Who was responsible for the North Korean invasion of South Korea in 1950?
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- Who was responsible for the North Korean invasion of South Korea in 1950?
- Joseph Stalin
- Expected China and North Korea to become allies
- He believed that communist influence could be extended in East Asia, Without risking conflict between the two superpowers
- The Soviet Union had successfully tested it’s first atomic bomb
- Gaining nuclear parity with the USA Stalin believed that because of this it would prevent any conflict in Korea esclating to a nucleur war
- Believed the USA would be deterred from launching a nucleur attack because the Soviet Union could now relate with their own weapon
- Gaining nuclear parity with the USA Stalin believed that because of this it would prevent any conflict in Korea esclating to a nucleur war
- Kim II-Sung
- Determined to reunite Korea under communist rule and sought Stalin’s backing for invasion
- In April 1950, he travelled to Moscow and persuaded Stalin to back the communist invasion of South Korea
- Leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- Worried that if Russian and US troops met in battle, the conflict would end up escalating into world war III
- Stalin Believed this meant North Korea could invade South Korea without a response from the USA
- Joseph Stalin
- Expected China and North Korea to become allies
- He believed that communist influence could be extended in East Asia, Without risking conflict between the two superpowers
- The Soviet Union had successfully tested it’s first atomic bomb
- Believed the USA would be deterred from launching a nucleur attack because the Soviet Union could now relate with their own weapon
- Believed the USA would be deterred from launching a nucleur attack because the Soviet Union could now relate with their own weapon
- Joseph Stalin
- Harry Truman
- January 1950 Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State was not within the USA’s Pacific Defensive Perimeter
- Stalin Believed this meant North Korea could invade South Korea without a response from the USA
- Stalin Believed this meant North Korea could invade South Korea without a response from the USA
- January 1950 Dean Acheson, US Secretary of State was not within the USA’s Pacific Defensive Perimeter
- Joseph Stalin
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