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Korean War - Coggle Diagram
Korean War
2. During the War
1950
N. Korea invades S. Korea
Kim Il-Sung: a communist leader of N. Korea
Harry Truman: the U.S. President
petitions to UN to stop communism
American UN force lands in S. Korea
Douglas MacArthur: American general
pushes N. Korea to the Chinese border
wants to extend the war to China
President Truman refuses and fires him to avoid another war
China
responds to the advance of UN troops
ceasefire
1. Before the War
Korea
colonized by Japan for 35 years
World War II ends in 1945
Japan gets defeated
split in two
38th parallel
North
communist (Soviet Union)
distribute weath evenly
dictatorship in reality
South
non-communist (US)
1700s
America - colony of Great Britain
America & Europe Vs. the Soviets
Cold war (50 years)
3. After the War
another 2 years of war
2.5 millions died
ended in 1953
the new U.S. President, General Dwight D. Eisenhower
negotiates cease-fire with N. Korea & China
The peace agreement
Korea divides into North and South
DMZ (demilitarized zone)
North Korea has grown isolated