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The country of Korea is located in the South Eastern Asia. Korea's landscape consists of beautiful wide ranges of hills and mountains, long open plains, and dense jungle areas. But after WWII the country was devastated by war. Korea had split over political issues into the Republic of North Korea and the Republic of South Korea. These two republics had hoped of reuniting back into one country, but the North Koreans had a different idea. On June 25, 1950 the North Koreans allied with the Soviet Union, crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea where they began attacking South Korean troops. This is where the South Koreans needed assistance, and that assistance came in the form of the United States of America. The Americans, long time rivals with the Soviet Union new they had to intervene or the South Koreans would easily be taken over . So by joining with the United Nations forces and fighting for the rights and freedom of the South Koreans, the United States showed it would hold North Korea responsible for their actions.