Korean War (Stubborn Stalin)

The Korean War in our timeline's main focus was driving out the communists in North Korea out of South Korea. In this timeline, the UN and NATO's main objective is reuniting Korea (they still would of love doing this in our timeline.) With the death of Stalin in the Soviet Union, bombings in the Germanys stopped for somewhere around six weeks. This gave time for NATO and the UN to begin the war in Korea. In North Korea, the communists were supported by the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China.

When U.S. Marines and the UN crossed the 38th parallel to enter North Korea in May, 1950, the goal was to completely reunite the Koreas under a democratic government. The reason for this is they did not want to loose Korea the same way they lost Berlin. Before the UN invasion of Korea, it was almost reunited but under communism in 1951 when the Chinese intervened.

The Red Dragon Intervenes
In November, 1950, the UN was so close to completing their goal of Korean Unifacation that they were at the border of China and Korea. But 'at' was to close for the Chinese government that they staged their own invasion of Korea in November of the same year. The allies almost lost Korea to the communists. An armistice was proposed by China and North Korea at around the 38th parallel but the UN denied.

The United States and NATO forces were locked in a bitter stalemate. No side was pushing but the Western allies and Communists were stuck in the middle part of the peninsula. It seemed like any day the NATO could sign the armistice once proposed. But it took the will of a ex-Military supreme commander to gain an edge.

Bold and Daring
United States president Dwight Eisenhower was fresh off winning the elections the following year but it did not take long for big decisions to come as an everyday task. He decided the only way to get the Chinese out of Korea was to prepare for a 'fake' invasion of China. He commanded the Naval fleet to bomb the Chinese coast and to move ships into Taiwan.

In December of 1953, the United States and NATO, in a daring move, stationed a Naval fleet of about 25 boats in the East China Sea and began bombing raids on Chinese cities in the Manchuria region. The attacks proved useful as many Chinese soldiers quickly returned home out of a fear of a United States invasion. It didn't take until August of 1954 for the conflict in Korea to end for a democratic victory as the Republic of Korea, a country once divided and now one.

At the end of the Korean War, the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) was formed. Korea, Japan, Australia, France, the United States, the United Kingdom, Pakistan (with East Pakistan, present-day Bangladesh), New Zealand, the Philippines, and Thailand were all members. With the war in Korea over, United States and Chinese relations turn hot during the First Taiwan Strait Crisis. But the situation cools over a couple days. This situation prompts the People's Republic of China to begin building a nuclear bomb. On October 16, the Chinese sucessfully tested their first nuclear weapon.