1. KOREAN WAR
조국해방전쟁
한국전쟁

2. U.N’s Top 5 U.S., USSR, Britain, France… & TAIWAN?
Korean War,
During WWII which country had control of Korea?
After WWII, Korea was divided into Communist North and democratic South Korea
North Korean communist forces cross the 38th parallel and invade South Korea.
Truman orders U.S. forces to assist the South Koreans *WHY?
The U.N. Security Council condemns the action and decides this should be a decision for the UN!
Soviet Union absent from this VOTE
U.N’s Top 5 U.S., USSR, Britain, France… & TAIWAN?

3. UN International Forces to Korea to stop the invasion!
September N. Koreans controlled entire Korean peninsula except for a tiny area around Pusan.

4. (1)South Korean’s still had a stronghold in Pusan. Troops move North.
THE FIGHT
(1)South Korean’s still had a stronghold in Pusan. Troops move North.
(2)General MacArthur launched a surprise attack at Inchon. Troops move South.
SMUSH!!!
(3)UN troops are able to push N. Koreans to China’s border.
Who feels threatened now?

5. COMMUNIST CHINA! October 1950- China sends 300,000 troops into
North Korea.
China pushes UN forces out of N. Korea and even
Captures S. Korea’s capital, Seoul.
MACARTHUR RECOMMENDS ATTACKING CHINA
MacArthur convinced that Korea was the place
“where the Communist conspirators have elected
to make their play for global conquest”
Recommended attacking China & called for the
use of nuclear weapons
Truman rejects MacArthur’s request
Reminds MacArthur that USSR had Mutual Assistance
Pact with China & attacking China would lead to WWIII
MacArthur tried to go over President’s head;
*Truman fired MacArthur

6. Settling for Stalemate
Location of cease-fire line at the
existing battle line
Establishment of a demilitarized
zone between opposing sides
STALEMATE
N. Korean invaders had been pushed back
Communism had been contained w/out use of nuclear weapons

9. Kim Jong Un 35 years old Came to power after his father’s death in 2011
2017- around 400 excutions

10. April 2018
Next week, Kim Jong Un will meet South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the DMZ
In May or June, Kim will meet with President Trump
Why talk now?
1. N. Korean Economy Bad
2. Nuclear Program halted- now at a position of power
3. Avoiding War
2017

11. Satellite Image of Gulags
On Tuesday, Google unveiled a detailed map of North Korea, offering a rare glimpse inside the streets, landmarks and even the gulags located in the world's most isolated country.
Conditions inside North Korean prison camps are unsanitary and life-threatening.[1][2][3][4] Prisoners are subject to torture and inhumane treatment.[5] Public and secret executions of prisoners, even children, especially in cases of attempted escape are commonplace.[6] Infanticides (and infant killings upon birth)[7] also often occur. The mortality rate is very high, because many prisoners die of starvation,[8] illnesses,[9] work accidents, or torture.[10]

12. Demilitarized zone (DMZ) between Koreas is most volatile border region

14. The Vietnam War

15. Background to the War
France controlled “Indochina” since the late 19th century
Indochina consists of Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia
Ho Chi Minh tried to gain independence for Vietnam since WWI
France tried to regain control after WWII
What country had taken control?
Vietnamese fight a guerrilla war against reoccupation
Ho Chi Minh had been fighting for Vietnamese independence since World War I.
The U.S. gave France aid to win its support in American anticommunist efforts in Western Europe.

16. Background to the War
Vietnamese join together to fight France! Sound familiar?
France surrenders 1954
Vietnam divided at 17th parallel
Ho Chi Minh’s nationalist (communists) forces controlled the North
Ngo Dinh Diem, “democracy” in South
France & U.S. establish the
Anti-communist government
In S.V.
Familiar?
*Ngo ruled the south as a dictator- the South Vietnamese suffered under his rule.
Realizing he would Diem backs out of elections.

17. Early Protests of Ngo Dinh Diem’s Government
Self-immolation by a Buddhist Monk

19. WHY did the US Support the corrupt South?
US Gov’t feels Vietnam is important to America.
Domino Theory-if SV falls to communism, other countries will quickly follow (mainly in SE Asia)
Containment-larger US policy against communism; prevent it from expanding its territory or spreading its influence

20. Gulf of Tonkin
1963 Ngo is assassinated (but not by who you would think…)
August U.S. President Lyndon Johnson sends troops “b/c two U.S. destroyers were attacked by N.V. patrol boats in Gulf of Tonkin.”
½ million soldiers
by 1968.
[I]t is not simply that there is a different story as to what happened; it is that no attack happened that night.

21. Who Is the Enemy? Vietcong:
Farmers by day; guerilla warriors at night; willing to accept many casualties
American sends more troops to avoid Vietcong takeover.
U.S. army best trained army in world but losing to the Vietcong!
The guerilla wins if he does not lose, the conventional army loses if it does not win Mao Zedong

22. Vietcong Supported by many people in both South and North Vietnam.
South supports because gov’t unpopular
U.S. has trouble fighting on unfamiliar territory.
Late 1960’s- US bombed farmland and forest (civilian targets)- U.S. protests.

23. Vietnamization
Nixon’s Plan U.S. begins to withdraw troops & South Vietnam increases its
military role
Last U.S. forces leave in 1973
N. Vietnam overruns the South.
1.5 million Vietnamese Dead
58,000 American Dead
Anyone know a Vietnam Veteran? 22

24. South Vietnamese Attempt to Flee the Country
The Fall of Saigon
South Vietnamese Attempt to Flee the Country

25. America Abandons Its Embassy
The Fall of Saigon
April 30, 1975
America Abandons Its Embassy

26. North Vietnamese at the Presidential Palace
The Fall of Saigon
North Vietnamese at the Presidential Palace

27. A United Vietnam
Formerly Saigon

29. Democracy v. Communism The Korean War