4. Korean War 2

Question 1

When did North Korea invade the south?

Answer 1

25th June 1950

Question 2

What was phase one of the war called?

Answer 2

Invasion

Question 3

What does Truman do when war breaks out?

5 points

Answer 3

…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!)

Question 4

What did no USSR rep in the UN mean?

Answer 4

A vote to attack the North Korean army

Question 5

Phase one: (North Korea invading)

How many North Korean soldiers invaded?

Answer 5

130,000 NK soldiers invaded south

Question 6

Phase one: why did NK have an advantage?

Answer 6

South Korea = unprepared and unexpected

Question 7

Phase one: what happened in the first 24 hours if the attack?

Answer 7

Seoul was attacked

Question 8

Phase one: when was Seoul captured and what symbolised its capture?

Answer 8

28th June 1950

NK flags up

Question 9

Phase one: did South Korea receive any aid? If yes, what?

Answer 9

21 nations sent troops including Columbia and UK

Question 10

Phase one: where did USA go to?

Answer 10

Port of Pusan

Question 11

Phase one: why was P of P bad?

Answer 11

…not quality troops

…poor equipment..left from WW2

Question 12

Phase one: what is Ousan Peninsula?

Answer 12

50x50m

USA secure area

Question 13

Why was MacArthur successful with Inchon landings?

Answer 13

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

Question 14

US or UN war?

How many other countries fought with US? Examples?

Answer 14

15

Inc…UK Australia France

Question 15

US or UN war?

How many died from other countries?

Answer 15

4000

Question 16

US or UN war?

What percentage of South Korean fighters were US and SK?

Answer 16

90%

Question 17

US or UN war?

What 4 things were UK and Canada anxious over?

Answer 17

1. Dispatch of US 7th fleet to Taiwan Straits
2. US decision to cross 38th parallel
3. US talk if atomic weaponry
4. May’53…US bombing of NK dams and irrigations….affected civilians

Question 18

US or UN war?

How many troops from UN countries joined US troops?

Answer 18

40,000

Question 19

US or UN war?

What difficulties were there with mixed nationality troops?

Answer 19

Communications= difficult

Question 20

US or UN war?

What was a more serious consequence of communication troubles between troops?

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Phase two: what ‘action’ was key from Sept to Oct 1950?

Answer 21

Rollback of Communism

= US aim to restore division of 38th parallel

Question 22

Phase two: what was Truman’s change of plan?

Answer 22

To push beyond 38th parallel and retake the whole peninsula to the Yalu River

Question 23

Phase two: why did China intervene in the Korean War?

Answer 23

Mao = fearful for his rule in Communist China

= fight in NK to stop US continuing to China

Question 24

Phase two: what were the Chinese tactics?

Answer 24

Poorly trained Chinese soldiers with poor equipment but lots of them= human wave attacks

US have less soldiers but better trained

Question 25

Phase three: what battle happened November 1950?

Answer 25

Chosin battle

Question 26

Phase three: describe the events of Chosin battle

Answer 26

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)