1. The Korean War

2. I. Korea before the War (1950-1953)
A. 38th parallel Yalta Conference Agreement - Soviet Union would control North Korea - United States would control S. Korea. 1. N. Korea: Communist 2. S. Korea: Democracy

5. Video Clip:
Start of Korean War

6. B. North Korea invades South Korea in 1950.

7. II. The Start of the Korean War
A. The Soviet Union and China supplied N. Korea with soldiers and weapons to attack S. Korea.

8. B. U.S. & United Nations come to aid of South Korea

16. C. MacArthur is fired because he kept talking smack about attacking China and using the A –bomb on China

17. Video Clip:
MacArthur Fired

18. III. Fighting Ends in Korea
A Dwight D. Eisenhower becomes president - the Korean War ends

19. Iv. Results of the Korean War
1. 38th parallel would again be the boundary between North Korea and South Korea 2. Creation of Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) - 2 ½ mile wide “buffer zone” between North Korea & South Korea - Still there today

24. United States 36,516 dead (2,830 non-combat) 92,134 wounded 8,176 MIA 7,245 POW
Becomes known as “the Forgotten War” because it fell between WWII and the Vietnam Conflict

25. - Korean war is called a “proxy war” because the conflict between democratic and communist “Super Powers” was not a direct war, but a war fought by supporting third-party countries.

26. Why the name “Cold War”?