phases of korean war Flashcards
what happened first thing phase 1
north rapidly advanced into the south with help from ussr and china
what did nk captured and push back to in phase 1
captured seoul (capital) and pushed bacj to pusan
in phase 1 how many states provided military economic and medical aid
29
phase 2, what did general mac arthur want to cut off and howd he do it
communist supply through seoul by storming through shore at inchon
phase 2, what did the sk troops advancing from pusan do
drive the nk troops back past the 38th parallel after they retook seoul
phase 2, what was made clear
china wanted to completely remove communist from korea
pase 3, how many chinese troops launched an attack
200,000
phase 3, what equiptment did the chinese troops have
modern tanks and plabes which over whelmed the un forces and pushed then back to the 38th parallel (STALEMATE)
phase 3, what happened between mac arthur (nk) and truman (sk)
they fell out and mac arthur wanted to attack china with nuclear weapons (mac arthur was sacked)
phase 4, why didnt the peace talks between north and south work
there was no progress because of exchabging prisoners
phase 4, who replaces truman
eisenhower, hes more peaceful
phase 4, when was the armstice signed
july 1953
phase 4, what did it say on the armstice
2mile demilitrised zine either side of the 38th parallel, all military forces should withdraw to their own terriroty, prisoners exchange would begin
phase 1 summery
nk pushed south out of korea all the way back to pusan
phase 2 summary
sk advanced back to nk and all the way to the chinese border showing the wanted to remove communism from korea