The Korean War Flashcards
Why was General MacArthur sacked?
Truman didn’t want the war to esculate
Took out a lot of Chinese people
GM wants a full invasion and critisied Truman
Sacked in 1951
How did china get involved in the Korean War?
Mau was the leader of china and feared of attack
Mau meets Stalin
Chinese attack with 300k men push back to south Korean army
How did the UN fight in the Korean War?
17 countries involved the UN army
USA has the biggest part
500-1 chance of success
Attacked in waves so was hard
MacArthur wanted to push back North Korea and continues to attack
What is the background to the Korean War?
Cold War began after ww2
USSR is communist
USA is capitalist
Korea is split into 2
Communist north- Kim il sum
Capitalist south- syngman rhee
Both wanted to reunite Korea into one country
What was the impact of the Korean War?
USA had a good impact - TD and DT both worked and was a big part of UN
Bad thing- cost £60B and lost many men
USSR- had a better relationship with china and tension worse with USA
UN- restored peace and can stand up to aggressive countries
Bad thing- lost 170k men china- to be powerful relations with USSR
Bad thing- lost 400k men
South Korea- relationship with US
Bad thing- lost 70k soldiers
