ARRANGE IN ORDER BY DATE

. E. DESERT STORM

. B. WORLD WAR I

. D. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

. F. KOREAN WAR

. A. WORLD WAR II

. C. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR

THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

. FIRST BATTLE OF THE COLD WAR

. AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN WAR

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

. KNOW WHAT (WHEN) THE KOREAN WAR WAS

. KNOW WHERE KOREA IS AND IT’S STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE

. UNDERSTAND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO WORLD WAR II AND THE COLD WAR

. UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSED THE WAR.

. DISCUSS WHO THE MAIN COMBATANTS WERE

. KNOW WHO THE WAR LEADERS WERE AND THEIR OBJECTIVES

. SIGNIFIGANCE OF THE McARTHUR FIRING

. KNOW WHAT WAS AT STAKE IN THE CONFLICT

. UNDERSTAND HOW THE WAR ‘ENDED’ AND IT’S IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TODAY

. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TOTAL AND LIMITED WAR

. KOREAN WAR VOCABULARY

LIMITED WAR

. LIMITED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES

. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ONE’S ENEMY IS NOT THE INTENDED RESULT

. SOMETIMES LIMITED RESOURCES ARE COMMITTED

. SOMETHING LESS THAN ONE’S TOTAL MILITARY MIGHT IS COMMITTED

. LIMITED WARS USUALLY HAVE FAR LESS PUBLIC SUPPORT THAN TOTAL WARS

WORLD WAR II COMBATANTS

. ALLIES

. UNITED STATES

. SOVIET UNION

. GREAT BRITAIN

. FRANCE

. CHINA

. AXIS POWERS

. GERMANY

. JAPAN

. ITALY

THE COLD WAR

THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND MILITARY RIVALRY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNIONLASTED FROM 1948-1989KOREA= FIRST HOT WAR OF THE COLD WAR*NEITHER SIDE WANTED ANOTHER WORLDWIDE HOT WAR

WHERE IS KOREA LOCATED?

THE MAIN PERSONALITIES

KIM IL SUNG MAO TSE TUNG

JOSEPH STALIN HARRY S. TRUMAN

PRE-WAR KOREA

THE KOREAN PENENSULA

KOREAN WAR BACKGROUND

KOREA, BY AGREEMENT, TEMPORARILY DIVIDED ALONG THE 38TH PARALLEL, TO BE REUNITED AFTER FIVE YEARS

SOVIETS INSTALLED COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IN THE NORTH; U.S. INSTALLED A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN THE SOUTH

EACH DESIRED TO BRING THE OTHER UNDER THEIR FORM OF GOVERNMENT

TWO YEARS OF GUERELLA WARFARE ENSUED ACROSS THE BORDER

UNLIKE THE NORTH; THE SOUTH WAS MILITARILY WEAK BECAUSE THE U.S. FEARED THEY WOULD ATTACK THE NORTH IF THEY HAD THE CAPABILITY

JUNE 25, 1950, WITH SOVIET EQUIPMENT, THE NORTH LAUNCHED A FULL ATACK AGAINST THE SOUTH

COURSE OF THE WAR

CONDUCT OF THE WAR

UNITED NATIONS FORCES; LED BY THE U.S RESPONDED

FINALLY DROVE NKPA BACK TO CHINES BORDER

THOUSANDS OF CHINESE ENTER THE WAR THEREBY EXTENDING IT TO A THREE YEAR CONFLICT

MILITARY STALEMATE EXISTED

POW REPATRIATION – MAJOR STUMBLING BLOCK

U.S THREATENED TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS

HOSTILITIES CEASED ALMOST WHERE WAR STARTED

THE LEGACY OF KOREA

PROXY WAR- NOT U.S. AND SOVIETSFIRST WAR OF COLD WARFIRST WAR OF THE ‘NUCLEAR AGE’FIRST CONFLICT UNDER CONTROL OF UNITED NATIONS.FIRST JET-TO-JET AERIAL COMBATU.S. FORCES COMMITTED WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE CONGRESSMOST FAMOUS CINC AND MILITARY COMANDER CONFRONTATION IN U.S. HISTORY54,229 AMERICANS KIA; 103,248 WOUNDED; 8,142 MIAFIGHTING STOPPED WITH NO PEACE TREATYCONFLICT MAYBE TERMINATED DUE TO DEATH OF JOSEPH STALINCHINESE AND U.S. CLAIMED THEY DID NOT LOSENORTH KOREA REMAINS A MAJOR THREAT TO WORLD PEACE

McARTHUR OR TRUMAN THE COMMANDER IN THE FIELD OR THE PRESIDENT

MOST POWERFUL GENERAL IN AMERICAN HISTORY

MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER

FIVE STAR GENERAL

YOUNGEST ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF IN U.S. HISTORY

COMMANDER OF ALL ALLIED FORCES IN PACIFIC IN WW II

COMMANDER OF ALL U.N FORCES COMMITTED TO KOREA

FIRED BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN FOR INSUBORDINATION

WHO’S REALLY IN CHARGE?

VOCABULARY

. 38TH PARALLEL

. UNITED NATIONS

.COLD WAR

.ARMISTICE

.DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ)

. POW .PROXY

STALEMATE .VAACUM

PENENSULA

LIMITED WAR

NUCLEAR DETERRENCE

REPATRIATION