Tensions of the Cold War leading to the Korean War

In August of 1945, World War II ended and the Japanese troops north of the 38th parallel surrendered to the soviets, while the Japanese south of the line surrendered to the Americans. Therefore this left half of the country of Korea as communist while the other half was not. This caused a bit of conflict because each side believed their way of ruling was better than the other. Unwilling to compromise the North and South found their selves in a little predicament called, WAR. Their disagreement with the way of ruling the nation led to the Korean War with the North invading the South. This altered many counties including the United Stated. President Truman was not going to let another country fall into communism, so that caused U.S military forces to act upon the situation fast. North Korea armored unites seemed to be unstoppable, and then General MacArthur came into the picture and moved more than half of the North to surrender and the rest to rest back home. Though with indifferences still appearing the war continued for two more years and began to travel towards China. During the war the United States their commander MacArthur because he was fired by Truman for going against his orders. The North and South began to settle down with communism being contained. Though at home MacArthur was disappointed he wasn’t there to be there for the final conclusion when he said, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away”.