KOREAN WAR 1950S
At the end of World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States liberated Korea from imperial Japanese colonial control on 15 August 1945.
After the war had ended, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into two zones of occupation, the Soviets administered the northern half and the Americans administered the southern half. With the border set at the 38th parallel in 1948, two sovereign states were established as a result of geopolitical tensions of the Cold War (between the Soviet Union and the United States).
A socialist state was established in the north under the communist leadership of Kim Il-sung and a capitalist state in the south under the anti-communist leadership of Syngman Rhee. Both governments of the two new Korean states claimed to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea, and neither accepted the border as permanent.
The conflict escalated into warfare when North Korean military (KPA) forces—supported by the Soviet Union and China—crossed the border and advanced into South Korea on 25 June 1950. The United Nations Security Council authorized the formation of the United Nations Command and the dispatch of forces to Korea to repel what was recognized as a North Korean invasion. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel.
After the first two months of war, South Korean Army (ROKA) and the US forces rapidly dispatched to Korea were on the point of defeat. As a result, the ROKA and US troops retreated to a small area behind a defensive line known as the Pusan Perimeter. In September 1950, an amphibious UN counter-offensive was launched at Incheon, and cut off many KPA troops in South Korea. Those who escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north. UN forces invaded North Korea in October 1950 and moved rapidly towards the Yalu River—the border with China—but on 19 October 1950, Chinese forces of the People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) crossed the Yalu and entered the war. The surprise Chinese intervention triggered a retreat of UN forces back below the 38th Parallel by late December.
I.F. Stone exposed the inconsistency and false reporting on events leading to the Korean War and the expansion of the war for no good reason. Stone also undermined the “truth telling squads” whose had bad logic and memory were exposed.
Stone remarked that the lie that the North Korean attack on South Korea was a surprised is undermined by events. Chinese Nationalist commodity brokers invested heavily in soybean futures knowing that war would erupt and made $30,000,000 which caused consternation among American brokers who called for Senate hearing. US dignitaries and the families were evacuated from South Korea. Reports surfaced that Rhee and South Korean authorities ordered forays into North Korea. When the North Koreans did attack, the response was feigned shock. Stone wrote about the contradictory reports of surprise and then that intelligence was aware of the attack. The “intelligence” operatives did not want to be exposed for their incompetence.
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