Korea

• 1945


  -Japanese army surrenders after World War II

  -The US announced its intention to occupy career south of the 38th parallel

  -The soviet union to occupy the north of the 38th parallel
• March 1947


  Truman Doctrine was declared
• 1948


  -founding of the Republic of Korea with Syngman Rhee as president

  -founding of Democratic People's Republic of Korea with Kim Il Sung as the leader
• June 25, 1950


  -Communist troops cross the 38th parallel from North Korea and invaded South Korea

  -Syngman Rhee starts the summer of terror and orders that over 100,000 people killed as he is worried that the South Koreans would join the Communists
• June 27, 1950


  -Communist troops reach Seoul

  -The United States joins the war
• June 30, 1950


  The United Nations which the Soviet union was boycotting at the time, condemns the attack. President Truman orders US forces to Korea
• July 1, 1950


  The 24th Infanty Division Lands
• July 5, 1950


  UN troops fight for the first time, 30 miles from south of Seoul
• September 15, 1950


  General Douglas MacArthur personally directed a surprise amphibious landing at Inchon, near Seoul. By the end of September, Allied troops have recaptured Seoul
• October 20, 1950


  The Allies have invaded North Korea capture the capital of Pyongyang and continue to push towards to the yalu river the North Korean border with China
• November 24, 1950


  General MacArthur orders the United Nations for us to move towards the Yalu River (the border between North Korea and North East China).MacArthur said the UN troops will be back home for Christmas but they are attacked by 180,000 Chinese soldiers I have to retreat
• November 26, 1950


  Chinese army crosses the border into North Korea engages the Allied troops and forces and Allied retreat.
• January 1951


  The Chinese capture Seoul
• February 1,1951


  Peace talks begin
• March 1951


  UN forces recapture Seoul in march
• April 1951


  General Douglas MacArthur is fired after MacArthur publicly disagrees with President Truman about whether or not to bomb China
• July 1951


  Peace talks begin but there was no agreed cease-fire
• September 13, 1951


  The battle of heartbreak Ridge begins - American and French troops start a battle with North Korean and Chinese troops in a part of the South Korea known as the punchbowl. Over 25,000 Chinese and North Korean soldiers die
• November 4, 1952


  President Eisenhower is elected Andrew and his campaign in Eisenhower said he would end the Korean war
• July 27, 1953


  North Korea and South Korea create a great truce and sign an agreement to stop fighting
• April 1954


  Talks in Geneva fail to unite Korea and the country remains divided
• How many people in the military was killed or missing in USA/N.Korea/S.Korea/China ? (Estimated

  USA:just over 36,000

  North Korea: 406,000

  South Korea: 217,000

  China: 600,000
• How many civilians were killed or missing in North Korea and South Korea?

  North Korea:600,000

  South Korea:1,000,000
• How much did the war cost the USA?

  $30 billion
• Gains and losses for Korea

  Gains:

  none

  Losses:

  -Millions of soldiers and civilians died

  -80% of create industrial and government buildings were destroyed

  -Half of housing and master transportation network were destroyed

  -The housing shortage became severe in North Korea and people have no alternative but to live in caves
• Gains and losses for the USA


  Gains:

  South Korea was saved from communism which showed the containment policy was seen to work against the spread of communism in Asia

  Losses:

  -human cost of the war

  -USA spent billions on the war

  -ultimately failed to 'save' North Korea from communism
• Gains and losses for the United Nations

  Gains:

  -respect by taking quick and decisive action

  -Fulfilled its aim of using combined force to stop aggression

  Losses:

  -The UN was shown to be a 'puppet' of the USA

  -Norwegian security general of the UN resigned from his position
• Gains and losses for the USSR


  Gains:

  -achieved a closer relationship with fellow Communist State China

  Losses:

  -The war heightened tensions with the USA and forced the USSR into an expensive arms race with the USA
• Gains and losses for China

  Gains:

  -achieve a close relationship with fellow communist state the USSR

  -The war propelled China onto the world stage as a major military power

  Losses:

  -The war was very expensive (China was a poor country)

  -China failed to 'win' South Korea for communism
• What are peace talks?


  A conference or series of discussions aimed at ending hostiles
• When did the peace talks begin?

  July 1951
• Who replaced President Truman as president?

  President Dwight D Eisenhower
• When was President Truman replaced by a new president?

  November 1952
• What was President Eisenhower keen to do?

  End the war
• When did soviet leader Stalin die?

  March 1953
• How did the North Koreans and Chinese react to Stalin's death?

  They became unconfident that any new soviet leader would support them as Stalin has done in the war
• When did the UN, China and North Korea sign a peace treaty ending the war?

  27 July 1953
• What happened to North and South Korea after the war?

  North and south korea remained as 2 seperate countries
• What is the 'demilitarised zone'?

  A 3 km wide area that is placed between North and South Korea to act as a buffer in the hope of preventing future wars
• Where did the 2 countries split?

  The 38th parallel - exactly where it had been before