War In Korea and Vietnam Chapter 17 Section 3

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War In Korea and VietnamChapter 17 Section 3
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War in Korea

• IMPORTANCE of the 38th Parallel?
• (Hint Communism vs. Democracy)
• June 25, 1950 North Korea comes across the 38th
  parallel in a surprise attack.
• South Korea asks the United Nations for support.
• WHAT HAPPENS AT THE VOTE?

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War in Korea (contd)

• General Douglas Mac Arthur, led 15 nations
  to free South Korea from the Communist.

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War in Korea (contd)

• Mac Arthur was carrying out the ideas of
  President Truman.
• WHAT IS THIS POLICY?
• Containment Keep Communism contained within the
  boundaries it already exists. NOT LET IT SPREAD!!

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War in Korea (contd)

• War and Outcome
• 1) Korean successful until U.N. forces appear.
• 2) U.N. forces drive North Koreans clear to the
  Yalu (Yellow) River, the Chinese border.
• 3) However, tide changes and U.N. forces driven
  back to Seoul.

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War in Korea (contd)

• Aftermath of the War
• 1) War ends in stalemate at the 38th Parallel.
• 2) Kim il Sung keeps control of COMMUNIST North
  Korea.
• 3) Everyday face off at the DMZ zone. WHO IS
  STRONGER TODAY?
• INDUSTRY / MILITARY?

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War in Vietnam

• France took control of Vietnam during the
  Imperialism Era.
• During the 1930s Ho Chi Minh, was a Vietnamese
  nationalist who turned to the Communist party.
• French respond by jailing protestors.

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War in Vietnam (contd)

• When the Japanese leave in 1945, Minh believed
  independence was next.
• Then in 1954 Dien Bien Phu fell to the Communists
  and the French were losing control.
• The Domino Theory, that Southeast Asia would fall
  to communists was something Eisenhower feared.

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War in Vietnam (contd)

• After the French defeat the 17th latitude line
  was drawn.
• COMMUNISM VS. DEMOCRACY
• Ngo Dinh Diem, is President of South Vietnam.
• However, the Vietcong, communist guerrillas start
  moving into the south with great success.

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War in Vietnam (contd)

• The Vietcong are made up of North Vietnamese and
  those unhappy with Diem in the south.
• U.S. involvement in Vietnam
• 1) Advisors,1959(Tonkin Gulf, 1964)
• 2) By 1965, the U.S. had 185k soldiers fighting
  in Vietnam.
• (War NEVER formally declared)

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War in Vietnam (contd)

• United States Withdraw
• 1) Happens because of guerilla warfare. Unknown
  terrain.
• 2) Ho Chi Minh support HIGH.
• 3) Vietnamization, Nixons plan in 1969 to
  withdraw U.S. troops from Vietnam.

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War in Vietnam (contd)

• Turmoil in the Region
• Continues with the Khmer Rouge, Communist rebels
  in Cambodia.
• Still cautious there today.