korea

• conflict in korea began on june 25th 1950
• 1910-1945


  korea is under japanese fascist occupation
• 1945


  japan loses the war and obliged to give up territories (incl. korea)
• april 1951


  general macarthur fired for disobeying truman's policies
• truman doctrine


  contain the spread of communism (containment)
• domino theory


  if one asian country falls to communism, so will others
• june 25th 1950


  n. korea launches a surprise well-coordinated invasion that goes successfully
• sept 14th 1950


  seoul (capital) fell within days, s. korean forces pushed to southern tip of country
• nov 25th 1950

  macarthur boldly lands at inchon, cuts n. korea supply lines, recaptures seoul successfully, UN & s. korean forces push n. koreans back toward the Yalu River, near china, past 38th parallel
• july 27th 1953


  chinese mobilise 300,000 troops and startle UN forces, they launch heavy coordinated attacks forcing UN to abandon much of n. korea, s. korea stays below 38th parallel
• US increase military spending from 12 billion to 60 billion annually after the war
• mcarthyism


  fears of communist infiltration spread across the country
• military confrontations and reunification efforts define n. korea's and s. korea's relationship today
• war ended in stalemate of the 1953 armistice
• 38th parallel division caused decades of military tension included heavily fortified DMZ