1 / 10

THE COLD WAR BEYOND EUROPE 1950-1953

KOREA. THE COLD WAR BEYOND EUROPE 1950-1953. Korea after World War Two 1945 :Korea controlled by Japan: after the Japanese capitulation (Sept 2nd) Soviets occupied the NORTH, Americans the SOUTH The two halves were divided by the 38th Parallel 1947 : elections held in the South supported

brita
Download Presentation

THE COLD WAR BEYOND EUROPE 1950-1953

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. KOREA THE COLD WAR BEYOND EUROPE 1950-1953

  2. Korea after World War Two 1945 :Korea controlled by Japan: after the Japanese capitulation (Sept 2nd) Soviets occupied the NORTH, Americans the SOUTH The two halves were divided by the 38th Parallel 1947 : elections held in the South supported by the US; The North had its own govt. backed by the Soviets 1948 : The US and the USSR withdrew troops but kept supporting each side. 1949:China became Communist and supported N Korea

  3. Causes of the conflict • After Yalta, tensions between the USA and the USSR extended around the world • New Communist government in China : threat • Risk of “domino effect” • The USSR controlled North Korea while the US established democratic government in South Korea: (Syngman Rhee (S.Korea) v/s Kim Il Sung (N.Korea)

  4. The Key Players • Truman • Syngman Rhee • UN • MacArthur • Bradley (replaced MacArthur) SOUTH • Kim Il Sung • Mao Tse Tung • Stalin NORTH

  5. Main events • North Korean forces pushed South Korean into small area around Pusan: see map 1 • Truman called on support on UN Security Council (USSR also permanent member but boycotting meetings after refusal to admit China to UN):UN way to pass resolutions was changed and UN forces pushed North Korean forces back: see map 2 • UN forces driven back: General MacArthur:Pic called for use of atomic bomb map 3 • Fighting settled around 38th parallel and 1953, armistice signed at Panmunjom map 4 ( Stalemate)

  6. April 1951 – MacArthur was removed from position and replaced by General Omar Bradley because he wanted to launch an A Bomb on North Korea. MacArthur 1880-1964 Bradley 1893-1981

  7. Consequences • Korean War example of successful containment (for US) • Success for the UN (although some critics said It was the US puppet) • Massive damage to Korea – 1 in 10 of population killed Stats Korea is still divided today Korean farmer & his family fleeing from the fighting. Why would the US wish to prevent images like these reaching the American public?

More Related