korean war

end of wwii

august 14, 1945

republic of korea set up

august 15, 1945

dprk set up

september 1945

stalin refuses first order to attack SK

march 1949

us military completely withdraws from sk

june 1949

china turns communist

october 1949

dean acheson speech

january 12, 1950

kim ii sung proposes liberation of sk

january 17, 1950

beginning of korean war

june 25, 1950

UN authorizes aid to SK

june 27, 1950

nk troops reach farthest point of advance

september 12, 1950

china joins kw as un troops approach chinese border

october 1950

truce talks begin

july 1951

dmz created, no armistice signed

july 1953