History- The Cold War 3
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- Created on: 27-02-13 17:05
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- History- The Cold War 3
- Korean War
- Invasion!
- Korea was divided at the line called the "38th Parallel"
- By Sept 1950 communist north was about to defeat the south
- US takes Action
- US persuaded UN to send an army to protect S. Korea
- The army joined the S. Korean forces and pushed N. Korea back to the 38th Parallel
- But US General MacArthur went further, and invaded N. Korea
- China takes Action
- China joins N. Korean forces because UN troops are near their border pushing back N. Korea
- USSR helps Chinese/N. Korean forces by supplying weapons
- They push UN troops back into S. Korea. MacArthur wanted to use Nuclear weapons but President Truman refused and then sacked him
- Stalemate/End of the War
- By 1953 a stalemate was reached, with the Communists back in N. Korea and the anti-Communists back in the South
- In July 1953, a cease-fire was declared
- March 1953 Stalin dies
- Arms Race
- 1945 - 1949 the US was the only country in the world that had Atomic weapons
- 1949- the USSR successfully tested its first A bomb
- 1953- the USSR detonated its first H-Bomb
- 1952- the US detonated its first Hydrogen Bomb
- 1952- the US detonated its first Hydrogen Bomb
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