Korea- end and impact of the war

• Guerilla warfare was used by Koreans, surprise attacks and regular civilians were attacking. Neither side knew how the other fought and so it was hard to gain any ground
• International intervention- China provided 1.3m soldiers, USSR gave 26000 to the communist forces.

  This matched the UN forces
• Equal technology between the two
• Total loss of morale
• March 1951- stalemate begin
• July 1951- Peace talks begin
• November 1951- Eisenhower is president
• March 1953- Stalin dies
• July 1953- Peace treaty signed, both countries remain separate, 3km demilitarised zone (prevent future wars)
• North Korea benefited as China cancelled their debt
• South Korea gained a much closer relationship with the UN
• 80% of building industry destroyed on both Korean sides
• US gained a lot of respect for 'saving' south korea
• US spent billions of dollars on the war
• UN gained lots of respect for quick action
• USSR returned to UN after war
• People believed UN was a puppet for the USA
• China and USSR gained a much closer relationship
• USSR and USA entered an arms race due to tension
• China proved themselves as a world military power
• China spent a lot of money
• 200,000 south korean soldiers died
• 1 million civilians from the south killed
• 400,000 north korean soldiers died
• 600,000 north korean civilians killed
• Both Koreas left in ruin
• North Korea helped to recover by the USSR
• South Korea given aid by the USA
• 36500 US troops died in Korea
• USA spent 20-30 billion (340 billion today)
• US dropped 635000 tonnes of bombs
• 1000 british comonwealth troops died