BACKGROUND

WWII KOREA UNDER JAPANESE RULE (1910-1945) COLD WAR CHINESE CIVIL WAR (1945-1949) KOREA DIVIDED (1945-1949)

DICTATOR VS. DICTATOR

THE COMMUNIST DICTATOR KIM IL SUNG (1912-1994) THE ANTI-COMMUNIST DICTATOR SYNGMAN RHEE (1875-1965)

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THE KOREAN WAR BEGAN

ON JUNE 25, 1950, SOME 75,000 SOLDIERS
FROM THE NORTH KOREAN PEOPLES ARMY POURED ACROSS THE 38TH PARALLEL.

4 DAYS 3 MONTH

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THE U.N. GETS INVOLVED

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ON JULY 1, 1950 U.N. FORCES LEAD BY U.S.

GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR ENTERED THE WAR ON BEHALF OF SOUTH KOREA.

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THE U.N. PUSHES NORTH

DURING SEPTEMBER OF 1950 MACARTHUR
LANDED U.N. TROOPS 150 MILES BEHIND ENEMY LINES IN INCHON.

WITH THIS THE U.N. WAS ABLE TO PUSH THE

NORTH KOREANS TOWARDS CHINAS BORDER. REACHING ITS HIGHEST POINT IN NOVEMBER
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CHINA GETS INVOLVED

CHINA CONSIDERED THE U.N. ADVANCE A THREAT TO
THEIR BORDERS

THIS CAUSED CHINA TO LAUNCH AN OFFENSIVE

AGAINST THE U.N. IN NOVEMBER 1950 PUSHING THE U.N. FORCES SOUTH TO LINE WELL BELOW THE 38TH PARALLEL.

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STALEMATE
AFTER INTENSE FIGHTING THE U.N. FORCES MADE IT
BACK TO THE 38TH PARALLEL IN MID-APRIL OF 1951.

THE FIGHTING STAYED AT THE 38TH PARALLEL FOR THE

REST OF THE WAR.
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TRUMAN VS MACARTHUR

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THE WAR IS OVER

THE WAR FINALLY ENDED ON JULY 27, 1953.

AFTER 2 YEARS NEGOTIATION AND STALEMATING.

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WHO WON?
NEITHER SIDE GAINED OR LOST ANY
TERRITORY SO TECHNICALLY NEITHER SIDE WON.

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TH THE 38 PARALLEL
THE BORED BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA.
THAT SERVES AS NEUTRAL GROUND FOR DIPLOMACY BETWEEN THE KOREAS.

THIS BORDER IS A 2 MILE WIDE DEMILITARIZE ZONE

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TH THE 38 PARALLEL CONTINUED

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AFTERMATH ON JAPAN
BEFORE THE KOREAN WAR AFTER THE KOREAN WAR

ECONOMIC RECESSION LOW IN MAN POWER AND SUPPLIES UNABLE TO HAVE MILITARY FORCE WAR CRIMINAL COUNTRY

RISE OF ECONOMY MASS IMPORTATION OF RAW MATERIALS MASS PRODUCTION OF WAR SUPPLIES FORMED JAPAN SELF-DEFENSE FORCES BACK TO INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

AFTERMATH ON JAPAN (CONTINUE)

AFTERMATH ON KOREA
DEVASTATING CAUSALITIES; 10 PERCENT OF THE
ENTIRE KOREAN POPULATION REPORTED AS KILLED, WOUNDED OR MISSING.

HALF OF KOREAS INDUSTRY WAS DESTROYED AND A THIRD OF ALL HOMES.

FAMILIES ARE DIVIDED

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AFTERMATH ON KOREA CONTINUED

NORTH KOREA - REMAINED AS WHAT IT IS IN 1950, WITH
PRIMITIVE DICTATORSHIP REGIME AND LOW STANDARD OF LIVING.

SOUTH KOREA - REMAINED AUTHORITARIAN STATE FOR

MANY YEARS. DEMOCRACY SLOWLY DEVELOPED IN SOUTH KOREA.

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EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS SOME AID FROM THE SOVIET,
IT HAS BURDENED THE POOR COUNTRY.

THE COMMUNIST HAD STOOD UP AGAINST OUTSIDE

WORLD AS MAO HAD PROMISED IN 1949.

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AFTERMATH ON CHINA CONTINUED

WAR HAD HELPED CONSOLIDATING THE REGIMES
POWER AND AUTHORITY IN CHINA, AS IT HAS JUSTIFIED REPRESSION AND REMOVAL OF WHOEVER CHALLENGE THE REGIME.
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AFTERMATH ON UNITED STATE

THIS WAR CREATED A FEAR IN THE UNITED STATES OF
THE DOMINO EFFECTS OF COMMUNISM. THE UNITED STATES INTERVENED IN VIETNAM TO AVOID ANOTHER NORTH KOREA.

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AFTERMATH ON UNITED STATE CONTINUED

THE WAR DEMONSTRATED THE WILL OF THE UNITED
STATES TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PREVENT THE PROLIFERATION OF COMMUNISM.

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KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL: STATUE

DEDICATED ON JULY 27, 1995 CONTAINS 19, 7 FEET TALL STATUES.
14 ARMY 3 MARINES 1 NAVY 1 AIR FORCE

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KOREAN WAR MEMORIAL: WALL

DEDICATED ON JULY 27, 1995 HAS 41 PANELS EXTENDING 164 FEET
MARINES, AND AIR FORCE
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OVER 2400 PHOTOGRAPHS FROM ARMY, NAVY,

M*A*S*H
M*A*S*H WAS A MOVIE AND TV SHOW
THAT TOOK PLACE IN A MOBILE ARMY SURGICAL HOSPITAL DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
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MOVIE: CREATED IN 1970. TV SHOW: LASTED FROM 1972-1983.

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