... ordered "the destruction of North Korean armed forces." On October 2, 1950 the South Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, while the Chinese communists threatened to enter the war if the UN crossed the 38th parallel. These warnings by the Chinese were ignored and on November 28, 1950 so called Chinese ... feelings against Truman's policy he was fired. He returned to the U.S. as a hero and spoke to Congress that the U.S. would have defeated the Chinese and the North Koreans if he were still in command. Truce talks began in the summer of 1951. The Eisenhower administration decided that if ...

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