To the downvoters: we now know conclusively that Kim Il Sung initiated the war, and did so only with Stalin's (initially reluctant) blessing: https://digitalarc

To the downvoters: we now know conclusively that Kim Il Sung initiated the war, and did so only with Stalin's (initially reluctant) blessing: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/cable-nos-408-410-shtykov-vyshinsky-politburo https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/cable-nos-4... And the North's military so easily overwhelmed the South's that within two months, they were driven to brink of defeat, retaining only the Pusan Perimeter on the south-eastern tip of the peninsula.