 Rambai muchinyora ndima iyi - Zvimwe zvivako zvitsva zvakavakwa gore ra1950 risati rasvika, asi Hondo yeKorea yakatanga musi wa25 Chikumi 1950 yakavhiringidza basa racho. Pakutanga, Mauto eKorean Peoples Army ndiwo akanga achitonga, achitora nzvimbo huru yeKorea Peninsula kunze kwechikamu chiduku chakapoteredza Pusan; panguva iyi, motokari zhinji dzezvitima, dzakadai semotokari dzemagetsi dzeDeRoI-class nemotokari dzemhepo dzakavakwa muJapan mushure mekupera kwehondo uye dzakapihwa kuSouth Korea sekudzorera, dzakatorwa kuNorth Korea. Panguva imwe cheteyo, betsero yehondo muchimiro chezvitima zvomugungwa nengoro dzinotakura zvinhu yakasvika ichibva kunyika dzinoshamwaridzana dzechiSosialist dzakadai seUSSR, China, Poland, Hungary, uye Czechoslovakia. Zvisinei, mauto eUnited Nations aitungamirirwa neAmerica akakurumidza kuchinja mamiriro ezvinhu ehondo; musi wa19 October wegore iroro vakanga vatora Pyŏngyang, uye vhiki rimwe gare gare, mauto eSouth Korea akasvika kuRwizi rweYalu. Mukati meHondo yeKorea, zvizhinji zvezvivako zvechitima nezvitima zvakawanda zvakaparadzwa. Musi wa 31 Zvita 1950, chitima, chaisanganisira locomotive Matei 10 nemotokari makumi maviri neshanu, ichienda kubva kuHanpo kuenda kuMunsan chakarayirwa kumira paChangdan neUS Army, uye chakaparadzwa; njanji yakaparadzwawo, mushure meizvozvo Kyŏngŭi Line yakaramba yakatemwa kweanopfuura makore makumi mashanu. Mauto eUN akakurumidza kudzoserwa kumashure kumaodzanyemba kwe38th parallel, uye pakupera kwegore hondo yakanga yave yakaoma; kushoma kwekutsinhana kwenzvimbo kwakaitika pamusoro pemakore maviri anotevera ekurwa kusvikira Chibvumirano cheKorean Armistice Chibvumirano chakasainwa musi wa27 Chikunguru 1953. 