... execution-style. These crimes shocked UN soldiers, realizing that the N. Koreans had no respect for the rules and ethics of war. All the while, Mao Zedong, emperor of Communist china, began to get nervous about the rapidly advancing and confident UN soldiers. He believed that their movement was part of an American ... scheme to expand into east Asia, and even into china. To protect the North Korean border, Mao sends 500,000 troops in Manchaun to backup North Korean troops. The American troops, victorious and at ease finally, confident that the war was all ... proceeding at the first sign...

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... denied doing so. The United States supported Chinese Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, could not withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. Government troops had been devastatingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. Mao then formed thePeople's Republic of China. It was said that the Truman administration hadfailed to support Chiang Kai-shek against the Communists ... ...

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... negatively affected both the United States and Korea. Deciding to aid South Korea in the Korean War has drastically changed the lives of many people.   In 1949, China fell into Mao Zedong's communist forces. More than 500 million Chinese and 220 million soviets lived under communist rule. Japan ruled Korea from 1905 until the end of World War 2. Most Americans had barely ... ...

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