Booklet 1

Question 1

1937

Answer 1

Japan invaded the rest of China

Question 2

1938

Answer 2

Pro Japanese Korean soldiers were recruited to the growing Japanese army, fighting against the rebellion, Chinese communist in Manchuria, the Korean force and a reputation for brutality

Question 3

1944

Answer 3

Japanese constricted Koreans into their armed forces. All Korean males were forced to join the imperial Japanese army as of the work in the military industrial sector from 1944, about 200,000 Korean males joined the Japanese army.

Question 4

Describe Korea in the first half of the 20th century

Answer 4

They refused to treaty Japan to annex Korea, China was govern in Korea, Japan was stronger and threatened to invade Korea.

Question 5

Why might Americans be concerned about Korea after World War II

Answer 5

They fought against them in the war, and they became weak and more easier to take over America

Question 6

Second of September 1945, Korean War, post World War II

Answer 6

The Japanese surrendered to the USA, and World War II ended. The USA took over Japan and now controlled a lot of Asian territory. The USSR had joined the war against Japan and had troops from its red army in Manchuria and parts of northern Korea. The USSR was no match for the USA at this point as they didn’t have an atom bomb.

Question 7

Postwar

Answer 7

China was an important power in Asia, but was devastated by the eight years of war against Japan. China and the USSR was both dependent on US financial support as they had been alleys against the Japanese in World War II. France was also a power in the region and was trying to regain its controlled of indo China.

Question 8

Background of the Korean War post, World War II, August 1945

Answer 8

In World War II peace negotiations at Potsdam and Korean peninsula was taken from Japanese control and put into do zones of occupation. The divide was called the 30th parallel with the USSR zone in the north and the USA zone in the south. Similar decision was made in Germany after the war.

Question 9

What does communism mean?

Answer 9

No freedom

Question 10

What does capitalism mean?

Answer 10

Freedom

Question 11

Why did the USA hate communism?

Answer 11

USA didn’t like communism countries because there were lots of anti-communist in USA. Also they had very different political beliefs so they both had different opinions.

Question 12

US relations with China, and fear of communism

Answer 12

There was a lot of anti-communist feeling in the USA by the 1950s. This was partially because they had very different political beliefs but also because the USSR had taken over many Eastern European countries by 1949 and were becoming a rival superpower.

Question 13

How would communism cause the Korean War?

Answer 13

Communism expanding, and the USA was worried, they spread to Malaysia, Indonesia, Burma and the Philippines, as well as North Korea. USA refused to recognise the new communist government of China. USA wanted freedom for people in China and other countries didn’t

Question 14

The division of Korea

Answer 14

After Japan was defeated in World War II, the USA took over the southern half of Korea and the USSR took over the northern half the north had a communist leader called Kim sung he let the Democratic people Republic of Korea from September 1948, started using gorilla warfare against the south and cleaned that there were 200,000 communist supporters already living in the south 

Question 15

About North Korea

Answer 15

DPRK, COMMUNIST

Question 16

About South Korea

Answer 16

Capitalist

Question 17

The role of foreign powers capitalist

Answer 17

Until 1949, the USA main concern in Asia was Japan. They will also focus more on the threat of the USSR in Europe than in Korea. Truman immediately sent warships and advises to South Korea. The Americans believe that North Korea was trying to unsettle Asia and this would spread to Europe.

Question 18

The role of foreign powers communist two

Answer 18

Initially Joseph Stalin, the reluctant to help Kim sung as you didn’t want to upset the USA, but they changed after trying to became communist, stadium was upset because he had been forced to back down after he had attempted to blockade West Berlin, and make it communist. He saw Korea as opportunity to get his own back on the Americans, Stalin agreed to provide North Korea with 1600 pieces of artillery 178 military aircraft and 258T 34 tanks

Question 19

An account of the Korean War (first phase). June September 1950.

Answer 19

In June 1950, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, rapidly advanced into the south, helped by the equipment from the USSR and China captured the capital city Seoul and then push the southerners troops back as far as Pusan in the SE corner, Chinese troops had amassed in Manchuria ready for the move into Korea to support the communist. The UN forces were being assembled ready to start the fight back 29 states had agreed to provide military economic and medical aid. 

