Uploaded August 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
With North Korea and the United States throwing nuclear threats at each other, this week's episode takes a look at the first time America and North Korea fought each other.
We will learn why Korea was split into two countries following the end of World War II, why the Soviet Union sided with the North and the U.S. with the South, why containing communism was the reason America got involved in the Korean War, and why the war is technically still going on.
Read more about the Korean War:
history.com/topics/korean-war
mentalfloss.com/article/49726/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-korean-war
americanyawp.com/text/25-the-cold-war
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
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With North Korea and the United States throwing nuclear threats at each other, this week's episode takes a look at the first time America and North Korea fought each other.
We will learn why Korea was split into two countries following the end of World War II, why the Soviet Union sided with the North and the U.S. with the South, why containing communism was the reason America got involved in the Korean War, and why the war is technically still going on.
Read more about the Korean War:
history.com/topics/korean-war
mentalfloss.com/article/49726/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-korean-war
americanyawp.com/text/25-the-cold-war
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
US 101 on Facebook: facebook.com/usahistory101
US 101 on Twitter: twitter.com/usahistory101
US 101 on Instagram: instagram.com/usahistory101
