Korea in Cold War
- Created by: Liam Malone
- Created on: 10-05-15 14:30
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- KOREA
- The War (1950-1953)
- The North crossed the 38th Parallel on 2% June 1950, in an attempt to unify Korea
- MacArthur then disobeyed orders from Truman making it clear not to go near the Yalu River in fear of Chinese intevention
- Because of this, the Chinese launched an invasion into Korea on 26 Novermber 1950 that retook the North and most of the South,.
- Also, MacArthur was fired on 11 April 1951.
- A final armistice was signed on 27 July 1953, over two years of 'attrition'
- The boundary between the two was to be the 38th Parallel
- The United Nations Organisation decided to help and sent UN troops, along with the US troops
- MacArthur (Commander-in-chief) organised a successful sea landing at Inchon that forced the North to retreat, in September
- UN forces then followed the North across the 38th Parallel and captured Pyongyang on October 19
- MacArthur (Commander-in-chief) organised a successful sea landing at Inchon that forced the North to retreat, in September
- At first the north were successful, most of the South fell, including Seoul on 27 June, except the Pusan area
- Defensive Perimeter Strategy
- This was a definition of the defensive line of US military bases in the Far East
- However, it did not extend to Korea, which may have encourage Stalin to stoke up conflict in Korea
- It extended in a huge arc from Aleutian Islands through Japan to the Philippines
- This was a definition of the defensive line of US military bases in the Far East
- Before the War
- In 1946, Kim Il Sung created the Democratic Peoples Republic in the North (Communist
- Syngman Rhee set of the Republic of Korea in the South shortly after
- In 1950, the Korean Peninsula was divided along the 38th Parallel into two parts
- The Soviet-backed North government
- The US-backed South government
- Soviet forces left in Jan 1949 after ensuring the North was heavily armed
- Us forces left in July 1949, and left behind military equipment that couldn't be used offensively
- In 1946, Kim Il Sung created the Democratic Peoples Republic in the North (Communist
- The War (1950-1953)
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