II. Korean War 19501953

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II. Korean War 1950-1953

• Unit 9

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Background
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38th Parallel

• Dividing line btwn US Soviets spheres

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Chinese Revolution

• Mao takes over declared the People's Republic
  of China on October 1949
• Mao -two key problems unification of China and
  centralize govt

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Mao Zedong

• Communist
• Took over China

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Chiang Kai-shek

• Chinese Nationalist leader
• Forced to Formosa (Taiwan)

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Beginning of war

• NSC-68 increase military spending to stop
  Communist
• Truman gave aid to France
• North Korea tried to take S. Korea 1950

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Conduct of War
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UN Involvement

• Soviets refuse to attend UN No admit Communist
  China
• UN votes to send troops to S. Korea
• US too- MacArthur leads UN

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Inchon/ Douglas MacArthur

• Surprise amphibious attack
• Seoul retaken
• N. Korea pushed to 38th
• UN pushed to Yalu R.

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Chinese involvement

• Dec. 1950
• Surprise attack at Yalu
• UN pushed to 38th

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• MacArthur wants Truman to attack China
• Truman does not want to expand war

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Truman fires MacArthur

• Why? MacArthur publicly criticized the Pres
• Result
• Trumans popularity down
• MacArthur returns a hero

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Cease fire

• Spring 53 threaten China with nuclear unless
  get N. Korea to end war
• July 1953 cease-fire, 38th border

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