The Korean War was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea which spanned for 3 years from 1950-1953. To get a better understanding on how the war started, you will have to understand Korea from the years prior to the war. Korea has always been a country conquered by china, japan and other neighbouring nations. Prior to the war, Korea was controlled by Japan throughout WWII. After the Japanese surrendered in WWII, the soviets and the Americans converged on Korea. The two sides met at the 38th parallel and decided to divide Korea into two parts which would be run by each of the superpowers. In the north the soviets imposed their culture of communism and in the south it was the values and the culture of the Americans. Both south and North Korea thought that their culture was better than the other one and that Korea should be ruled by one of these cultures only. America, had deprived South Korea of weapons for it feared a war with North Korea. This backfired on the Americans when the North Koreans crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea. The South Koreans were defenseless and almost got invaded entirely. The Americans, quickly came to the aid of the South Koreans by sending US forces to Pusan (the only place which was left for North Korea to invade, so that the whole country would have been there's). The Americans didn't have the army that they wanted, because they had just fought in WWII and the budget for the military had been cut by 90%, so the Americans asked the UN to help out with the war effort as well. American and UN forces were pinned at Pusan so, General MacArthur (The American General) ordered an attack on Inchon which was a port in West Korea. The American and UN forces completely decimated the North Korean army and recaptured Seoul and freed South Korea, but General Macarthur had better plans than just freeing South Korea. He also wanted to eliminate the North Koreans entirely and make Korea one country whic