Canada in the Korean War with military force. The North hoped that they would be able to unify the peninsula via insurgency, but the success of South Korea (Republic of Korea: ROK) in suppressing insurgency brought about the realization for the North that they would require military force. North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea: DPRK) had expanded their army and Korean volunteers fighting in Manchuria in the Chinese Civil War had given their troops battle experience. The North expected to win with the war in a matter of days. Troops from Kim Il Sung's North Korean Army (KPA) crossed the 38th parallel on 25
The Truce The Truce The Truce () is a book by the Italian author Primo Levi. It is the sequel to "If This Is a Man" and describes the author's experiences from the liberation of Auschwitz (Monowitz), which was a concentration camp, until he reaches home in Turin, Italy, after a long journey. He describes the situation in different displaced persons camps after the Second World War. "The Truce", the literal translation of the title, is the name of the translation published in Britain; the US title is "The Reawakening". The historian Fritz Stern, in a brief review on "Foreign Affairs", wrote