Key Events

On March 5th,1946 the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave his famous "Iron curtain" speech at a college in Missouri. Behind the Iron curtain lies all the capitals of the Eastern and Central states. President Harry S. Truman desegregates the United States Armed forces by signing and executive order on July 26th, 1948. June 25th, 1950 North Korea launched a full side attack and invasion on South Korea beginning the Korean War. Tanks surged across the 38th parallel into South Korea. The communist country met little resistance against the South. On August 4th, 1950 General MacArthur managed one of the greatest American military victory in history. He did this by launching a vicious attack at Inchon, a city located in west North Korea. These were a couple of key