What Happened in History: Browse Historical Facts on Kudos 365

President Harry S. Truman appoints Douglas MacArthur as commander of the U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea in support of a U.N. resolution calling for an end to hostilities to aid the democratic nation in repulsing the invasion from North Korea which was supported by China and the Soviet Union. The fighting eventually ended with an armistice on July  27, 1953, formally dividing the country at the 38th parallel into North and South Korea. The Korean War was among the most destructive conflicts of the modern era, with approximately 3 million war fatalities including over 36,000 Americans. More