conflict in asia Flashcards
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capitalism
a system of running a country where most businesses are owned privately not by government
cold war
a war which isn’t physical but political
communism
a system of running a country in which all means of production is owned by the community on a whole
NATO
north Atlantic treaty organisation alliance of countries against USSR
proxy war
a war supported by powers but they don’t engage in combat
Truman doctrine
president Truman’s promise the US would defend any country threatened by communism
mutually assured destruction
both countries know it will end bad and nobody wins
where was Korea split
38th parallel
why was korea divided
after US and USSR defeated Japan Korea was left exploited so they decided to split it
What side of korea did America support
south
who was the leader of North Korea and who was he elected by
Kim Il sung was elected leader of NK by soviets
what 3 things changed after 1950 for Korea
communist victory in china, US withdraw forces from sk, USSR now has bombs
what was the yalta conference and when was it held
in 1945 where us and ussr decided to divide korea in to soviet controlled north and american controlled south this was meant to be temporary
when were two separate governments formed in korea and what were these called
1948 democratic people’s republic of korea-nk and republic of korea- sk
who was leader of south korea
syngman rhee
what set foundations for the cold war
both parts claimed to be legitimate government of korea
when did north korea first invade korea and why did they do it
on June 25th 1950 nk invaded south korea with backing of stalin aiming to reunify korea under communist rule
how did north korea capture the south
the north korean people’s army crossed the 38th parallel rapidly advancing south and capturing seoul in in days this is because nk had been resourced by ussr whils sk had nothing
what was the UN’s response to north korea’s invasion
on July 7th 1950 UN authorized US to lead an army under UN banner and supplied by UN
what was the inchon landings and when did they happen
on 15 september 1950 us and sk were able to surprise attack attack an important airfield for nk and assault 300 ships and 70000 this created pressure on nk and they were able to gain back south korea and push nk back to the 36th parallel
why was north korea put back at the 38th parallel in november 1950
president truman and general macarthur decided to liberate nk from communism but went too close to communist china getting them involved and helping to reinstate korea at the 38th parallel
why does truman sack macarthur
to prevent a war starting between us and ussr
