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| 1950 |
| | | In response to the Soviet atom bomb, President Truman announces a crash programme to develop a hydrogen bomb | |
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| 1950 |
| | | A witch hunt begins when Senator Joseph McCarthy says he knows the names of 205 Communists in the US State Department | |
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| 1950 |
| | | Julius Rosenberg is arrested on suspicion of being a Soviet spy, and his wife Ethel is arrested a few weeks later | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel to invade the southern half of the region | |
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| 1950 |
| | | North Korean forces press far enough south to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul | |
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| 1950 |
| | | UN troops are sent to defend South Korea, as the invasion from the north rolls on | |
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| 1950 |
| | | UN troops push north across the 38th parallel in a major Korean counter-offensive | |
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| 1950 |
| | | Incursions by UN troops far into North Korea give China the pretext to enter the war | |
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| 1951 |
| | | UN and Chinese forces reach a stalemate in Korea, facing each other from fixed positions on either side of the 38th Parallel | |
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| 1951 |
| | | The first hydrogen bomb is successfully tested by the US at Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands | |
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