Bill Clinton Topics = assassination attemps, major accomplishments, netscape internet thing
Berlin Blockade
- Germany was still split from WW2 agreement; Berlin was the captial located in East Germany (Soviets) and it was also split east and west Berlin
- We got goods into and out of that city by a direct freeway between us and west Berlin
- The soviets (east side) didn't like this because we were entering their area and Soviets didn't like it because they didn't have total control over what was supposed to be their area.
- West Berlin stopped stopped trading with us because they didn't want war
Korean Conflict
- War between North and South Korea; China helped the North and United Nations (U.S.(90%), U.K. France) helped the South.
- The North invaded the South first and pushed them all the way down to the Pustan area
- This invasion took place after the U.S. decided they need to worry more about helping Japan rather than South Korea so we pulled out and the North attacked.
- Kimil Sung was the leader of North Korea and got permission from China and the Soviets to invade South Korea
- General Douglas MacArthur was the head leader for South fighters- Truman had to fire him because he kept talking about invading China
- China got nervous when we forced the North back toward them that we would invade; they then entered this war
- The End: Eisenhoer campaigned that he would (and did) end this war
- This was never officailly a war; we called it a conflict; 35/6,000 Americans died in this war
- DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) = the present day border of North and South Korea- we still have 30,000 troops there
- This war is called the forgotten war because it's between the Vietnam war and the Cold War
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