1. Commercials were extremely powerful!
This is what Communists are really all about….

2. How far should the U.S. go to contain communism if it begins to take over a sovereign nation?

3. The Cold War Drives American Foreign Policy

4. 1949 China Becomes Communist
Chinese Communists fight to overtake the nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek
Peasant-friendly Communists, led by Mao Zedong gains support of the masses
May 1949 Chiang’s government flees to Taiwan—all that remains of nationalist China

5. U.S. Views on Why China Succumbed to Communism
Containment policy isn’t working
Chiang’s $3 billion in aid from the U.S. wasn’t enough
Communist agents in the U.S. government are plotting these events

6. Korea’s a Pawn in the Cold War
At the end of World War II Japan surrenders in Korea
to the Soviet Union in the north
to the Americans in the south
38th parallel established as dividing line

7. War Breaks Out in Korea June 25, 1950, North Korea attacks South Korea
U.S. has only 500 American troops stationed there at the time
By September South Korea is in dire straights

8. U.S. Calls for UN Intervention
UN resolution passes
In the end 520,000 UN troops sent – 90% Americans – 590,000 South Korean troops
Combined forces are commanded by Douglas MacArthur

9. MacArthur Leads Counterattack
September 15, 1950 surprise amphibious landing by MacArthur at Inchon
Other troops move up from Pusan

10. Marines in Pusan at a railroad station awaiting orders for movement northward.

11. First time Marine landing forces have moved from ship to shore by air, in Operation Marlex-5, off west coast of Korea in the Inchon area. Marines come up on elevator from hanger deck to enter copters for assault take-off.

12. MacArthur's Assault Successful
UN army chases North Korean troops past the 38th parallel
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13. U.S. Gains New Ground November 1950 UN army reaches the Yalu River
China warns it will not stand idly by and watch its borders get threatened
China sends 300,000 troops to help the North Koreans

14. The Korean War Continues
January 1951 UN forces have lost all ground in North Korea
Chinese army begins advancing into South Korea
Fighting continues for two years without significant gain for either side

16. MacArthur Pushes the Envelope
Early 1951 MacArthur suggests the US use nuclear weapons against the Chinese to fight communism
Soviet Union has a mutual-assistance pact with China
Truman refuses MacArthur’s idea
Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, says all-out conflict with China would be “the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time, and with the wrong enemy.”

17. Back to the 38th Parallel
April 1951 UN armies retake Seoul and moves up to the 38th parallel
MacArthur continues to urge for an all out war with China

18. MacArthur Defies Superiors
MacArthur tries to sell his idea to newspaper and magazine publishers and Republican leaders
MacArthur is told by his superiors to stop his insubordination, but doesn’t

19. Truman’s Least Popular Decision
April 11, 1951 Truman fires MacArthur
MacArthur’s approval rating is 69%
MacArthur returns home to parades and accolades

20. War Rages On
Truman focus the nation’s energy onto the war not MacArthur

21. Cease-fire Ends Korean War
June 23, 1951 USSR calls for a cease-fire
1952 Eisenhower wins election/Stalin dies
July 1953 armistice ends the war

22. Consequences of the Korean War
54,000 American lives lost
$67 billion in U.S. expenditures
Increased fear of communist aggression
Search begins for Americans who could be blamed for communist gains