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💣Korean War💥 - Coggle Diagram
💣Korean War💥
What happened after the war?
Chinese forces recaptured NK
Fighting continued for 2 years
2.5 million died
Stopped in 1953
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New US President
Negotiated a cease-fire with NK and China
Divided NK and SK
Now
US & NK soldiers guard DMZ
Demilitarized Zone
Little tract of land between NK and SK
NK is isolated from the world
What happened before the war?
Colony
35 years
A country ruled by another country
Japan
America
Great Britain
1945
WW2 ended
Japan is defeated
Korea
Split in two
38th Parallel
38 degrees north latitude
Northern half
Occupied by Soviet Union
Ukraine
Other republics
Russia
Dissolved in 1991
Helped establish Communist government
Economic system
Wealth is distributed evenly to everyone
Sounds good in theory
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Southern half
Occupied by the Americans (USA)
Established non-Communist government
Tried to stop Soviet Union from spreading communism
Cold War
50 years
What happened during the war?
1950
NK invaded SK
Kim Il-Sung
Wanted to reunite the peninsula
Communist rule
Harry Truman
US President
Asked UN for help
UN Forces landed
NK had taken almost all of SK
General Douglas MacArthur
Pushed NK back
Back across the 38th parallel
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China
Communist country
saw UN & US troops advancing as a threat
Sent hundreds of thousands of soldier to fight for NK
MacArthur wanted to extend war
Truman refused
Fired after complaining to the press