ARRANGE IN ORDER BY DATE

1. 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

2. THE KOREAN WAR1950 - 1953 . FIRST BATTLE OF THE COLD WAR . AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN WAR

3. 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

4. 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

5. . ALLIES . UNITED STATES . SOVIET UNION . GREAT BRITAIN . FRANCE . CHINA . AXIS POWERS . GERMANY . JAPAN . ITALY WORLD WAR II COMBATANTS

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

7. WHERE IS KOREA LOCATED?

8. THE MAIN PERSONALITIES KIM IL SUNG MAO TSE TUNG JOSEPH STALIN HARRY S. TRUMAN

9. PRE-WAR KOREA

10. THE KOREAN PENENSULA

11. 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

12. COURSE OF THE WAR

13. 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

14. THE LEGACY OF KOREA • PROXY WAR- NOT U.S. AND SOVIETS • FIRST WAR OF COLD WAR • FIRST WAR OF THE ‘NUCLEAR AGE’ • FIRST CONFLICT UNDER CONTROL OF UNITED NATIONS. • FIRST JET-TO-JET AERIAL COMBAT • U.S. FORCES COMMITTED WITHOUT CONSENT OF THE CONGRESS • MOST FAMOUS CINC AND MILITARY COMANDER CONFRONTATION IN U.S. HISTORY • 54,229 AMERICANS KIA; 103,248 WOUNDED; 8,142 MIA • FIGHTING STOPPED WITH NO PEACE TREATY • CONFLICT MAYBE TERMINATED DUE TO DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN • CHINESE AND U.S. CLAIMED THEY DID NOT LOSE • NORTH KOREA REMAINS A MAJOR THREAT TO WORLD PEACE

15. McARTHUR OR TRUMANTHE 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

16. WHO’S REALLY IN CHARGE?

17. VOCABULARY • . 38TH PARALLEL • . UNITED NATIONS • .COLD WAR • .ARMISTICE • .DEMILITARIZED ZONE (DMZ) • . POW .PROXY • STALEMATE .VAACUM • PENENSULA • LIMITED WAR • NUCLEAR DETERRENCE • REPATRIATION