Turkey's Involvement In The Korean War

The following paper will demonstrate why the Turkey’s decision to answer the call for military aid by the United Nations and involvement in the Korean War was a key moment that saved the United Nations from defeat and halted communist expansion. This decision cost the lives of Turkish men who died in a foreign land far from home, but died so others may live and securing a future for Turkey as a member within the United Nations.
In a post-World War II era the Korean peninsula was divided into two sections by the Soviet Union and the United States in 1945, which were once allies in World War II. The Soviet Union backed the North Korean (DPRK) communist based government, while the United States backed the more democratic South Korean (ROK) government. …show more content…
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when DPRK forces conducted a coordinated attack along the 38th parallel invading the ROK in the hopes to secure South Korea under their rule. The UN council convened the same day condemning the hostile actions of the DPRK as a “breach of peace” and demanded that all forces withdraw from South Korea. When the DPRK refused to comply with the demands of the UN by June 27, 1950, the UN request member nations to provided support in the defense of the ROK government from DPRK hostilities. Twenty-one nations would answer the call for aid by the UN, all lending support in a multitude of ways to include but not limited to ground fighting forces, air assets, supplies, medical support, weapons/weaponry, and naval …show more content…
With the UN break out of the Pusan Perimeter and counter offensive, which pushed DPRK forces back above the 38th Parallel unintendedly introduced a new communist player into the war. The new player was the Chinese, which felt threatened by UN forces within miles of their border and in turn responded with its own very strong and powerful offensive. The Chinese offensive was actively pushing the UN back south towards the 38th parallel and arrival of the 1st Turkish Brigade was at the height of the Chinese offensive. This was a critical point for UN forces in their need to halt Chinese advancement, fearing a repeat of the Pusan

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