The China communist attack

North Korea was chased back into the country by the United Nations. For the North Korean army this was a big setback. They were going to lose the war. Democracy will take over and communism will fail. They were in a pretty tight spot. Their soldiers were tired and weary from the killings.

Near the tip of north Korea lies another communist country. One of the biggest country of the world, holding up to almost one billion people lies China. China was aware of the war and when it saw North Korea being threatened, it decided to join the war too. This was what the United Nations feared, China joining the war.

Why did China join North Korea?
China feared the Americans coming too close towards their territory. The American troops were too near for comfort, it was as if they could attack any time they wanted. China did not like that. The second reason was that Korea was a communist state, at that time China was also a commnuist state.

Why did the UN and the Americans fear China?
China was the one of the largest communist state in the world, it was also one of the largest countries. As China joined North Korea, casualties would be greater, the war would be much longer and if North Korea and China won, Korea would be turned into a communist state. Imagine if communism wins. At that time Russia, China were communist states and they were the biggest countries in the world and they seemed to be doing well. It Korea joins this communist regime, the communist would be invincible and soon the world would be taken in by communism.

This would be terrible for the Americans as they hated communism. Now the stakes are even higher in the war.

The United Nations troops were attacked again by the north Koreans. This time China, another communist state had joined forces with North Korea and managed to drive the United Nations back. Because of this foreign intervention, the war turned into heavy conflict and within a few months, the war had been driven back to the 38th parallel again. The war continued to wage on, until both sides suffered great loss and decided to give up.

There were no winners in the Korean War. That is why there is a North and South Korea today.
North Korea a communist state, South Korea a democratic state. Korea is still divided by the 38th parallel today. It is still a divided country with a history of a very sad war.