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The Korean War (Key People (Kim Il Sung: (1912–1994) was the dictatorial…
The Korean War
Key People
Kim Il Sung: (1912–1994) was the dictatorial leader of North Korea from shortly after World War II until his death in 1994. As a young man, Kim led forces against the Imperial Japanese Army until he was forced to flee Korea in the late 1930s.
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General Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964)was one of the most powerful military officers in modern American history. In Korea, MacArthur organized a brilliant amphibious attack behind enemy lines at Inchon, nearly allowing the United States to win the war in the fall of 1950.
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Korea Divided
General Hodge went to Incheon to accept the Japanese surrender south of the 38th parallel. Appointed as military governor, General Hodge directly controlled South Korea as head of the United States Army Military Government in Korea. He attempted to establish control by restoring Japanese colonial administrators to power, but in the face of Korean protests he realized that would not work. He refused to recognize the provisional government of the short-lived People's Republic of Korea (PRK) due to its suspected Communist sympathies.
The South Korean government declared a national political constitution in 1948, and elected Syngman Rhee as President. The Republic of Korea was established. In the Soviet Korean Zone of Occupation, the Soviet Union established a communist government led by Kim Il-sung.
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Definition of The Korean War: it begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist China, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
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The 38th Parallel
The Third Phase Offense (or Chinese New Years Offense) was launched. This was where night attacks occurred in which UN Command fighting positions were encircled and then assaulted by troops and they surprised them. UN forces were not ready for this tactic, and as a result some soldiers abandoned their weapons and retreated to the south. The Chinese New Year's Offensive overwhelmed UN forces, allowing the PVA and KPA to conquer Seoul for the second time in 1951. Eventually, there was a stalemate that lasted until 1953, where the 38th Parallel was finally defined.
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