He asks Congress to pass legislation that striking workers shall be punished by being drafted into the army. Truman is far behind in the polls, and based on early returns the press declares Dewey the winner. When the late returns are counted, Truman has won. Senator Joseph McCarthy thinks he sees Communists wherever he looks. North Korea invades South Korea.
China invades South Korea.
In June of 1950 Truman decides to have the United States fight the Korean War. General Douglas MacArthur , who led the U.S. Pacific forces during World War II , is to administer in Korea. Douglas MacArthur speaks publicly as an extreme hawk, and says in a press conference that he feels the United States should drop fifty atomic bombs on China. MacArthur is successful in pushing the Communist forces back to the 38th parallel. Then, against Truman's direct orders, MacArthur send troops across the Yalu River into China.