Conflict and tension in Asia

• August 1945

  Korea is divided into 2 countries on 38th parallel
• 1947

  Us president Harry Truman promises to fight communism
• June 1950

  Communist North Korea invades South Korea
• September 1950

  General Douglas MacArthur leads a UN invasion into South Korea at Inchon
• October 1950

  China joins the war on the side of North Korea
• July 1951

  Korean war peace talks begin
• November 1952

  Dwight D. Eisenhower is elected US president and vows to end Korean war
• July 1953

  NK and SK sign an agreement to stop fighting. A neutral zone is created to separate countries
• Joseph Stalin

  Leader of the USSR 1924-1953
• Harry Truman

  President of the US 1945-1953
• Kim Il-Sung

  Leader of North Korea 1948-1994
• Syngman Rhee

  Leader of South Korea 1948-1960
• Chiang Kai-Shek

  Nationalist and Leader of the Republic of China 1928-1975 (worked with US)
• Mao Tse-tung

  Leader of Chinese communists and the PRC 1949-1976
• Douglas MacArthur

  Chief of UN forces in Korea in 1950. Sacked in 1951
• George Marshall

  Secretary of State and defence under Truman. Came up with the ‚Marshall Plan’
• Communism

  Goods and profits shared equally, businesses owned by the state with 1 person having complete power
• Capitalism

  Free elections, freedom of speech and private businesses separate from the state.
• Democratic

  Ruled by the people
• Demilitarised zone

  No military activity allowed in a set area
• Iron curtain

  The political boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of WWII in 1945 to the end of the Cold war in 1991
• Nationalist

  A person who strongly identifies with their own nation and supports its interests
• Containment

  Communism needed to be controlled and isolated or else it would spread to neighbouring countries
• Truman Doctrine

  United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces
• Foreign Policy

  A government’s strategy in dealing with other nations
• Veto

  A right to reject a decision or proposal made by a law making body
• United Nations

  An international non-profit making organisation formed in 1945 to increase political and economic cooperation among its member countries
• Resolution

  the action of solving a problem