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World History 3—5/2/2018

Explore the causes of the Korean War, analyze primary documents, and follow the timeline of key events during this significant conflict.

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World History 3—5/2/2018

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  1. World History 3—5/2/2018 • Good morning. • Have your notebooks out • Korean War • Notes • Inside North Korea video • Vocab Quiz—Monday • U3 Exam—Tuesday

  2. Geography Bowl

  3. Korean War1950-1953

  4. How did this happen? • How does a country the size of Mississippi end up with millions of troops on its border, cut off from the rest of the world? • In order to understand this, we have to understand what happened to Korea during the Cold War…

  5. The Cold War Heats Up • US & USSR Never clash head to head • They clashed through surrogate or representative states • U.S. containment policy fails in China Vietnam

  6. Important Timeline Events • 1910 – Japan annexed Korea. Korea remains under colonial rule until end of WWII

  7. Important Timeline Events • During WWII, Korea under Japanese colonial rule • 1945: After WWII, two “temporary” zones created, divided @ 38th parallel • N. Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) occupied by USSR • S. Korea (Republic of Korea) occupied by U.S.

  8. North Korea • Under Soviet influence, becomes a Communist nation • Kim Il-Sung becomes leader

  9. Korean War = Proxy War North Korean Side South Korean Side • Soviet Union • China • United States • United Nations troops

  10. Who started the Korean War?

  11. Who started the Korean War? • Read Document A. • Who wrote it? • Who do they say started the Korean War? • Read Document B. • Who wrote it? • Why do they say started the Korean War? • Which document is more believable? Who do you think actually started it?

  12. Document A Upset by the fast and astonishing growth of the power of the Republic, the American invaders hastened the preparation of an aggressive war in order to destroy it in its infancy...The American imperialists furiously carried out the war project in 1950...The American invaders who had been preparing the war for a long time, alongside their puppets, finally initiated the war on June 25th of the 39th year of the Juche calendar. That dawn, the enemies unexpectedly attacked the North half of the Republic, and the war clouds hung over the once peaceful country, accompanied by the echoing roar of cannons. Having passed the 38th parallel, the enemies crawled deeper and deeper into the North half of the Republic...the invading forces of the enemies had to be eliminated and the threatened fate of our country and our people had to be saved. History of the Revolution of our Great Leader Kim Il-sun: High School. Pongyang, North Korea: Textbook Publishing Co., 1999, 125-127.

  13. Document B When the overthrow of the South Korean government through social confusion became too difficult, the North Korean communists switched to a stick-and-carrot strategy: seeming to offer peaceful negotiations, they were instead analyzing the right moment of attack and preparing themselves for it. The North Korean communists prepared themselves for war. Kim Il-sung secretly visited the Soviet Union and was promised the alliance of the Soviets and China in case of war. Finally, at dawn on June 25th, 1950 the North began their southward aggression along the 38th parallel. Taken by surprise at these unexpected attacks, the army of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) fought courageously to defend the liberty of the country...The armed provocation of the North Korean communists brought the UN Security Council around the table. A decree denounced the North Korean military action as illegal and as a threat to peace, and a decision was made to help the South. The UN army constituted the armies of 16 countries--among them, the United States, Great Britain and France--joined the South Korean forces in the battle against the North. Kim, Doojin. Korean History: Senior High. Seoul, South Korea: Dae Han Textbook Co., 2001, 199.

  14. Document C Transmit to Kim Il Sung the following
 answer from Comrade Stalin: “First. I received your communication of March 4 about agreement to send the indicated amount of lead to the Soviet Union. I thank you for the assistance. As concerns the equipment and materials you request...the Soviet Government has resolved to fully satisfy your request.

 Second. I have also received your proposal of 9 March about the delivery to you of arms, ammunition and technical equipment for the people’s army of Korea. The Soviet government has decided also to satisfy fully this request of yours.

 With respect I. STALIN”. • Telegram Message, Stalin to Kim Il Sung • Date: 18 March 1950

  15. Part I: Invasion • June 1950 • North Korean invasion of South Korea

  16. Phase II: Pusan • Summer 1950 • UN forces sent in • 16 nations sent troops • Surrounded at Pusan

  17. Phase III: American Counterattack • Fall 1950 • MacArthur leads Inchon landing • Advances to China border • Warnings from China

  18. Korean War Offensives

  19. Phase IV: Chinese advance & Stalemate • Winter of ’50-’51 • China pushes US south of 38th parallel

  20. 1951Long live the victory of the Korean People's Army and the Chinese People's Volunteers Army!

  21. Korean War Offensives cont.

  22. Truce talks began July 10, 1951 • Ceasefire June 1953 • DMZ (De-militarized zone)

  23. How did the Korean War help make the Cold War unique? • This is called a Limited War: purposefully NOT expending all of the available resources at a participant’s disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological etc. (the opposite of total war) • It was a proxy war. • Although it was the “Korean War,” the real fight was figuring out who would control Korea. The US supported the democratic South, and the USSR supported the communist North.

  24. More Significance • Commitment to containment • Total victory impossible - stalemate • Technically the war isn’t over (no peace ever signed)

  25. How does this affect us today? • South Korea has become a beacon of democracy and capitalism. It continues to have a good relationship with the US • North Korea has become one of the most isolated and autocratic nations in the world.

  26. North Korea Today • Got nuclear weapons in 2006 • On Dec. 19, 2011, North Korea announced that its leader, Kim Jong-il had died of a heart attack • His son, Kim Jong-un was declared the new leader

  27. North Korea and South Korea today In South Korea, each person consumes 10,162 kilowatt hours of power a year. North Koreans each use just 739. 

  28. Demilitarized Zone (DMZ)

  29. World History 3—5/3/2018 • Good morning. • Korean War • Inside North Korea video • Vocab Quiz—Monday • U3 Exam—Tuesday

  30. Warm up • What happened with Korea post-WWII? • Explain a proxy war. • Who started the Korean War? • What was the result of the Korean War? • How do we still see the effects of the Cold War in Korea today?

  31. World History 3—5/4/2018 • TGIF! Good morning. • North Korea today • VICE News—”Basketball Diplomacy” • Class discussion • Vocab Quiz—Monday • U3 Exam—Tuesday

  32. Geography Bowl!

  33. “Basketball Diplomacy”—VICE News • 2013—documents the first meeting between Kim Jong-un and an American delegation • After the video be ready to discuss: • How do these documentaries illustrate the persistence of Cold War tensions? • What connections can you draw between China/USSR and North Korea today? • How should countries like US deal with North Korea? Should they be regarded as a legitimate nation?

  34. World History 3—5/7/2018 • Good morning. Have a pen/cil out • U3 vocab quiz • Work time on review packet • Early Cold War exam—tomorrow • Extra credit review packets due tomorrow

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