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COMMUNIST CHINA CHINA’S MONARCHY FELL IN 1912 DURING THE 1920s THE CHINESE
NATIONALIST PARTY AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PART FOUGHT A BITTER CIVIL WARCHINESE NATIONALIST LEADER
CHIANG KAI-SHEKCHINESE COMMUNIST LEADER
MAO ZEDONG (MAE TSE TUNG)
COMMUNIST CHINA DURING THE 1930s BOTH SIDES JOINED
TOGETHER TO FIGHT THE JAPANESE IN 1934, ABOUT 100,000 NATIONALIST
SOLDIERS LEFT THE ARMY AND FOLLOWED MAO ON A 6000 MILE MARCH TO NORTHWEST CHINABECAME KNOW AS THE LONG MARCH
THE U.S. BACKED THE NATIONALISTS IN 1949 THE COMMUNISTS DROVE THE
NATIONALIST GOVERNENT TO THE ISLAND OF TAIWAN
COMMUNIST CHINA U.S. REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE NEW
COMMUNIST GOV’TMANY AMERICANS BLAMED THE U.S. GOV’T
FOR NOT TAKING A MORE ACTIVE ROLL TO STOP THE COMMUNIST TAKE OVER OF CHINA
THE COLD WAR IN ASIA DOUGLAS MACARTHUR HELPED CREATE
A U.S. STYLE CONSTITUTION FOR JAPANGAVE MORE POWER TO THE JAPANESE
PEOPLE WOMEN GOT THE RIGHT TO VOTE
THIS CONSTITUTION MADE IT ILLEGAL FOR JAPAN TO FIGHT IN WARS
JAPAN HAD CONTROLLED THE KOREAN PENINSULA FROM 1910-1945ALLIES DIVIDED THE PENINSULA INTO 2
OCCUPATIONAL ZONES THE NORTH WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE
USSR THE SOUTH WOULD BE CONTROLLED BY THE
U.S.
THE COLD WAR IN ASIA KOREA WAS SPLIT INTO 2 GOV’TS
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA RUN BY THE SOVIETS
REPUBLIC OF KOREA RUN BY THE U.S.
THE U.S. AND USSR TROOPS LEFT KOREA IN 1949BOTH GOV’TS CLAIMED THE ENTIRE
PENINSULA JUNE 25, 1950 THE NORTH KOREAN ARMY
INVADED THE SOUTH SOUTH KOREAN ARMY WAS NO MATCH
THE COLD WAR IN ASIA THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL
IMMEDIATELY ASKED FOR A CEASE FIRE NORTH KOREANS CONTINUED THEIR
ASSAULT THE U.S. DECIDED TO TAKE ACTION
WAR IN KOREA JUNE 27, 1950 THE UN CALLED ON ITS
MEMBERS TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH KOREANS
THE SOVIET REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT THERE B/C THEY WERE BOYCOTTING THE UN
UN VOTED TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH TRUMAN ORDERED THE USE OF
AMERICAN FORCES TO SUPPORT THE SOUTH
SENT IN GENERAL MACARTHURBECAME THE COMMANDER OF UN FORCES
IN SOUTH KOREA MAINLY MADE UP OF U.S. AND SOUTH KOREANS
WAR IN KOREA BY SEPT. THE NORTH KOREAN FORCES
ADVANCED ALL THE WAY TO THE AREA AROUND PUSAN
FOUGHT FOR 6 WKS
WAR IN KOREA MACARTHUR DECIDED TO COME UP
WITH A DARING PLAN INVADE THE NORTH KOREANS AT A TOWN
CALLED INCH’ŎN NOT FAR FROM SEOUL
(CAPITOL OF SOUTH KOREA)
WAR IN KOREA INCH’ŎN
WAS A SURPRISE ATTACK ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1950
VERY SUCCESSFUL DROVE THE NORTH KOREANS OUT OF SOUTH
KOREA MACARTHUR’S FORCES PUSHED INTO
NORTH KOREA CAPTURED P’YŎNGYANG (NORTH KOREAN
CAPITAL) BORDER BETWEEN NORTH KOREA AND CHINA,
EVENTUALLY GOT TO THE YALU RIVER NORTH KOREA AND CHINA
WAR IN KOREA CHINESE SOLDIERS HAD BEEN FIGHTING ON
THE NORTH KOREAN SIDE FOR SOME TIME NOW HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF
CHINESE ENTER THE WAR THEY DROVE THE UN FORCES BACK ACROSS
AND BELOW THE 38TH PARALLEL MACARTHUR WANTED GROUND AND AIR
ATTACKS ON CHINA TRUMAN REFUSED MACARTHUR WROTE A LETTER TO MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS TO PUSH FOR THE USE OF ATOMIC WEAPONS
WAR IN KOREA AS A RESULT, TRUMAN RELIEVED
MACARTHUR OF HIS DUTY AS GENERAL BY EARLY IN 1951, THE UN OFFENSIVE
PUSHED THE KOREANS BACK ACROSS THE 38TH PARALLEL
THE ELECTION OF 1952 THE WAR BECAME A STALEMATE BY MID
1951 WAS THE MAJOR ISSUE IN THE ELECTION
OF 1952 TRUMAN DECIDED TO NOT SEEK RE-
ELECTION DEMOCRATS CHOSE
ADLAI STEVENSON REPUBLICANS CHOSE
WAR HERO DWIGHT D. EISENHOWERVP CANDIDATE WAS RICHARD NIXON
THE ELECTION OF 1952 NIXON
WAS ACCUSED OF RECEIVING ILLEGAL GIFTS FROM A NUMBER OF WEALTHY POLITICAL DONORS
WENT ON TV AND CLAIMED THAT ONE OF THE GIFTS WAS A PUPPY NAMED CHECKERS
“CHECKERS SPEECH” IKE EASILY WON THE
ELECTION
THE END OF THE WAR BEFORE IKE TOOK OFFICE, HE MADE A
TRIP TO KOREADECEMBER OF 1952
STALIN DIES IN 1953 BOTH USSR AND U.S. WANTED THE WAR
TO END JULY 27, 1953 THE WAR ENDED
SIGNED A CEASE FIRE EVEN AFTER THE WAR WAS FOUGHT, THE
BOUNDARY BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE THE WAR
THE ELECTION OF 1952 WAR STATS
SOUTH KOREAN CASUALTIES 845,000
U.S. CASUALTIES 155,000
NORTH KOREAN AND CHINESE CASUALTIES 1.5 MILLION
ABOUT 3 MILLION CIVILIANS WERE KILLED TODAY THE TWO COUNTRIES ARE STILL
SEPARATED BY THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE THAT WAS CREATED IN 1953 IT IS THE MOST HEAVILY GUARDED BORDER IN
THE WORLD TODAY