4. Korean War 2 Flashcards
When did North Korea invade the south?
25th June 1950
What was phase one of the war called?
Invasion
What does Truman do when war breaks out?
5 points
…goes to UN to appeal against act of aggression
…called for resolution (withdrawal)
…asks MacA to survey South Korea
…Naval and air power sent and 580 military advisers
…objective defined as: restoration of situation before North Korea attacked (stop Kim!)
What did no USSR rep in the UN mean?
A vote to attack the North Korean army
Phase one: (North Korea invading)
How many North Korean soldiers invaded?
130,000 NK soldiers invaded south
Phase one: why did NK have an advantage?
South Korea = unprepared and unexpected
Phase one: what happened in the first 24 hours if the attack?
Seoul was attacked
Phase one: when was Seoul captured and what symbolised its capture?
28th June 1950
NK flags up
Phase one: did South Korea receive any aid? If yes, what?
21 nations sent troops including Columbia and UK
Phase one: where did USA go to?
Port of Pusan
Phase one: why was P of P bad?
…not quality troops
…poor equipment..left from WW2
Phase one: what is Ousan Peninsula?
50x50m
USA secure area
Why was MacArthur successful with Inchon landings?
Led troops behind NK
Took them by surprise
200 miles behind
September
Advances made out of Pusan
27th Sept…Seoul capital building back to Rhee
US or UN war?
How many other countries fought with US? Examples?
15
Inc…UK Australia France
US or UN war?
How many died from other countries?
4000
US or UN war?
What percentage of South Korean fighters were US and SK?
90%
US or UN war?
What 4 things were UK and Canada anxious over?
- Dispatch of US 7th fleet to Taiwan Straits
- US decision to cross 38th parallel
- US talk if atomic weaponry
- May’53…US bombing of NK dams and irrigations….affected civilians
US or UN war?
How many troops from UN countries joined US troops?
40,000
US or UN war?
What difficulties were there with mixed nationality troops?
Communications= difficult
US or UN war?
What was a more serious consequence of communication troubles between troops?
British brigade took a hill
Called for US air strikes
Identified themselves with white panels
So did NK
UK bombed British
60 British casualties
British = not “haul ass” = retreat fast
Phase two: what ‘action’ was key from Sept to Oct 1950?
Rollback of Communism
= US aim to restore division of 38th parallel
Phase two: what was Truman’s change of plan?
To push beyond 38th parallel and retake the whole peninsula to the Yalu River
Phase two: why did China intervene in the Korean War?
Mao = fearful for his rule in Communist China
= fight in NK to stop US continuing to China
Phase two: what were the Chinese tactics?
Poorly trained Chinese soldiers with poor equipment but lots of them= human wave attacks
US have less soldiers but better trained
Phase three: what battle happened November 1950?
Chosin battle
Phase three: describe the events of Chosin battle
Weather = frozen
US has lost lots of troops
25,000 US surrounded by 120,000 Chinese
6,000 suffered frostbite
50% casualty rate
6000 killed, hurt or captured
US air supremacy = saved
…12 GI’s burned by own Napalm
US/UN/ROK retreat (Oli Smith…we’re not retreating, merely attacking in another direction)
