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U3: C2- Korean War - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Syngman Rhee president of Republic of Korea (May 1948)
      - USA withdrew from SK (Jun 1949)
    - - Kim Il Sung president of Democratic People's Public of Korea (9 Sep 1948)
      - USSR withdrew from NK (Year end, 1948)
- - - - US saw Japan as a base to strengthen presence in Asia
      - Weak Japan= communist movement
    - - To prevent spread of communism in Asia
  - - - Vietnam War, 2nd Arab-Israeli War, CMC etc.
- - - - Report by UN security council to increase US military in Asia
    - - Increase insecurity
    - - More determined to stop communist spread
    - - Need to increase/change strategies
- - - - Mar 1935, Stalin passed away, opportunity to agree on armistice
      - POWs exchanged
    - - Truman decided to return to just expelling NK from SK
      - Because MacArthur disagreed, he was dismissed
      - Felt Korea not the place to go all out against communism- risk of atomic war
      - 1953, Eisenhower became president, warned that he may use A-bomb if no progress made at talks