Britain's position in the world - international crises

INTERNATIONAL CRISES

The Korean War : June 1950-August 1953 

• It began when North Korea launched a full scale invasion on South Korea.
• The US joined South Korea along with Britain.
• An armistice was signed as no side was able to defea the other.

Why did Britain get involved?

• The government's foreign secretary Ernest Bevin believed that communist agression needed to…