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1 Cold War The Korean War

2 Korean War Review Previous Lesson Korean War

3 I. Korean War ( ) i. Korea is a small country off the east coast of China, just west of Japan. ii. After Japan was defeated, Korea was split up into North Korea and South Korea. They were divided at the 38th Parallel. a. North Korea controlled by U.S.S.R.- Communist b. South Korea controlled by USA- Capitalist iii. In 1948, both USA and U.S.S.R. leave Korea. The governments left behind followed their respective beliefs

4 Korean War

5 Korean War iv. Both governments felt they should rule the entire country. v. 1950, N. Korea attacks S. Korea vi. Since Truman believes in Containment, he immediately sends troops to S. Korea. vii. Truman asks the UN for help, and since Soviets are away from the council, he gets what he wanted. viii. 16 nations helped the USA in the Korean War, but 9 of 10 soldiers was American USSR was boycotting the UN because the west weren’t recognizing mainland China’s seat in the Security Council. Mao Kai shek

6 Troop count on armistice day.
Republic of Korea - 590,911 United States - 302,483 United Kingdom - 14,198 Canada - 6,146 Turkey - 5,453 Australia - 2,282 Philippines - 1,496 New Zealand - 1,385 Ethiopia - 1,271 Greece - 1,263 Thailand - 1,204 France - 1,119 Colombia - 1,068 Belgium South Africa The Netherlands Luxembourg - 44

7 Korean War ix. American help pushed N. Korea back past the 38th Parallel. a. Americans involved in war (through UN) b. Soviets fight a proxy war- not actually there. They send military equipment and advisors. x. Since war is going well for Americans they decide to take over the whole country. xi. In 1951, China enters on the side of N. Korea xii. N. Korea pushes S. Korea back to 38th parallel. General Macarthur

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9 Korean War xiii. Both countries stalemated at 38th parallel
xvi. Truce signed in 1953, war over. a. Big reason, Stalin dies in 1953

10 So do you think the Korean war was a successful UN operation?

11 Americans suffered over 33 000 dead and 100 000 wounded soldiers.
Over a million Korean and Chinese soldiers died and as many as 2 million Korean civilians. 3.7 million children lost their parents. The border was renegotiated to the 38th parallel. The sentiment in the USA was that containment was successful.

12 Picasso's Massacre in Korea

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14 Korean War Terms Korean War 38th parallel Proxy War

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