Question

The united states sent group troops to the korean peninsula in 1949 in response to?

Answer 1

President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea.

Step-by-step explanation

By 1949, both the United States and the USSR had withdrawn the majority of their troops from the Korean Peninsula.

Answer 2

In June 1950 communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea at the head of a United Nations force composed of more than a dozen countries. Communist China joined North Korea in the war in November 1950, unleashing a massive Chinese ground attack against American forces.