Question 20

Phase 1 June September 1950 Korean War

Answer 20

The Democratic people Republic of Korea rapidly advanced into the south helped by the equipment from the USSR in China. Captured the capital city Seoul and then push the southern troops back as far as Busan in the SE corner. 29 states had agreed to provide military economic and medical aid

Question 21

September November 19 50 phase 2 of the Korean

Answer 21

Do you enforce was gathered from 29 states and the majority of the trip were Americans The man put in charge was general MacArthur. The UN wanted to cut off communist supply lines which were passed through Seoul in September 1950 they were stormed ashore at lnchon. North Koreans were driven back beyond their original border of the 30th parallel and by the end of September MacArthur had retaken Seoul.

Question 22

Phase 3 December 19 50 June 1951

Answer 22

MacArthur had underestimated the power of the Chinese late in October 1950 200,000 Chinese troops launched and attack. The soldiers were committed to communism and hated the Americans in January 1951. The UN forces were pushed out of Seoul and only after weeks of bitter fighting were they able to push the Chinese back to the 30th? Parallel .Truman and MacArthur fell out. MacArthur wanted to attack China with nuclear weapons and despite a warning from Truman and the UN that this might pull the USSR into war all the openly threaten China in March 1951

Question 23

June 1951 phase 4 till July 1953

Answer 23

Please talk between northern south begin in June 1951 but made no progress because of a dispute over the exchange of the prisoners .1952 Truman was replaced by Eisenhower who wanted to end the war. Stalin died in March 1953 and was replaced by the less aggressive Malenkov. An armistice was finally signed in Panmunjon in July 1953.

Question 24

How did the water affect Koreans?

Answer 24

Loss of family, poverty, destroying most of its industry, homelessness, loss of money, death, kids having no parents, no house, no money, no food, no water, maybe hurt, family member may have died

Question 25

Gains of the UN

Answer 25

Gained respect by talking prompt actions, use combined force to stop aggression, achieved joint action so show that it was an effective organisation

Question 26

Losses of UN

Answer 26

Over 30,000 casualties mostly Americans, only able to act because of the USSR absence from security council and therefore unable to exercise veto, upset China and the USSR by recognising for moa as the official Chinese government

Question 27

USA’s gains of the war

Answer 27

Save South Korea from communism, containment policy was seen to work in Asia, managed to guarantee the long term security of four Moa which remains a pro American capitalism democracy to this day

Question 28

Losses of the USA because of the war

Answer 28

30,000 died 100,000 wonders soldiers, defence spending increase from 12 to 60,000,000,000 this was 14% of the GNP in 1953 , failed to free North Korea from communism, America had now committed itself to sure that any further spread of communism in SE Asia was stopped. This would prove very costly in Vietnam.

Question 29

Games from China from the war

Answer 29

Dangerous respect of communist supporters in Asia, save North Korea from American control, had received much financial military help from the USSR

Question 30

Korea gains from the Korean War

Answer 30

The long-term security of the both and south and north Korea was protected with the condition that no further warfare would take place in Korea, but north and south gained economic benefits by closer links and superpowers

Question 31

China losses

Answer 31

Over 900,000 casualties, failed to win South Korea from communism, increase US protection and help from chianga on Formosa

Question 32

Korea losses

Answer 32

Huge casualties 2.5 million almost equal numbers from the south end north including many civilians to, 600,000 homes were destroyed, approximately 80,000 South Koreans were captured by the north during the war

Question 33

USSR gains from the war

Answer 33

Achieved closer friendship with communist China, damaged China as an emerging rival, conflict between USA and China was to the USSR advantage and strengthen their position as the dominant communist power in Asia, promoted Stalin’s image as a defender of communism

Question 34

USSR losses from the war

Answer 34

Forced into an expensive arms race with the USA, Stalin had been forced to accelerate his arms production, which amount of consumer goods declined