The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, after years of simmering tensions on. the Korean peninsula, when the Northern Korean People's Army launched a coordinated general attack on South Korea. The article says, "Almost 40,000 Americans died in action in Korea, and more than 100,000 were. wounded". (History.com Editors). The article states, "At a press conference on November 30, President Truman confirmed that he had been actively considering using atomic bombs in Korea since the beginning of the war".
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Before the war North Korea planned to unite North and South Korea into a single communist state.
President Truman at a press conference said he thought about using atomic bombs.
Most of the deaths in the Korean War were 2,500,000 civilians of Korea.
The article states that, "Almost 40,000 Americans died in action in Korea, and more than 100,000 were wounded."
