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Why did President Truman order an invasion of North Korea, and what was the outcome?

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On June 27, 1950, 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. ... In 1947, the United States and Great Britain called for free elections throughout Korea, but the Soviets refused to comply.

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