today I'm putting together my power point. Monday our websites are being graded so i have to get all my forum post done and all my daily blogs.
Korean war:
Causes:
USSR took over North Korea and the United States took over South Korea.
They wanted to reunite Korea as a whole but they had their own opinions on how. North Korea had a strong military and big power from USSR. South Korea had a small military and little support from the United States.
Korea knew if they invaded South Korea then they could take it over and have Korea be united the way they wanted it to so they started war.
During the war the united states and USSR declared war on Japan. The U.S. entered through South Korea while USSR entered through North Korea.
U.S. wanted to make sure communism ways didn't spread to protect the U.S. way of life.
U.S. was at battle for world domination against USSR to stop communism.
The U.N. just formed also help the U.S. in this battle.
-It was from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953
Casualties
-2.5 million North Korean soldiers and civilians died
-1.5 million South Korean soldiers and civilians died
-1 million Chinese soldiers and civilians died
-55,000 American soldiers died
-500 Canadian soldiers died
-300 Australian soldiers died
-5000 soldiers from different countries from the UN troops died
-approximately 5,060,800 soldiers and civilians died
Major Events
Korea divided between North and South September 1945 Following Japanese surrender, Soviets maintained military presence in the North with American troops in the South.
Soviets & Americans withdraw military 1949 A pro-Soviet puppet government is left in charge of North Korea with a vastly superior army to U.S.-supported South
North Korea invades South Korea June 24, 1950 to try and take over.
Truman orders air and naval support for South Korea & calls for UN intervention June 27, 1950 With the Soviet Union absent from the Security Council, the U.S. was able to win agreement from UN to support South Korea. MacArthur appointed to command UN operations
U.S. troops invade at Inchon September 15, 1950 In surprise landing behind enemy lines, US forces push North Korean army back north of the 38th parallel
Pyongyang falls to UN forces October 19, 1950 North Korean capital now in UN control
Chinese divisions enter fighting November 4, 1950 With increased opposition, UN offensive stalls and then collapses. Chinese troops push UN forces back across 38th parallel and capture Southern capital of Seoul
MacArthur declares "There is no substitute for victory" March 1951 In message to House Republican leader Martin, MacArthur expresses his frustration with the limited war U.S. is fighting against communists
Truman relieves MacArthur of command April 11, 1951 Following several warnings about insubordination, Truman angers public (69% support MacArthur) by firing the US commander
MacArthur addresses Congress after being away from the U.S. since 1935 April 19, 1951 In emotional speech, MacArthur declares "Old soldiers never die, they merely fade away".
Negotiations begin at Panmunjon July 1951 Talks drag on until 1953 and war is settled with the establishment of a DMZ (demilitarized zone) on each side of the 38th parallel
Korea becomes campaign issue in 1952 presidential election Summer 1952 Eisenhower pledges to go to Korea to end the war. VP candidate Nixon contends Democrats had caved in to communists in Korea and that Democrat presidential candidate Stevenson should be called "Adlai the Appeaser"
Armistice formally re-established the division of Korea March 1953 Formal peace treaty never signed. Over 1,000,000 Koreans and 54,000 Americans killed in conflict plus thousands who die as prisoners of war
How the War ended
A ceasefire stopped the fighting on July 27, 1953. There was an armistice signed by North Korea, China and the UN but not South Korea. Korea is still split into North Korea, which is communist, and South Korea which is non-communist. The border, protected by a demilitarized zone, was established along the 38th parallel.
Before the armistice, talks had gone on for nearly 2 years. Eisenhower had promised that if he was elected in the election of 1952, he would go to Korea and end the war. There was no simple way to end the conflict. Talks had collapsed in October 1952. In 1953, the US threatened to bomb China, but eventually a ceasefire was declared between UN forces and Korean/Chinese forces.
The "De-Militarized Zone" which designates the border between North and South Korea has remained one of the most heavily-armed stretches of land on Earth. The stability of the region is threatened by the development of nuclear weapons by North Korea.
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