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    The Korean War began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea, starting a three-year conflict. The US and UN backed South Korea, while China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. By 1953, fighting had reached a stalemate near the original border, leading to an armistice that divided Korea along the Military Demarcation Line. The war established proxy conflicts as a feature of the Cold War and left Korea separated with continued tensions between North and South.

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    The Korean War began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea, starting a three-year conflict. The US and UN backed South Korea, while China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. By 1953, fighting had reached a stalemate near the original border, leading to an armistice that divided Korea along the Military Demarcation Line. The war established proxy conflicts as a feature of the Cold War and left Korea separated with continued tensions between North and South.

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    The Korean War began in June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea, starting a three-year conflict. The US and UN backed South Korea, while China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea. By 1953, fighting had reached a stalemate near the original border, leading to an armistice that divided Korea along the Military Demarcation Line. The war established proxy conflicts as a feature of the Cold War and left Korea separated with continued tensions between North and South.

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    Korean War

    Sam Rosenstone
    &
    Lee Potter
    Background
    • At the Potsdam Conference (July–August
    1945), the Allies unilaterally decided to divide
    Korea—without consulting the Koreans—in
    contradiction of the Cairo Conference.
    Appointed as military governor, General
    Hodge directly controlled South Korea via the
    United States Army Military Government in
    Korea (USAMGIK 1945–48).
    Background
    • The united states and the soviet union were
    involved in post war occupation of the Korean
    peninsula. It was the same kind of occupation
    as Germany.
    • The US backed by the United Nation were on
    the side of the south, and the North was
    supported China and the Soviet Union.
    Background
    • President Truman announced that the US
    would counter "unprovoked aggression" and
    "vigorously support the effort of the [UN]
    security council to terminate this serious
    breach of peace."
    Syngman Rhee
    • He was the first President of South Korea
    • Backed by the United States he lead South
    Korea through the Korean war, with his strong
    anti-communist ideals.
    Kim IL-Sung
    • He was the first communist leader of North
    Korea. He led North Korea in the Korean War,
    and will forever be known in North Korea as
    the Great leader, and the Eternal President.
    Division
    • “In the North, the Soviets backed a Stalinist regime
    under their client Kim Il-sung and created the North
    Korean Peoples' Army, equipped with Russian tanks
    and artillery. In the South, the chaotic political
    situation resulted in an American-backed
    administration under the presidency of Syngman Rhee,
    whose openly declared aim was the imposition of
    national unity by force. As a result of this stance, the
    American-trained South Korean army was limited to a
    lightly armed gendarmerie, lacking tanks, combat
    aircraft and all but a small amount of field artillery.”
    Causes
    • The North Koreans believed that Syngman Rhee
    of the south, crossed the 38th parallel which
    provoked a North Korean counter attack into
    South Korea to capture Syngman Rhee,

    • 25th of June 1950

    • This was considered an unprovoked attack by


    North Korea which lead to US military
    involvement
    Conflict
    • “After several years of increasingly bloody frontier
    incidents along the 38th parallel, the Republic of Korea was
    invaded by the North Korean Peoples' Army on 25 June
    1950. Despite earlier indications, the Pentagon was caught
    off-guard. As the North Koreans swept south,
    overwhelming all opposition, the US called on the Security
    Council to invoke the United Nations Charter and brand the
    North Koreans as aggressors. This was done and member
    states were called on to send in military assistance. The
    first American troops were then sent in to stiffen resistance
    against the invader. The British government responded at
    once and elements of the Far East Fleet were soon in action
    along the Korean coast, together with ships of
    Commonwealth navies.”
    Conflict
    • “However, the North Koreans still advanced rapidly south,
    aiming to take the vital port of Pusan. The American troops
    hurriedly sent from occupation duties in Japan fared badly
    against superior North Korean troops, but General Walton
    Walker, commanding the 8th United States Army in Korea
    (EUSAK), rallied his forces and held the Pusan bridgehead
    as reinforcements began to arrive. These reinforcements
    included two British battalions from Hong Kong, the
    Middlesex and the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and
    an Australian battalion from Japan. Furthermore, a strong
    brigade group was mobilised in England and several
    thousand reservists were recalled to active duty. The 29th
    Brigade set sail in October 1950, reaching Korea a month
    later just as it seemed that the war was over.”
    Chinese Intervention
    • The Chinese fancied the idea of a North
    Korean Communist state, so they defended
    North Korea. Which resulted in the united
    states and allied forces to fall back across the
    38th parallel, after which armistice was signed
    on 27 July 1953
    Proxy War
    • The Korean War (1950–53) was the first major
    proxy war in the Cold War (1945–91), the
    prototype of the following sphere-of-influence
    wars such as the Vietnam War (1959–75). The
    Korean War established proxy war as one way
    that the nuclear superpowers indirectly
    conducted their rivalry in third-party
    countries. The NSC-68 Containment Policy
    extended the cold war from occupied Europe
    to the rest of the world.
    Effects
    • After the war the DMZ was formed, and united
    states Immigration laws changed. The U.S.
    Immigration Act of 1952 removed race as a
    limiting factor in immigration, and made possible
    the entry of military spouses and children from
    South Korea after the Korean War.
    • To this day the Koreas are still separated and
    there is still tension.
    • Bombardment of Yeonpyeong on 25th of
    November 2010, was the most recent public
    exchange of fire.

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