.
More than
300,000
Chinese troops moved to assist North
Korea.
United Nations
To restore peace in both North and South
Korea as soon as possible. Chinese The UN troops were had to preparing to come up join the war with a plan in favor of
North Korea.
General Douglas MacArthur was the leader of the UN troops. He took some of the UN troops and ambushed the North Korean forces from behind, thus trapping the
North Koreans between them and the UN forces on the frontÂlines. He also wanted to invade China in order to reestablish a democratic political system in China.2. How did
President Truman respond to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean
War?President Truman assigned General Douglas MacArthur as the leader of the UN troops. Truman wanted
