ºº The Korean War ºº

June 1950- July 1953
On June 25 the Cold War suddenly turned hot. Withina few days, NorthKorea's invasion of South Korea brought about a United Nation's "police action" against the agressors. That immediately prduced heavy military and a naval involvement by the United States. Nobody expected that the conflict would continue for more than 3 years. Thoughout the summer ps 1950, the United Nation's states scramble to contain North Korea's fast- moving army, assemble the forces necessary to defeat it and simultaneously begin to respond to what was seen as a global military challenge from the Communist world. The end of World War II, just 5 years earlier had left a vast potential for recovery U.S material reserves. The organized Reserve forces included tens of thousands of trained people, whose WWII experiencesremained reasonably fresh and relevant. Finally on July 27, 1953 with a new regime in the USSR and the blunting of a final Communist offensive, negotiations conclude and the fight ended. However the Cold War, considerably warmed up by the Korean experience, would maintain its costly existance for nearly 4 more decades.

http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/events/kowar/kowar.htm