USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Harry S. Truman reportedly responded, “By God, I’m going to let them [North Korea] have it!” He did not ask Congress for a declaration of war and was criticized for this decision. Truman, with UN sanction, sent U.S. forces under General Douglas MacArthur to South Korea to repel the invasion.

Detailed explanation-2: -Outraged, Truman reportedly responded, “By God, I’m going to let them [North Korea] have it!” Truman did not ask Congress for a declaration of war, and he was later criticized for this decision. Instead, he sent to South Korea, with UN sanction, U.S. forces under Gen. Douglas MacArthur to repel the invasion.

Detailed explanation-3: -President Truman’s containment policy sought to stop Communist aggression, especially against Europe and Japan. But Truman administration officials made public statements that seemed to exclude Formosa and Korea as areas to be defended by the United States.

Detailed explanation-4: -Containment-The korean war: from containment to liberation to containment. The Korean War led to the endorsement of NSC 68, vast expenditures for arms in Asia and in Europe, and the overextension of American power. American intervention in Korea was the most dramatic test to that date for containment.