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1950 - 1953

The korean war

Abstract

It was the only occasion in the Cold War when the military forces of China, Soviet Union, and USA met in combat.

Very close to the Third World War

The Korean War is well known as the USA's 'Forgotten War.'
The war that changed how the East and the West dealt with one another.

After SWW...

  • The USA and its allies, promoted democracy and capitalism.
  • The Soviet Union and its supporters sought to expand Communism.

Truman Doctrine (1947): Opposing Communist expansion worldwide.

The Korean peninsula in 1950

Before 1939

1939 - 1945

1945 - 1950

Cronology

23 December

7 October

25 June

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27 October

15 September

Cronology

23 June

23 June

25 January

1952
1951
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27 November

11 April

Cronology

27 July

5 March

8 October

1953
1953
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1952

26 April

4 November

Conclusions

  • 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.

Glossary

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).

/rɪˈsest/

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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.

MacArthur is dismissed

Truman relieved General MacArthur

Continued division (1954–present)

  • 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.

The cease-fire negotiations were recessed

May 1952

Reasons: POW, frustration and U.S. political climate

End of the hostilities

The UNC and the Communists sign the armistice.

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

New US president!

“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.”

Dwight D. Eisenhower Oct 14, 1890 - Mar 28, 1969

Main goal: contain the spread of communism

Soviet Ambassador to the UN proposes cease-fire

Jakob Malik

Stalin died on 5 March

The new leaders engaged in internal power struggle

Air strikes against North Korea

Hydroelectric and irrigation dams were destroyed.

Before 1945

Korea had been a Japanese colony for 35 years

Inchon landing

MacArthur's idea but the Pentagon opposed him.

North Korea invades South Korea

Hundred of thousands of Koreans fled to the south

200,000 Chinese troops moved into North Korea

Stalin allowed to provide air cover.