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The Korean War 1950 - 1953. Containment The United Nations. NORTH KOREA. ON AUGUST 15 TH 1948 THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA WITH ITS CAPITOL IN SEOUL IS FOUNDED ONE MONTH LATER THE COMMUNIST KOREAN PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IS FOUNDED WITH ITS CAPITOL IN PYONGYANG. SOUTH KOREA. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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The Korean War1950 - 1953
•Containment•The United Nations
ON AUGUST 15TH 1948 THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA WITH ITS CAPITOL IN SEOUL IS
FOUNDED
ONE MONTH LATER THE COMMUNIST KOREAN PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IS FOUNDED WITH ITS CAPITOL IN PYONGYANG
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
OCTOBER 1ST 1949 THE COMMUNISTS WIN THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR AND THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS
ESTABLISHED WITH THE USSR AS ITS MAIN ALLY. IN THE US “LOSING CHINA” BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE. MAO ZEDONG,
COMMUNIST LEADER OF CHINA
KOREAN WAR: JUNE 1950 TO JULY 1953
THE UN SENT TROOPS TO FIGHT THE NORTH KOREAN FORCES BUT THE
BULK OF THE SOLDIERS CAME FROM THE US
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
38TH PARALLEL DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA
THE COMMUNIST NORTH KOREANS
PUSHED THE SOUTH KOREAN
AND UNPREPARED US ARMIES ALL
THE WAY TO PUSAN IN THE SOUTH WHERE
THEY WERE FINALLY STOPPED
BY US FIREPOWER.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WAS PUT IN OVERALL COMMAND OF UNITED
NATIONS FORCES
MACARTHUR MADE A BRILLIANT INVASION AT INCHON WHICH THREATENED TO TRAP
ALL THE NORTH KOREAN FORCES FIGHTING NEAR THE PUSAN PERIMETER
UN TROOPS ADVANCED RAPIDLY
AND ENTERED NORTH KOREA IN PURSUIT OF
FLEEING ENEMY ARMIES. ON
OCTOBER 19, 1950 CHINESE
COMMUNISTS TROOPS INVADED
NORTH KOREA AND PUSHED THE UN
ARMIES BACK SOUTH OF THE 38TH PARALLEL.
FORMER GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT IN NOVEMBER 1952 WITH A PLEDGE TO GO TO KOREA AND END
THE WAR.
ON JULY 27TH 1953, AFTER THREE YEARS OF FIGHTING, AN ARMISTICE WAS SIGNED ENDING THE KOREAN
WAR. KOREA REMAINED DIVIDED AT THE 38TH PARALLEL.