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Korea
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- 1What year did Korea divide? Why?1945 & Half communist Russia and half capitalist US
- 2What is the Truman Doctrine? When?Where Truman committed to any country fighting communism in 1947
- 3When did the North invade the South & Why?25th of June 1950 & Because they had a full backing from Stalin in Russia & South were very weak
- 4When and What was the Summer of Terror?25th of June 1950, Rhee executed 100,000 civilians in the fear that they would turn to communism
- 5When did the US join the war?June 27 1950
- 6Who helped the US?The United Nations as they wanted to halt the Domino Effect
- 7What happened to UN troops at the start of the war?Defeated heavily by North Korean's and pushed back to the Pusan Pocket
- 8When was General MacArthur appointed Commander?July 8th 1950
- 9What happened at Inchon? When?UN troops landed behind North Korean troops, catching them off guard and regaining capital city Seoul on 15th September 1950
- 10What was the aim of the UN?To unite an anti-communist Korea
- 11When did the UN troops cross the 38th Parallel?October 9th 1950
- 12What happened at Wake Island and when?MacArthur assured President Truman that China would not intervene on October 15th 1950
- 13What lead to Chinese intervention?MacArthur pushing troops further up North Korea after occupying Pyongyang on October 19th 1950
- 14When did China intervene?October 25th 1950 at Pukchin, South Korean troops annihilated
- 15When and what was the Battle of Unsan?November 1st 1950. the first US vs China battle. The most devastating US defeat in Korea
- 16What happened on November 30th 1950?President Truman admitted to considering the use of the A-Bomb-more powerful than Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 17What happened after Unsan?UN pushed right back into South Korea, Ridgeway had to leave Inchon and evacuate Seoul January 1951 which was taken by communists
- 18What was Operation Thunderbolt?UN went back on the offensive, lead by Ridgway on January 27 1951
- 19Who was Dean Acheson and what were his beliefs?Truman's secretary of state and was key in us foreign policy between 1949-1953, persuaded Truman to intervene in Korea
- 20What period did Operation Killer and Operation Ripper take place? What were they?February and March 1951, Acheson lead UN troops as they countered communists and retook Seoul
- 21What was MacArthur's ultimatum?Requested that China withdraw their troops or he will bring them to their knees, Truman was raging at MacArthur
- 22What was NATO?Northern Atlantic Treaty Organisation, formed for protection against communism especially the Soviet Union
- 23Who was head of NATO?Dwight Eisenhower
- 24When and why was MacArthur sacked?April 11th 1951 due to contradiction of policies which in statements from MacArthur
- 25When did Ridgway take over?11 April 1951
- 26When did the UN agree to ceasefire talks?3rd of July 1951 after Pyongyang was taken again by UN troops
- 27When did ceasefire talks take place?26th July 1951 at Kaesong
- 28Who did Truman relieve from NATO and why?Eisenhower to run for president in April 1952
- 29Why were ceasefire talks suspended?North accused UN of violating Kaesong area
- 30What happened after talks hit a stalemate?Congress authorized bombing of Pyongyang and along Yalu River in May and September 1952
- 31What happened at Pork Chop Hill and when?Communists and UN troops fought over 2 months, UN winning the hill in April and Communist winning it in June. 1500 Communist and 260 UN troops were killed for pointless land with no strategic advantage.
- 32What happened at Panmunjom and when was peace agreed?Talks between all involved resulted in peace being agreed on July 19th 1953.
- 33What about the prisoners of war?Prisoners who refused to return to their countries were allowed to live under a neutral supervising commission for three months. At the end of this time period, those who still refused repatriation would be released
- 34What were the Moscow Accords?Divided Korea on 38th parallel after Japan left, signed in 1945
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