Truman Orders US Forces to Korea: America Goes to War Without Congress
North Korea's sudden invasion forced the Truman administration into a desperate gamble, as the US had excluded Korea from its Asian defense perimeter and feared a wider war with China or the Soviets. The Soviet boycott of the UN Security Council allowed Resolution 83 to pass unanimously, authorizing member states to send military aid to South Korea. President Truman immediately deployed air and sea forces, transforming a regional conflict into the first major international intervention against communist expansion in Asia.
June 27, 1950
76 years ago
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couronnement à Pampelune du roi de Navarre Charles II le Mauvais.
A city-state the size of a small county held off the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian Republic, and every other regional bully for centuries — through diplomacy, no…
nace la República de Dubrovnik.
en Málaga (España), las tropas nazaritas incendian las torres de combate cristianas que mantenían el asedio a Antequera.
العثمانيون بقيادة السلطان مراد الثاني يفتحون مدينة نوفو بردو في قلب صربيا بعد معركة مع الصربيين.
mariage du duc de Bretagne François II et de Marguerite de Foix.
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