Korea

Question 1

Who was Korea ruled by until 1945

Answer 1

Japan

Question 2

After ww2 who was the north liberated by and who was the south liberated by

Answer 2

North liberated by sov UN

And south by USA

Question 3

North after ww2 was

Answer 3

Com controlled, with comm leader trained by ussr and with a soviet style on party system

Question 4

How was south after ww2

Answer 4

Anti comm
Not very democratic
But anti comm enough to be supported by the USA

Question 5

North Korea comm leader was

Answer 5

Kim il sung

Question 6

Who was president of South Korea

Answer 6

Syngman rhee

Question 7

In what year did tensions between north and south spill over into open warfare

Answer 7

1950

Question 8

By when was all except a small corner of south east Korea under comm control

Answer 8

By September 1951

Question 9

What was Americas policy that caused them to take action

Answer 9

CONTAINMENT

Question 10

What did Truman do to try and make it seem like it wasn’t just America getting involved

Answer 10

He put enormous pressure on the UN Security Council to condemn actions of North Koreans and to call on them to withdraw troops

Question 11

Why did USA have influence on the UN

Answer 11

The USA was the single biggest contributor to the UN budget

Question 12

America probably would’ve failed to get UN Security Council to act if it hadn’t been for what’s

Answer 12

In Cold War atmosphere of 1950 each superpower always denounced each over but Soviet Union wasn’t there to do this and veto the call for action BUT ussr was boycotting UN Bcos they of issue of whether communist china to could join UN

Question 13

What resolution was it that passed the assistance to the republic of Korea to restore peace and security

Answer 13

RESOLUTION 84

Question 14

How many states provided troops or support of some kind under resolution 84

Answer 14

18 states including Britain provided troops

Overwhelming part of UN force sent to Korea was American of course

Question 15

Who was the commander in Korea ? What nationality

Answer 15

General MacArthur was an American and 70 years old when given command

Question 16

Where and when did the UN storm ashore

And where else

Answer 16

Stormed at Inchon in September 1950

At same time UN forces and Korean troops advanced from Pusan

Question 17

Was the initial storming in September 1950 successful

Answer 17

Yes North Koreans driving back beyond 38th parallel within weeks

Question 18

In October 1950 original aim of UN completed. Who warned them not to go further ?
Did UN approve plan of advancement

Answer 18

UN did approve plan of further advancement, at this point Truman and MacArthur wanted something more than containment

China’s leader Mao Tse-tung said if they pressed on they’d join war against them

Question 19

Late in October 1950 how many Chinese troops joined the North Koreans, what did they call themselves

Answer 19

The people’s volunteers’ were 200,000 men strong

Question 20

Who supplied the Chinese and North Koreans modern tanks and planes

Answer 20

The Soviet Union

Question 21

Americans didn’t like terrain unlike Chinese Bcos

Answer 21

Treacherous cold and. Midnight snowstorm of winter of 50-51.

Chinese more familiar with mountainous terrain and swamps

Question 22

Why did Truman and MacArthur fall out

Answer 22

M wanted to carry on with war

T didn’t

Question 23

What did MacArthur do in March 1951

Answer 23

Ignored UN instruction and openly threatened an attack i. China

In April Truman removed him from his position and brought him back

Question 24

When did peace talks begin

Answer 24

Fighting reached stalemate around 38th parallel in mid 1951
Peace talks began June 1951
Fighting didn’t end for two more years
Casualties immense on both sides particularly among civilians

Question 25

When was the armistice signed whose death played a part

Answer 25

Stalins death made china and NK more timid and armistice signed July 1953

Question 26

How many South Korean soldiers and civilians killed

Answer 26

570,000

Question 27

How many NK and Chinese soldiers and civilians killed

Answer 27

780,000

Question 28

Was Korea a success for containment

Answer 28

Yes cos although costs and casualties high USA proved it had means to contain communism and South Korea remained uncomm
But it also showed containments limits
Some thought Truman showed weakness for not going further whilst some agreed it wasn’t worth the risk

Question 29

USA anti comm alliances

Answer 29

SEATO in South east Asia

CENTO in Central Asia and Middle East

Question 30

What did America give to SEATO and CENTO

Answer 30

Money advice and arms

Question 31

USSR REaction to SEATO and CENTO

Answer 31

Warsaw Pact which included YSSR and all east European communist countries EXCEPT Yugoslavia

Question 32

Which communist country wasn’t in the Warsaw Pact

Answer 32

Yugoslavia

Question 33

Cold War spying

Answer 33

USSR used spies like rudolf Abel

USA used U2 plane

Question 34

Us public alarmed cos they were told USSR had more missiles even tho this was a myth. Why did neither side correct the mistake

Answer 34

• Khrushchev would look like a fool if he admitted this
• American military commanders happy to go along with it cos it meant they got more funding from gov
• Eisenhower only found out they had more because of Soviet who’d defected to CIA but he couldn’t explain how he knew they had more without giving the spy who was still in USSR away

Question 35

What was MAD

Answer 35

Mutually
Assured
Destruction

No one would attack first because it’d be suicidal

Question 36

What happened in Norfolk

Answer 36

American B-47 bomber crashed in Norfolk in 1957

Question 37

Who was Robert Oppenheimer ? What did he oppose ?

Answer 37

He led team that developed atom bomb and opposed h bomb Bcos it was wrong to develop weapons In peace time