A UN War - Korean War
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- A US OR UN WAR?
- UN WAR
- One of Truman's main aims was to support the UN
- He had the support of the Security Council and General Assembly
- He frequently said that the Korean War was a UN war
- Pronouncements of Truman administration and UN statements all claimed it was a UN war
- One of Truman's main aims was to support the UN
- CONTRIBUTION OF UN MEMBERS
- 15 other members of the UN fought alongside US and ROK troops such as: Britain, France and the Philippines.
- Roughly 4000 of their soldiers died in Korea
- Other members helped by sending medics, food and economic aid
- Soviets always said the 'UN efforts' were triggered and dominated by Americans
- US and South Korea provided 90% of fighting men, Truman insisted that MacArthur communicate only with Washington
- There was disagreement among US allies over many issues on which the US acted on without reference to anyone else
- e.g. Britain was anxious over: US talk of using atomic weaponry and the dispatch of the US 7th Fleet into the Taiwan Straits
- There's no doubt that US always did what they wanted to do usually without reference to UN or allies
- 15 other members of the UN fought alongside US and ROK troops such as: Britain, France and the Philippines.
- UN CO-ORDINATED PROBLEMS
- Around 40,000 troops from other UN countries joined America
- Communications between forces of different nationalities proved difficult
- Friendly Fire
- e.g. a British brigade took to a hill then called for a US air strike against North Korean positions, despite the British and North Koreans both used white flags thus US ended up bombing the British
- British Commonwealth Brigade tried to free some ambushed Americans but US didn't know the British radio frequency
- Turks couldn't understand what US commanders were telling them = sometimes captured South Koreans instead of Chinese
- Around 40,000 troops from other UN countries joined America
- UN WAR
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