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Korean War - Coggle Diagram
Korean War
1. Before the war
A Japanese colony for 35 yrs
WW2 ended in 1945
Japan's defeat
Korea - divided at 38 parallel/degrees north latitude
North Korea
occupied by the Soviet Union
the Communist government
Communism
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Russia, Ukraine, other republics
South Korea
occupied by American forces
non-Communist government
try to stop the S.U.
for 50 yrs after WW2
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2. During the war
North Korea's invasion to South Korea in 1950
Kim Il-Sung - want to reunite Korea
U.S. - ask for help to UN
Harry Truman
UN landed in South Korea
push the North Koreans back across 38 parallel
Douglas MacArthur
to the Chinese border
Chinese troops for North Korea
MacArthur - want to extend the war
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under Communist rule
3. After the war
the war for 2 yrs
the new U.S. President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
negotiated a cease-fire
ended in 1953
the peace agreement
still divided
DMZ