Key+Events+in+the+Korean+War


 * Key Events in the Korean War **
 * __ 1950 __**
 * Jan.12: Secretary of State Dean Acheson excludes South Korea from U.S. defense perimeter in Asia. **
 * June 25: North Korea invades South Korea; Seoul is overrun two days later. **
 * July1: U.S. troops arrive in the southern port city of Pusan, move north to engage the enemy. **
 * July-Aug: U.N. forces retreat steadily southward. **
 * Sept. 10: North Koean offensive is halted at the Pusan perimeter. **
 * Sept. 15: Inchon landing begins. **
 * Sept. 27: Seoul is liberated after a week of fighting; South Korean president Syngman Rhee's government returns. **
 * Oct. 7: Advancing U.N. forces push north across the 38th parallel. **
 * Oct. 15: Truman and MacArthur meet on Wake Island. **
 * Nov. 24: U.N. troops near Yalu River, their farthest northern advance. **
 * Nov. 26: Chinese enter war and counteroffensive begins. Greatly outnumbered, U.N. forces begin to retreat. **
 * __ 1951 __**
 * Jan. 4: Communist reoccupy Seoul. **
 * March 15: Seoul again retaken by U,N. forces. **
 * April 11: Truman fires MacArthur for insubordination. **
 * July: Truce talks initiated at Kaesong, soon move to Panmunjom; "stalemate war" begins. **
 * Sept.13-Oct.15: Battle of Heartbreak Ridge. **
 * Nov. 27: 38th parallel agreed upon as line of demarcation. **
 * __ 1952 __**
 * Aug. 12-16: Battle of Bunker Hill **
 * Oct. 24: Eisenhower's "I shall go to Korea" speech boosts peace hopes. **
 * __ 1953 __**
 * July 27: Truce agreement signed; fighting stops. **
 * Aug. 5: POW exchange begins. **