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The Korean War began in the early hours of June 25, 1950. The North Korean troops carried out their surprise attack on South Korea without any declaration of war. The North and South had experienced some clashes along the 38th parallel before, where North and South Korea had been divided. However, they never had such an unexpected attack in the Southern Camp. They were completely unprepared and weren’t properly equipped for such a sudden event. The U.N Security was notified by an urgent request from the U.S. The U.N agreed to call upon North Korea to stop their military actions and withdraw to the north of the 38th parallel line immediately. In addition to this, the Council had also decided that all of the member states of the U.N should support

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