Truman was a proponent of containing Communism and attempted to stop the spread from North Korea to South Korea.
Harry Truman sent troops to Korea in 1950.
Harry S. Truman
president truman ordered american troops moved from Japan to South Korea.
North Korea attacked South Korea.
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After WW II, the Truman Doctrine was that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under attack from authoritarian nations (ie USSR, North Korea).
the invasion of South Korea by North Korea
to limited war!
truman believed it was the soviet communist powers that was truly behind the invasion of south korea
Harry Truman was the president when the war began in Korea.
Harry Truman.