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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

27th June 2022
Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Communist, Containment, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Truman, United Nations, USA

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.

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28th December 1972: Kim Il-sung becomes the first President of North Korea

28th December 2021
Tagged as: Communism, Communist, Kim Il-sung, Korea, North Korea

Kim Il-sung was already the country’s Prime Minister and the First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, and four years after his death in 1994 he was made Eternal President of the Republic.

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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

28th December 1972: Kim Il-sung becomes the first President of North Korea

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