Korean War Flashcards
When was The Truman doctrine?
1947
How much aid did the US give to the Chinese nationalists?
$2 billion given to Chaing Kai-Shek
When did China fall to communism?
1949
When did Japan leave Korea?
1945
What was the name of the North Korean leader?
Kim il sung
What was the name of the South Korean leader?
Syngman Rhee
What was Korea divided by?
The 38th parallel
In what year did Kim Il Sung order the invasion of South Korea?
1950
Which countries supplied the North Korean forces?
The USSR and later China
After four months which area of South Korea was left untaken by the North?
Pusan
Why did the UN send troops to defend South Korea?
China had been blocked from joining the UN and the USSR was boycotting as a result
How many countries in the UN put feet on the ground during the war?
18 out of 53 but the majority was American
Where did the UN forces land?
Inchon near the 38th parallel
What was the name of China’s leader?
Mao Zedong
What river is on the border of China?
The yalu river
When did the Chinese troops the People’s volunteer army join the war and how many of them were there?
October 1950 with 200,000
Who was China supplied by when they joined the war?
USSR
When did the War reach a stalemate?
When the US forces pushed the Chinese back to the 38th parallel
When and why was MacArthur fired?
He was fired in 1951 because he wanted to attack China directly and threatened them with nuclear weapons which was a direct defiance of the president
What did Truman do once MacArthur had left?
Containment
When did peace talks begin and why did they fail?
June 1951 they failed because there was a disagreement over the exchange of prisoners between North and South Korea they began again in 1952
Who replaced Truman as president?
Eisenhower
When did Stalin die?
March 1953
When was the peace treaty for the Korean War signed ?
July 1953
