China responded to the approaching UN force by sending over 250,000 Chinese “volunteers” into North Korea. These volunteers helped to push the UN forces back across the 38th parallel.

This past June 25, 1950 tens of thousands of North Korean soldiers stormed across the 38th parallel, the line on a map ...

In a muddy foxhole in central Korea crouched battlewise Colonel William ... In the Hwachon Reservoir area, six miles above the 38th parallel, Colonel Harris’ regiment was in a desperate fight ...

In August 1945, at the end of World War II, Russia and the United States divided the Korean peninsula at the 38th parallel into communist north and western-aligned south, setting the stage for one ...

After the war ended, the United States, Great Britain, the USSR and China agreed to split Korea in half on the 38th parallel. The north would be controlled by the communist countries, China and ...

6/9/1951, Library of Congress The war broke out on June 25, 1950 when North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel, invading South Korea. North Korean leader Kim Il-sung launched the attack once ...