1. 20 th Century China

2. The Empress Dowager, Tzu Hsi

4. Pu Yi, the last emperor of China

5. Sun Yat Sen, Nationalist Leader of China

6. Chiang Kai Shek, Chinese Nationalist Leader

7. Madame Chiang Kai Shek

8. Mao Zedong, Chinese Communist Chairman

9. Jian Qing, Mao’s wife and leader of the Cultural Revolution

11. The Korean Conflict

12. Kim Il Sung, Founder of North Korea’s Communist Party

13. Korea had been in the hands of the Japanese since 1910. At the Allied Summit Meetings it was decided to divide Korea at the 38 th Parallel. The North would be run by Kim Il Sun who had been supplied with tanks and weapons by the Soviet Union. China was still in the midst of a Civil War. They also had developed their own army: The North Korean People’s Army. The South was under the presidency of Sygmann Rhee who openly declared he wanted national unity for all of Korea but lacked the military strength to do this. The South also was under the control of the U.S. military under the direction of Gen. Douglas MacArthur from his base in Tokyo. After several bloody conflicts along the 38 th Parallel, the North invaded the South on June 25, 1950. The UN Security Council branded the North as aggressors and decided to take action against them. The North’s invasion went as far south as the Pusan Perimeter in the southeast corner of South Korea. At first, before any other troops arrived, the British and Americans were on the scene to fight against the superior weaponry of the North Koreans.

14. In September, Gen. MacArthur landed two divisions at the Port of Inchon. With their communication cut and under heavy bombardment, the North Koreans fled back north with the Americans in pursuit. UN forces were situated now at the Manchurian border of North Korea having pushed all the way north. Gen. MacArthur promises a victory by Christmas when he meets with President Truman on Wake Island. Shortly after this, the Chinese entered the war and all will change.

15. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/macarthur/maps/koreatxt.html

16. Kim Jong Il, Communist leader of North Korea

17. President Kim Dae Jung of South Korea visits Pyongyang and greets Kim Jong Il in 2000.

18. President Lee Myung-Bak Of South Korea

19. North Korea

20. South Korea

21. Seoul, South Korea

22. Seoul at night

23. Pyongyang, North Korea

25. North Korean propaganda

26. Kim Il Sung, the “Great Leader”

27. Traffic in Pyongyang

28. Pyongyang, Kaesong Highway

29. The 38 th Parallel today North Korea is in the background. South Korea in the foreground

30. 8055 th M.A.S.H.

31. M.A.S.H. Pharmacy

32. Korean War Memorial, DC