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Ep. 165 | Zhou Enlai (Part 5)

The China History Podcast

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Mao and Joe and the Korean War

The treaty was a textbook case of how Mao and Joe worked together. Stalin in April 1950 gave his stamp of approval to Kim Il-Song to prosecute this war. Two days after North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel, Harry S. Truman ordered military support for South Korea.

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