On this day - 25 June
Historical items of interest as featured in the papers of the day.
Start of the Korean War
On June 25th 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea and the Korean War began. Throughout the war, North Korea had support from the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China while South Korea had support from the United Nations Command which was led by the USA. The war ran until July 27th 1953 until it ended via armistice. The amount of world involvement led to fears of another world war developing.
As reported in the Church Times, there was extensive build up politically prior to the war, with the division of Korea into two independent nations having occurred at the end of World War 2.
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