1. Jorge Goitia and Zaynab Yahya Gorki
THE KOREAN WAR!
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2. Context
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 What is the Korean war?
 Causes?
 How it started?
 Lasting effects
 Timeline
 Map
 Atomic Bomb
HOW SUCCESSFUL WAS THE USA IN THE KOREAN WAR?
 A divided land!
 Invasion !
 The US counter-attack!
 The risk of Chinese intervention!
 The Chinese intervene!
 The fall of MacArthur!
 The stalemate!

4. What is the Korean war?
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 The Korean war is when North Korea invaded South Korea.
 The U.S aided South Korea.
 China and the Soviet Union helped North Korea.
 Another name for the war is the South Korea is 6.25 war.
 In North Korea another name would be Fatherland Liberation
War.

5. Causes!!
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 There were two different political governments in Korea.
 The North held their own elections.
 The elections and the dividing of Korea.

6. How is started?
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 The war start June 25, 1950- July 27, 1953
 North Korean leader, Kim II Sung, wanted to unite
Korea by force.
 The U.S and the Soviet Union differences prevented
the North and South to negotiate a unification treaty.

7. What was the overview?
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 The Truman Doctrine stated that the USA would
help people fight against Communism. In 1950 the
USA showed that this was more than words: US
troops went war to stop the spread of Communism
in Korea.

8. The Divided Land
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 The Japanese controlled Korea between 1904 to 1945.
 Russian forces were in the north of Korea and American troops
had landed in the south.
 Korea become divided in two at the 38th parallel.
 In 1948 the Korean Government were separate NORTH and
SOUTH.

10. 
WHO ARE THOSE
PEOPLE INVOLVE IN
THE KOREAN WAR?
LET FIND OUT!!!

11. Kim II Sung
• Leader of the North (Communist).
• Wanted to unite Korea by force.
• Insisted on the war
• Though that a peaceful reunification was
impossible.
• Sent his Military across the 38th parallel on
June 25,1950.
• Attacked with many WWII Russian tanks.
• Forced were stalled around Taegu and
Pusan. The stalling in known as Pusan
perimeter.

12. President Syngman Rhee
• Lead South Korea.
• Wanted to unite Korea.
• Forces were no match to the North.
• He was a corrupt leader
• Anti-Communism
• Become very unpopular.
• He was voted in favor of unification
with the communist state of the North.

13. General Douglas
MacArthur
• Commander of the U.S forces in the
Pacific.
• Wanted to cross the 38th parallel.
• Was fired by president Truman for
insubordination because he wanted to
bomb bases in China.

14. Stalin
• Tried to prevent war and then
later agreed and started preparing
the soldiers for war.
• Gave the Chinese some air cover
for crossing the bridge over the
Yalu River.
• Died in March 1953.

16. President Truman
• Ordered American air and naval
units into action by June 27, 1950.
• Responded to the invasion by giving
support to the French in Vietnam.
• Agreed to the UN forces moving into
North Korea, but though doing this
would bring Soviet Union of China
into war.
• Was criticized for making a lot of
mistakes such as sending troops to
Korea without the approval of
congress.
• Fired General Douglas MacArthur for
insubordinate.

17. Invasion
 On 25th June 1950 North Korea invaded the South in a bid to
troops
Re-unite Korea by force.
 The invasion come at a time when many Americans were extremely
worried about the challenge of communism.
 Truman ordered US forces in japan, led by General Mac Arthur. To
help South Korea.
 Soldiers from number of countries fought in the Korea. Including
Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
 The bulk of the UN forces were provided by the USA.

18. The US counter-attack
 successful. Within four days
o The North Korea attack was very
the southern capital of Seoul had been captured.
o MacArthur sent Americans forces to Pusan and prepared for a
counter-attack.
o MacArthur organized a successful amphibious attack on the
town of Inchon.
o The counter-attack went extremely well and by 1 October the
US troops had reached the 38th parallel, the original border
between North and South Korea.

