In June 1950 Communist forces poured across the 38th Parallel (the arbitrary, militarily indefensible line of latitude separating the Communist North from the independent Republic of Korea) to unite the country by force.
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Three bloody, bitter years of fighting ensued during which the seesawing fortunes of this frustrating war thwarted North Korea\'s ambitions while treating the ill-equipped, overconfident UN peacekeeping forces, mostly Americans, no less harshly.
In June 1950 Communist forces poured across the 38th Parallel (the arbitrary, militarily indefensible line of latitude separating the Communist North from the independent Republic of Korea) to unite the country by force