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World History II – Spring 2013
 Korea had been ruled by Japan
since 1910
 Japan surrenders to Allies in
September 1945
 Allies decide to divide Korea
along 38th parallel
 Soviet troops will occupy the
north
 U.S. troops will occupy the south
 Koreans are excluded from these
conferences
 Division and occupation were
intended to be temporary
 Syngman Rhee
 Korean nationalist who had been
exiled by the Japanese
 Wants to unify Korea
 Does not want to trade Japanese
imperialism for American/Soviet
 1948 becomes first President of
South Korea
 Establishes authoritarian regime
 Supported by U.S. because he is
anti-communist
 Kim Il-Sung
 Communist guerilla leader who
had been exiled by the Japanese
 Served in the Soviet Red Army
during WWII
 Stalin placed him in charge of
newly formed North Korea
 Wanted to unify Korea under
communist rule
 North and South engage in reunification negotiations
 Talks are off and on for two years
 Neither side will change political ideology
 Border skirmishes are common
 Nearly 10,000 North and South Korean soldiers are killed in
battle before the war even starts
 June 25, 1950 North Korean troops launch a surprise
attack on South Korea
 United Nations Security Council votes to support
South Koreans
 Soviets boycott the meeting
 Truman sees this as an opportunity for containment
 15 UN Member Nations send troops
 88% of troops are from U.S.
 Combined forces led by General MacArthur
 MacArthur’s troops
push North Koreans
past 38th parallel and
engage in an offensive
to “liberate” North
Korea from the
Communists
 U.N. troops reach the
Yalo River, North
Korea’s border with
China
 Mao Zedong warns that crossing into China will mean
full-scale war
 Truman knows this might risk war with Soviets, who
now have a nuclear bomb
 MacArthur wants to engage China and is fired for
insubordination
Chinese forces cross
the Yalo River into
Korea on October 16,
1950
 Combined North Korean and Chinese forces push U.N.
troops back into South Korea in January 1951
 For six months, territory is traded back and forth
within 100 miles of the 38th parallel
 In July 1951, armistice negotiations begin but no
agreement is reached until July 1953
 Boundary at 38th parallel is reestablished and a two-
mile-wide Demilitarized Zone is created
 First armed conflict of the Cold War
 “Proxy War”- when opposing powers use third parties as
substitutes for fighting each other
 First time US engaged with an enemy in possession of
a nuclear bomb
 First containment of communism outside of Europe
 First racially integrated US troops
 Test of the United Nations as an international peace-
keeping body

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Korean War

  • 1. World History II – Spring 2013
  • 2.  Korea had been ruled by Japan since 1910  Japan surrenders to Allies in September 1945  Allies decide to divide Korea along 38th parallel  Soviet troops will occupy the north  U.S. troops will occupy the south  Koreans are excluded from these conferences  Division and occupation were intended to be temporary
  • 3.  Syngman Rhee  Korean nationalist who had been exiled by the Japanese  Wants to unify Korea  Does not want to trade Japanese imperialism for American/Soviet  1948 becomes first President of South Korea  Establishes authoritarian regime  Supported by U.S. because he is anti-communist
  • 4.  Kim Il-Sung  Communist guerilla leader who had been exiled by the Japanese  Served in the Soviet Red Army during WWII  Stalin placed him in charge of newly formed North Korea  Wanted to unify Korea under communist rule
  • 5.  North and South engage in reunification negotiations  Talks are off and on for two years  Neither side will change political ideology  Border skirmishes are common  Nearly 10,000 North and South Korean soldiers are killed in battle before the war even starts
  • 6.  June 25, 1950 North Korean troops launch a surprise attack on South Korea  United Nations Security Council votes to support South Koreans  Soviets boycott the meeting  Truman sees this as an opportunity for containment  15 UN Member Nations send troops  88% of troops are from U.S.  Combined forces led by General MacArthur
  • 7.  MacArthur’s troops push North Koreans past 38th parallel and engage in an offensive to “liberate” North Korea from the Communists  U.N. troops reach the Yalo River, North Korea’s border with China
  • 8.  Mao Zedong warns that crossing into China will mean full-scale war  Truman knows this might risk war with Soviets, who now have a nuclear bomb  MacArthur wants to engage China and is fired for insubordination Chinese forces cross the Yalo River into Korea on October 16, 1950
  • 9.  Combined North Korean and Chinese forces push U.N. troops back into South Korea in January 1951  For six months, territory is traded back and forth within 100 miles of the 38th parallel  In July 1951, armistice negotiations begin but no agreement is reached until July 1953  Boundary at 38th parallel is reestablished and a two- mile-wide Demilitarized Zone is created
  • 10.  First armed conflict of the Cold War  “Proxy War”- when opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other  First time US engaged with an enemy in possession of a nuclear bomb  First containment of communism outside of Europe  First racially integrated US troops  Test of the United Nations as an international peace- keeping body

Editor's Notes

  1. Korean independence was discussed at Cairo. At Yalta, division was discussed and finalized at Potsdam. Moscow Dec 1945 set up 5-year trusteeship.
  2. Mao had been conducting aerial raids but not officially involved in the war. Begged by Kim to intervene. Asked via telegram by Stalin, though S made it clear no Soviet troops would be sent (not true). Mao sees a chance to prove himself to Stalin.