We took notes about the Korean War and started to talk a little bit about the Vietnam War.
Korean War (1950-1953)
- "The Forgotten War"
- Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan from 1910 until 1945
- After WWII, Korea was split into two- North (USSR) and South (US) at the 38th parallel line
- An election was going to be held to eventually unify Korea
- The United Nations held an election in 1948
- The Soviet Union refused to allow participation in the election in their occupied zone
- Instead, they handed over power to the North Korean Communist Party under Kim IL-Sung
- The South elected the nationalist exile Syngman Rhee
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