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1950
 
   
North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel to invade the southern half of the region      
1950
 
   
North Korean forces press far enough south to capture the South Korean capital of Seoul      
1950
 
   
UN troops are sent to defend South Korea, as the invasion from the north rolls on      
1950
 
   
UN troops push north across the 38th parallel in a major Korean counter-offensive      
1950
 
   
Incursions by UN troops far into North Korea give China the pretext to enter the war      
1951
 
   
UN and Chinese forces reach a stalemate in Korea, facing each other from fixed positions on either side of the 38th Parallel      
1953
 
   
An armistice ends the Korean War, leaving several million dead and a country divided either side of a military zone along the 38th parallel      
1954
 
   
Hungarian photographer Robert Capa is killed by a land mine in Vietnam      
1954
 
  
The Battle of Dien Bien Phu ends with the surrender to the Vietminh of 12,000 French troops     
1954
 
   
The French abandon Vietnam, leaving the country divided at the seventeenth parallel