The Development of the Korean War- Phase 2

Question 1

Who was in charge of the UN force?

Answer 1

General MacArthur

Question 2

What did the UN want to do?

Answer 2

Cut off communist supply lines passing through Seoul

Question 3

When and where did UN forces enter Korea?

Answer 3

September 1950

Stormed ashore at Inchon and at the same time other UN forces and South Korean troops advanced from Pusan

Question 4

What was the result of UN forces entering Korea in September 1950?

Answer 4

The North Koreans were driven back beyond their original border of the 38th parallel
By the end of September, McArthur had retaken Seoul

Question 5

What had the UN ignored?

Answer 5

China’s warning that pushing too far north would bring the Chinese into the war

Question 6

When had US forces, on behalf of the UN, reached the Yalu River and the Chinese border? What did this show?

Answer 6

October 1950

Showed the USA was trying to remove communism from Korea entirely