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Korean War Key ideas/dates/people etc Flashcards

1
Q

What is the cold war?

A

War between America and Russia but with no direct conflict at 1945 (end of WW2)

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2
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What is communism?

A

Where all profits go to the government

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3
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What is capitalism?

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Democracy, mulitiple political parties, different wages for different jobs

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4
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Domino theory

A

The Idea of communism spreading from country to country

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5
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containment

A

Trumans way of trying to stop communism from spreading

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6
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Where was Korea divided at?

A

The 38th parallel

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7
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United Nations (UN)

A

Peace organisation to maintain peace and regulate human rights

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8
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Who was the leader of North Korea at the time?

A

Kim Ill Sung

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9
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Who was the leader of South Korea at the time?

A

Syngman Rhee

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10
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Who was the communist leader of the USSR (Russia)

A

Joseph Stalin

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11
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Who was the president of America at the time?

A

Harry Truman

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12
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Leader of communist china?

A

Mao

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13
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When did North Korea cross the border and invade south korea?

A

4am 25th June 1950

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14
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When did North Korea take control of Seoul (capital of south korea)

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June 28th 1950

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15
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What did the west do?

A

Go to the UN to arrange for them to help South Korea (containment)

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16
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Why wasnt Russia there?

A

Because of previous feud as communist china had been kicked from the UN - allies

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17
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How many nations helped?

A

21

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18
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Who was in charge of the UN operation?

A

America

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19
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Where did the ally troops begin to come into?

A

Pussan

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20
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When did the US force arrive in Korea?

A

3rd July 1950

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21
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Why was America not in a good situation when arriving in pussan?

A

Not ready for another war as WW2 had just ended and north korea had control over most of south korea

22
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Who was the leader of America in 1950?

A

Douglas Mcarthur

23
Q

Where had Mcathur had sucess?

A

Amphibian attacks

24
Q

What were amphibian attacks

A

Going behind enemy lines at sea

25
Q

Where did they target to attacl (America)

A

Inchon beach

26
Q

What impact did the attack on inchon have on North korea

A

had to fight two fronts

27
Q

Why was inchon hard to attack?

A

Low tides and high sea walls heavily defended and tides were unpredictable

28
Q

What was Mcarthurs operation called?

A

Chromite

29
Q

When did the UN land on Inchon

A

15th september 1950 6am

30
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How much resistance was there at Inchon?

A

Little

31
Q

Which beaches were easy and succesfully taken

A

Green and red beach

32
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Which beach was harder to take for strong currents and lots of smoke from previous attacks?

A

blue

33
Q

how many days did it take UN forces to take back seoul

A

11 days

34
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How long did it take UN forces to push Korea over the 38th paralell

A

2 weeks

35
Q

What did mcarthur want to do?

A

Kick communism out of Korea entirely, continue fighting over the border

36
Q

When did UN forces and south korea invade north korea?

A

October 7th 1950

37
Q

Which river were they approaching?

A

Yalu river deviding north korea and communist china

38
Q

When did the chinese get invoved?

A

September 1950 when UN focres were appraoching the yalu river

39
Q

Chinese armys biggest strength

A

Numbers

40
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UN strength

A

heavy guns artillery

41
Q

What made fighting harder?

A

winter

42
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What did UN generals order

A

full withdrawel

43
Q

when did communists recapture seoul

A

January 1951

44
Q

What happened after 7 months of fighting from january 1951

A

2 sides devided at the 38th parallel again

45
Q

Who replaced Mcarthur?

A

Matthew Ridgeway

46
Q

what was the name of the chinese attack?

A

The spring offensive

47
Q

When did the chinese and North Korea plan to attack South Korea after pushing them back over the 38th parallel?

A

22nd april 1951

48
Q

What hill did the UN retreat to?

A

Glouster Hill

49
Q

When did North Korea and south korea leaders meet at a meeting to discuss a truce?

A

10th july 1951

50
Q

How long did it take for the two countries to come to an agreement?

A

2 years

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