Events Of The War

Question 1

What city did the DPRK capture on June 28th 1950

Answer 1

South capital city seoul

Question 2

Where had Chinese troops assembled ready for an invasion by august 1950

Answer 2

Pusan

Question 3

How many states had agreed to help the UN provide military, economic and medical aid to South Korea

Answer 3

29

Question 4

Who was put in charge of the UN troops

Answer 4

General MacArthur

Question 5

Where did the UN troops first attack the forces of DPRK

Answer 5

Inchon

Question 6

By September 1950 the UN forces had pushed the DPRK troops back to the Chinese border. What river marks the border?

Answer 6

Yalu river

Question 7

In late October how many Chinese troops launched an attic against the UN

Answer 7

200,000

Question 8

When did the UN troops lose control of seoul

Answer 8

January 1951

Question 9

When did MacArthur openly threaten china with an atom bomb without president trumans permission

Answer 9

March 1951

Question 10

What happened to MacArthur in April 1951

Answer 10

Truman sacked him

Question 11

What started in June 1951

Answer 11

Peace talks between the north and the south

Question 12

What was the main reason for failure of early peace talks

Answer 12

The exchange of prisoners

Question 13

Who died in march 1953 which helped peace talks

Answer 13

Stalin

Question 14

Who became the new leader of the USSR in march 1953

Answer 14

Malenkov

Question 15

Who became the new president of the USA in January 1953

Answer 15

Eisenhower

Question 16

What three terms did the armistice confirm

Answer 16

• 2 mile demilitarised zone either side of the 38th parralel
• all forces withdraw to own territory
  -prisoner exchange would begin