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Korean War Chart Amari Woodson
Korean War Chart Amari Woodson
Korean War Chart Amari Woodson
North Korea Mac Arthurs plan for Korea Dwight Eisenhower elected president replacing
Truman.
-Communist government Turman places general Douglass MacArthur in
charge of all US and UN forces in Korea Armistice is signed in 1953.
-Supplied with weapons by the soviets.
Mac Arthur lands his forces north the north Korea is split into 2 countries, North Korea, and
South Korea
Korean army at lnchon taking them by surprise south Korea.
- Capitalist system and cutting of north Korean supply lines
North Korea is split by the 38th parallel and there is
- Supported by the U.S
North Korean forces are forced to retreat north a dmz demilitarized zone set up between them
back across the 38th parallel. Dmz is 2 kilometers’ wide or right around 1.24
- 1949 both the U.S and the soviet troops
miles wide.
withdraw from Korea. Mao Zedong
Chinese military and political leader who lead the
World war communist part of China War ended in a stale mate or a tie.
After WWII Korea was spilt into two occupation 38th parallel was the border between north and
zones divided by the 38th parallel south Korea.
China attacks
Chinese 1949 Revolution Communist north Korea / democratic south Korea
MacArthur chases the retreating north Korean
US policy of containment failed, and China forces up the peninsula towards the yalu.
becomes a communist nation and a major
communist ally of the Soviet Union China feels threatened by the advancement of UN The USA that there were risk associated with the
troops towards the Yalu. Mao sends in 1st wave policy of containment and would have to fight
troops. wars they didn’t always want to fight
Macarthur vs Truman Containment was a policy that had it liminiations
and would off fought as defensive war strategy
To resolve their issues Truman wants to meet with
instead of an offensive strategy
Arthur instead MacArthur refuses and publicly
criticizes Truman.
KOREAN WAR CHART
Junes 1950
North Korea invades south Korea in an attempt to unify the country under communist rule