Monday- Talk about our forum post leaders, and start notes on the Korean war. Decade presentations will start Wednesday. Notes on bottom.
Tuesday- Finish notes.
Wednesday- Start presentations (1950s)
Thursday- Work Day
Friday- Continue notes on presentations
Origins- Korean War
- Korea was invaded and ruled by Japan in 1910 until 1945
- Kim Il-Sung original leader of North Korea
- Syngman Rhee original leader of North Korea
- North invaded and pushed South Koreans in a corner
- United Nations was set up and voted to send troops to help SK (Douglas MacArthur)
- Invasion was successful
- MacArthur was given strict instructions from Truman to NOT make it look like they were invading China
- MacArthur wanted to take down communist China
- MacArthur fired for going against orders
- China invades because they think they are going to be invaded and recapture the capital city of SOL
United Nations Police Action
- UN Security Council voted to send troops to help SK
- US, GB, France, China and the Soviet Union were permanent members that could veto the 'police action'
- Why didn't the USSR and/or China veto this proposal?
- Taiwan was represented as China
- China=Taiwan China, not communist China
- SU-boycotted meetings
MacArthur Removed
- MacArthur was removed from command by Truman on April 11, 1951
- Why?
- Saying we should take out Communist China
- Disobeyed Truman's orders
- Macarthur was succeeded by General Matthew Ridgeway
- He was able to slowly drive back the enemy to the 38th parallel
- Demilitarized zone (DMZ) was established around it, which is still defended today by North Korean troops on one side and South Korean and American troops on the other
- No peace treaty has ever been signed to this date
Results/Outcomes/Casualties
- Was the first armed confrontation of the Cold War and it set a model for many later conflicts
- Created the idea of a limited war, where the two superpowers would and could fight without using nuclear weapons
- Also expanded the Cold War which to that point has mostly been concerned with Europe
- 2 million deaths total
- US had 54000 deaths
- No one won or lost- stalemate
- Many cities destroyed
- Conventional bonds
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