19. The risk of Chinese
intervention!
 in the world.
 Communist China was a new force
 In early October the Chinese issued a statement that said”
China will not sit back with folded hands and let the
Americans come to the border.”
 The Americans ignored the warning and continued to march
North.
 10 October the Chinese government said that Chinese troops
would attack the Americans if MacArthur continued.
MacArthur ignored this treat.

20. The Chinese intervene
 went into action and
 At the end of October Chinese troops
attacked South Korean and American troops.
 Truman and MacArthur were not out off by the Chinese.
 MacArthur planned a further push towards the Chinese
border. But the planned was a mistake.
 Chinese took control of almost all North Korea.
 Communist forces arise again.
 The Chinese offensive continued into the New year 1 January
they crossed the 38th parallel and on the 4th January they took
the Southern Capital Seoul.

21. MacArthur’s Advice:
Dec 1950
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 The US should consider all methods to defeat the Chinese; this
could include the use of atomic bombs against China.
 The war should be extended to the Chinese mainland in order
to cut off supplies to the communist forces in Korea.
 The ultimate aim of the war should be not only the re-captured
of North Korea, but also the defeat of Communism in China

22. The fall of MacArthur
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 In February 1951 the American launched a further attack on the
Communist troops.
 The communist forces had been pushed back to the original
border, 38th parallel.
 MacArthur disagreed with Truman.
 Truman abandoned the idea of conquering all of Korean and
was making peace with the Chinese.
 25 march, MacArthur made a public statement criticizing the
idea of a deal with the Chinese.
 Truman was vexed when he heard that MacArthur wanted to
cross the border again in order to re-conquer North Korea.
 April MacArthur was dismissed. This caused a sensation in the
USA.

23. Primary Sources
• A letter about General
MacArthur being fired.
• It describes why he was being
fired

24. The stalemate
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 By the early summer 1951 the two sides in the Korean war had
reached a stalemate.( A position counting as a draw, in which a
player is not in check but cannot move except into check.)
 The Chinese lunched a huge push south in April and May it was not
successful.
 The loss of life in two months over 200,000 men were killed.
 Peace talk began in July 1951 but there was no agreed cease-fire.
 The situation become similar to the western Front in the first world
war. With both sides dug in to strong defensive positions.
 1951-1952 situation still going on,45,000 Americans troops were
killed or wounded.
 New President come to power an agreement eventually was signed
on 27 July 1953 LKE EISENHOWER.

25. Ike Eisenhower
• New President come to power
an agreement eventually was
signed on 27 July 1953 LKE
EISENHOWER.

26. Lasting effects
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 Approximately 10 million people were killed during the war.
 North Korea lose.
 The population went up in both North and South Korea.
 South Korea has become one of the world’s economic success
stories.

27. Timeline
 1947 
 Two different political governments emerged in Korea
 Soviet leaders believed Korea would unify together and refused to sign a treaty
with Kim II Sung
 1948
 South Korea held its first general election
 The Republic of Korea was established and was known as the government of
Korea
 Communist countries recognized the DPKR as the government of North Korea
 Korea becomes permanently divided along the 38th parallel
 1949
 Stalin tries to prevent war and then later start preparing soldiers for war
 1950
 War starts
 Communists forces captured Seoul, South Korea’s capital
 President Truman ordered America air and naval units into action.
 Soviet Union joins the war against Kim’s invasion.

28. Timeline Con…..
 
B-26 Bomber aircraft struck against North’s airfield
 China massed four armies and three artillery divisions on the Yalu River
 Russians shot down 23 U.S. aircraft.
 The Battle of Chongchon
 1951
 Front lines stabilized near where war started
 Chinese enters war and attack Americans
 Americans landed more troops and drove the Chinese back
 1953
 Dwight Eisenhower becomes American president
 Americans threatened to use Atomic bomb if China didn’t stop fighting
 An armistice was signed on July 27 (South Korea did not sign the armistice)
 War ended with the help of the new President, Eisenhower.

29. A picture of an atomic bomb
like the one the Americans
threatened to use if China
The Atomic Bomb didn’t stop fighting.
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