In the rainy pre-dawn hours of June 25, 1950, North Korean tanks crossed the 38th parallel to invade the South. Seven hours later the Communist forces issued an official declaration of war. The provocation was the most serious test to date for the nascent United Nations. Eager to prevent another World War, the Security Council quickly condemned the invasion. Two days later, UNSC Resolution 83 urged member states to repel the North by force in order to restore international peace.
Over three bloody years, a remarkable cadre of 16 nations—the United States, United Kingdom, Ethiopia, Colombia and Thailand, among others—sent troops to South Korea’s aid. The unprecedented international support demonstrated that the Korean War wasn’t only Korea’s war. In remarks delivered at a Memorial Day ceremony last month, General Walter Sharp, Commander of United States Forces Korea and the United Nations Command, said, “It was here that forces from the Republic of Korea, the United States and the United Nations proved to the world that we would not stand idly by while a peaceful nation was invaded by an aggressor.”
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