the korean war 1950 - 1953 containment the united nations
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ON AUGUST 15TH 1948 THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA WITH ITS CAPITOL IN SEOUL IS
FOUNDED
ONE MONTH LATER THE COMMUNIST KOREAN PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC IS FOUNDED WITH ITS CAPITOL IN PYONGYANG
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
OCTOBER 1ST 1949 THE COMMUNISTS WIN THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR AND THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA IS
ESTABLISHED WITH THE USSR AS ITS MAIN ALLY. IN THE US “LOSING CHINA” BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE. MAO ZEDONG,
COMMUNIST LEADER OF CHINA
KOREAN WAR: JUNE 1950 TO JULY 1953
THE UN SENT TROOPS TO FIGHT THE NORTH KOREAN FORCES BUT THE
BULK OF THE SOLDIERS CAME FROM THE US
THE COMMUNIST NORTH KOREANS
PUSHED THE SOUTH KOREAN
AND UNPREPARED US ARMIES ALL
THE WAY TO PUSAN IN THE SOUTH WHERE
THEY WERE FINALLY STOPPED
BY US FIREPOWER.
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR WAS PUT IN OVERALL COMMAND OF UNITED
NATIONS FORCES
MACARTHUR MADE A BRILLIANT INVASION AT INCHON WHICH THREATENED TO TRAP
ALL THE NORTH KOREAN FORCES FIGHTING NEAR THE PUSAN PERIMETER
UN TROOPS ADVANCED RAPIDLY
AND ENTERED NORTH KOREA IN PURSUIT OF
FLEEING ENEMY ARMIES. ON
OCTOBER 19, 1950 CHINESE
COMMUNISTS TROOPS INVADED
NORTH KOREA AND PUSHED THE UN
ARMIES BACK SOUTH OF THE 38TH PARALLEL.
FORMER GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER WAS ELECTED
PRESIDENT IN NOVEMBER 1952 WITH A PLEDGE TO GO TO KOREA AND END
THE WAR.