Want to create interactive content? It’s easy in Genially!
Presentation Korean War
Juan Peña
Created on January 30, 2025
Start designing with a free template
Discover more than 1500 professional designs like these:
Transcript
The korean war
1950 - 1953
Abstract
Very close to the Third World War
It was the only occasion in the Cold War when the military forces of China, Soviet Union, and USA met in combat.
The war that changed how the East and the West dealt with one another.
The Korean War is well known as the USA's 'Forgotten War.'
Truman Doctrine (1947): Opposing Communist expansion worldwide.
- The USA and its allies, promoted democracy and capitalism.
- The Soviet Union and its supporters sought to expand Communism.
After SWW...
1939 - 1945
The Korean peninsula in 1950
1945 - 1950
Before 1939
Cronology
1950
25 June
1950
15 September
1950
7 October
1950
27 October
1950
23 December
Cronology
1951
25 January
1951
11 April
1951
23 June
1951
27 November
1952
23 June
Cronology
1952
8 October
1952
4 November
1953
5 March
1953
26 April
1953
27 July
- As a result of the war, North Korea was virtually destroyed as an industrial society.
- Present-day North Korea has the highest number of military and paramilitary personnel in the world (30% of its population).
- North Korea possesses nuclear weapons.
Conclusions
/sɔːt/
/ˈsteɪlmeɪt/
/rɪˈsest/
The cease-fire negotiations were recessed... They paused but might resume later. The negotiations reached a stalemate......... They aren’t progressing, even if they continue talking. They sought to expand Communism........... attempt to find (something).
Glossary
American forces cross the 38th Parallel
MacArthur wanted to extend the war into China
1945 - 1950
Korea was divided into two occupation zones.
- Before 1945, most wars had been fought with the goal of decisively annihilating an enemy's armed forces.
- After 1945, such total warfare became prohibitively costly and, the advent of atomic weapons multiplied the destructiveness of warfare.
Agreement reached on a cease-fire
Stalemate that lasted until the armistice of 1953.
Operation Thunderbolt
The first offensive of General Matthew Ridgway.
Truman relieved General MacArthur
MacArthur is dismissed
- Since the armistice, there have been incursions and acts of aggression by North Korea.
- On 11 March 2013, North Korea claimed that the armistice had become invalid.
- In 2018, it was announced that North Korea and South Korea agreed to talk to end the conflict.
Continued division (1954–present)
May 1952
The cease-fire negotiations were recessed
Reasons: POW, frustration and U.S. political climate
The UNC and the Communists sign the armistice.
End of the hostilities
Cease-fire negotiations resume
China could not continue without Soviet aid.
1939 - 1945
Forcing of labor and migration / Comfort women
New Eight Army Commander
General Matthew Ridgway
Dwight D. Eisenhower Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969
“Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends.”