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• Korea
 Cold War
The struggle for power between the US (democracy) &
USSR (communism) that never erupted into actual war.

•1940’s until 1991

•Each side supported armed conflicts between democratic
& communist nations around the world.
•Didn’t actually engage in physical war against one
another
Korea:
located in
North
Eastern
Asia and
shares a
border with
China.
 Korea- Post WWII
• Japan controlled Korea pre-WWII.
• Post WWII- replaced Japan with
Soviets & Americans
• North Korea: Soviet Union
(Communist)
• South Korea: the United States
(Democratic)
• Split
at the 38th parallel roughly
equally.
 June 25, 1950
• General Chai
Ung Chai’s
Communist army from North
Korea invaded South Korea.
• North
Korea wanted to unite under
Communism.
• Capital
of Seoul fell to North
Korea in less than a week.
• TheUnited States and United
Nations sided with South Korea.
 Domino Theory What other
communist
nations are
in Asia?

• Ifone nation fell to Communism, then others in the area would

follow.
• US feared that if Korea became a Communist nation, then other
nations would follow.
UN Police Action
 South Korea asked the UN for
help.
 The United States along with the
United Nations decided to take a
stand – Can’t let Communism
Spread!
 With the Soviet Union
boycotting the Security Council,
President Truman was able to
get the UN authorize the use of
force to repel the invasion.
 • One side would
The See Saw War…. take over land and
then the other side
would get it back.
Helping North Korea
•The US & UN
forces didn’t
worry about
Soviet forces
helping North • However, they should
Korea since the have worried about
Soviets had lost China….
• The US did not think
millions in China would help the
WWII. North Koreans, but they
did.
 Final 2 years of
the War
• June 1951- second phase
started
• Massive artillery fights on
the 38th parallel took place.
• During this time US air
strikes almost destroyed
Pyongyang.
• Korean War was the first
time jets were used in a
war.
An end to war…sort of…
• An armistice (truce/cease-
fire) signed on July 27,
1953
• End to open hostilities
• A buffer zone- 38th
parallel (demilitarized
zone)
• A way to transfer
prisoners of war
What’s happened
since…write a short
summary of the
following videos…
 Life in North Korea
 Visiting North
Korea
 April 2018- North
and South Korea
end to conflict-
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the video is
currently blocked.