KOREAN WAR

AFTER WWII

• The U.s defeated the Japanese and sent them out of Korea
• Ended the Empire of Japan's 35 year Colonial Rule of Korea
• U.S and Soviet Union agreed to occupy Korea temporarily as a trusteeship
• So that Korea may establish a provisional government

TWO KOREAS

• August 1945 2- aids of the state department divided up the Korean pininsula
• Korea was divided in half along the 38th parallel
• U.S. was put in charge of South Korea
• Soviets took over North Korea; turned it into a communist government
• Soviets wanted all of Korea; interfered with U.S territory

U.S. JOINS THE WAR

• The U.S joined for 3 reasons
• Truman's Domino theory that communism would spread through Europe, Asia, and the Middle East
• Truman wanted to undermine communism and feared it would overrun the American lifestyle
• The US was in competition for world domination at the USSR
• Truman saw supporting South Korea as a way to fight communism without war with Russia

KOREAN WAR AND THE COLD WAR

• June 25, 1950
• 75,000 soldiers from The North Korean army crossed the 38th parallel
• U.S entered war on South Korea's behalf
• U.S feared an international communist war with China and Russia
• War ended July, 1953

KOREAN WAR AND THE COLD WAR

• War began as a defensive one-war to remove the Soviets from Korea
• U.S soldiers suffered from hot dry conditions
• Truman and McAurthor decided to press the soviets northward out of North Korea
• China felt threatened by U.S troops

PREVENT WAR WITH CHINA

• Truman wanted to avoid war with China
• He knew this would anger the Soviets and start Soviet aggression in Europe
• McAurthor wanted to avoid appeasement and start war with China
• April 11 McAuthor was fired

STALEMATE

• July 1951, U.S starts peace talk at Panmunjom
• Fighting continued along the 38th parallel while negotiations stalled
• Both sides agreed to cease fire, disagreed on prisoners
• 2 years of negotiations, July 27, 1953, advertisers signed an armistice
• New boundary was drawn that gave South Korea an extra 1,500 square miles

CASUALTIES

• Bloody war
• Nearly 5 million casualties
• Half were 10% of Korea's pre-war population were civilians
• Almost 40,000 Americans died
• About 100,000 Americans were injured

OUTCOME

• Border remains the same between North and South Korea
• Korean countries are allowed to choose their own government
• North falls under communist control
• South is Democratic