Breif summary of the Korean war?

Answer 1

When WW2 ended, Korea became a divided nation. The US and Soviet Union had withdrawn most of their troops from Korea. The Soviets gambled that the US wouldn't defendSouth Korea. So The Soviets supplied North Korea with tanks, airplanes, and money in an attempt to take over the peninsula.

Answer 2

a war that erupted in 1950 when North Korea, controlled by a communist government, attacked non-communist South Korea. The US came to the aid of South Korea. The war expanded as China and the Soviet Union threw their support behind the North Koreans. The commander of the American troops, General Douglas MacArthur, called for the use of atomic bombs against China. ...

Answer 3

Conflict arising after the post-World War II division of Korea, at latitude 38 N, into North Korea and South Korea. At the end of World War II, Soviet forces accepted the surrender of Japanese forces north of that line, as U.S. forces accepted Japanese surrender south of it. Negotiations failed to reunify the two halves, the northern half being a Soviet client state and the southern half being backed by the U.S. In 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea, and U.S. Pres. Harry Truman ordered troops to assist South Korea. The UN Security Council, minus the absent Soviet delegate, passed a resolution calling for the assistance of all UN members in halting the North Koreans. At first North Korean troops drove the South Korean and U.S. forces down to the southern tip of the Korean peninsula, but a brilliant amphibious landing at Inch'n, conceived by Gen. Douglas MacArthur, turned the tide in favour of the UN troops, who advanced near the border of North Korea and China. The Chinese then entered the war and drove the UN forces back south; the front line stabilized at the 38th parallel. MacArthur insisted on voicing his objections to U.S. war aims in a public manner and was relieved of his command by Truman. U.S. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower participated in the conclusion of an armistice that accepted the front line as the de facto boundary between the two Koreas. The war resulted in the deaths of approximately 2,000,000 Koreans, 600,000 Chinese, 37,000 Americans, and 3,000 Turks, Britons, and other nationals in the UN forces.

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Answer 4

At the end of World War II, Japan surrendered Korea to the Allies. The country was then divided into two parts, North Korea and South Korea. The United States withdrew its troops when the Republic of Korea was set up. They provided economic support. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States then backed up South Korea and fought with them. So did many other Allied countries. In the first few weeks of the war, North Korean forces met little resistance and advanced rapidly. By September tenth, the South Korean Army had been driven to the Southeast tip of South Korea. On September fifteenth, the United Nations forces made a daring counterattack. They landed at Incheon. This was on the West coast. On October nineteenth, the North Korean capitol was captured. Eventually the U.N troops drove the North Korean troops to the border of China. China saw this as a threat and launched a counteroffensive. The communist forces worked together to force the U.N back to South Korea. They then captured the South Korean capitol. The fighting was eventually drawn back to the borders of the two countries. The border was called the 38th parallel. That is where it remained for the rest of the war. The countries never signed a treaty so technically they are still at war.

Answer 5

North Korea invaded South Korea in a bid to unite the whole country under a single communist government. The UN forces then landed in Korea and pushed-back the North Koreans almost as far as China. China then felt threatened and helped the North Koreans push the UN forces south again, when a ceasefire line was signed almost no territory had changed hands, the war had cost hundreds of thousands of lives for no benefit to anyone.

Answer 6

1. Korea was divided into upper(Communist-USSR) and lower(US) halves by 38th parallel.

2. In 1950, Joseph Stalin(USSR) told North Korea head Kim Il Sung to go ahead and capture S. korea.3. War begun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. N.Korea pushed S.korea almost out up till south-eastern boundary..almost 10pc of Korean land.

5. US (nod by UN and NATO) send General Douglas Mac Arthur(hero of WWII) to help S.Korea.

6. The hero thrown out N.Korea from S.korea.

7. Douglas went ahead to capture N.Korea even.

8. CHinese(Mao) felt insecure and sent a hidden army to counter Douglas(US).

9. Douglas was planning atomic bomb attacks on CHina boundary but he was stopped by his mate Truman.

10. Douglas was fired!!.. as he was not giving up his demand to attack China.

11. Treaty was signed and ceasefire achieved and Nkorea and skorea retrieved to their earlier original locations of 1950s.

May not be so much technically correct..jus giving all of you an idea.

kp smiling alwayzz n alwayzzz..!

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Answer 7

Korean War 1950-1953->1st HOT war & fight to involve principal protagonists

· US Intervention; demonstrates it would resist communist aggression->war a yr after NATO

· However support for S. KOR prevented full communist takeover it went beyond containment policy->support of tyrannical regime

· Post WW2 grant Korea independence from JAP->38th parallel ;Soviet controlled north, US controlled South (temporary)->1948 no agreement for unification reached->independent republics declared

Thus war was a result of WW2

Caused by nationalism rather than communism (which US refused to acknowledge)-conflict concerning territory

Quick summary of course

1. North push into south->Seoul captured->pushed to Pusan, but north troops now outnumbered by arrival of US troops

-in controlled areas People's Committees re-established & land reform

2. UN forces push north->roll back going against UN mandate-> Pyongyang captured-in controlled areas over 100 000 communists executed by Rhee officials->UN forces under MacArthur-Yalu River (border to CHI)

3. CHI entry into war->concerned about own security, troops-200 000 & supplies sent (CHI involvement likely-145 000 KOR volunteers to Mao in civil war)->US used napalm

4. Stalemate 1951; 400 000 CHI troops, superiority of UN air power, bombing, damage to transport->30% of UN troops engaged in rooting guerrilla activity->MacArthur threatened use of atomic bomb on CHI

->sacked

5. Eisenhower, "I shall go to KOR"->end war->27 Jul 1953 armistice->ceasefire

Map->http://www2.needham.k12.ma.us/nhs/cur/wwii/12/brooke-korea-lk/images/korean_war_map.jpg

Notes by Natasa.L->

Answer 8

Death, carnage and pain.