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: -On June 27, President Truman announced to the nation and the world that America would intervene in the Korean conflict in order to prevent the conquest of an independent nation by communism.

Detailed explanation-3: -He argued that “communism has passed beyond the use of subversion to conquer independent nations and will now use armed invasion and war.” Truman’s statement suggests that he believed the attack by North Korea had been part of a larger plan by communist China and, by extension, the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -Concerned that the Soviet Union and Communist China might have encouraged this invasion, President Harry S. Truman committed United States air, ground, and naval forces to the combined United Nations forces assisting the Republic of Korea in its defense.