origins of the korean war Flashcards
1
Q
what countries were involved in the Korean war
A
Korea
china
us
soviet union
2
Q
who’s empire was Korea part of since 1910
A
Japan
3
Q
what was the parallel Korea was divided along
A
38th parallel
4
Q
what was more industrialised north or south
what was more agricultural north or south
A
industrialised - north
agricultural - south
5
Q
who was in charge of the republic of Korea
A
syngham rhee
south korean government
6
Q
who was in charge of the democratic people’s republic of korea
A
kim il sung
north korean government
7
Q
what were the causes of the Korean war
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- Truman doctrine 1947 (fear of communism)
- north Korea were helped by the USSR and Kim il sung takes power of north Korea in 1948
- south Korea was supported by the US and Syngman Rhee was elected in 1948
- on June 25th 1950 the north Koreans crossed the 38 th parallel and with the support of the USSR (equipment) in 4 months they had took almost all of Korea
- Truman sent us warships, advisers to the south. He also appealed to the UN to stop the invasion who sent troops led by MacArthur
- 1945 Korea was divided along the 38th parallel, Churchill described it as an iron curtain has descended over Europe
- 1948 Berlin blockade, Stalin supported north korean invasion (April 1950)
- China becomes communist (1949) America had spent 2 billion trying to stop this and failed
