The Korean War
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- Created on: 16-04-15 17:58
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- The Korean War
- Causes of the Korean War.
- Soviet assistance and Stalins Role
- To wage war on the south, Sung needed Soviet support. (satellite country for USSR) Sung needed Russian fighter planes.
- Stalin slowed down proceedings due to being scared of US intervention.
- Maos role in the Korean War
- The USA believed that Moscow and Beijing colluded in the North attack on the South. Could China afford it after civil war? Probably not
- Soviet assistance and Stalins Role
- Why did USA get involved?
- American anti-communism
- Domino Theory
- The USA couldn't trade with a communist country so that would damage their economy.
- The balance of World Powers
- When USSR invaded Berlin and marched through Eastern Europe it left a lot of communist and mini satellite states.
- USA were scared of this and Stalins 'Iron Curtain.' Plus they also had the atomic bomb.
- When USSR invaded Berlin and marched through Eastern Europe it left a lot of communist and mini satellite states.
- McCarthyism and Domestic Policy Concern
- Joseph McCarthy declared that there were communists within the government. This created large scale hysteria.
- NSC 68
- National Security Council
- Truman haunted by USSR bomb, China and Communism commissioned this planning paper.
- It recommended: hydrogen bomb, build up of USA forces, new alliances and higher taxes for finances.
- Fears for Japan.
- USA wanted Japan as alliance and with Korea falling to communism and it only being 100 miles away, there was a threat for Japan.
- American anti-communism
- Causes of the Korean War.
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