Third World War (HSE)

The Third World War was an armed conflict lasting from 1950 to 1951 between the Allied Powers and the Soviet Union and its allies over the control of the Korean Peninsula.

Commencement of Hostilities
The Korean War, the border conflict that directly preceded WWIII, began in 1950 in Kim Il-Sung's attempt to unify the Korean Peninsula under the rule of the DPRK. North Korea's army, under Choi Yong-kun. In response, a United Nations force lead by American general Douglas MacArthur.

In August 1950, Choi realized his previously victorious Korean People's Army was severely undersupplied. Choi then decided to request Chinese and Soviet help for the Battle of Pusan. Both Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong offered support after persuasion; Stalin was afrait of possible Western military supremacy. But after Choi showed him the desperation of the situation, Stalin agreed.