The Korean War and the Cold War in Asia

Who are the two parties operating china

Kuomintang (KMT) and Communist China(CCP)

when does the USSR invade China

August 1945 via Manchuria

Why don’t people living in colonies no longer willing to accept colonial authority

1. They have seen the defeat of these western European colonial powers by the Japanese, demonstrating that western military superiority can be overcome and is overstated

2. after experiencing Japanese occupation, nationalist movements are unlikely and unwilling to accept continued colonial domination

When does the Chinese Civil War begin 

1927-1937, pause to fight Japan, then starts again in 1945-1949 

When does President Truman release the China White Paper

1949

What does the China White Paper argue

civil war must be settled by the Chinese and the US cannot determine the outcome.

Who wins the Chinese Civil War

Communists

When did North Korea start asking Stalin for support to invade the South

as early as March 1949

When had the U.S. removed their troops from South Korea

1948

When do the North Korean Troops advanced South of the 38th parallel line

25 June, 1950

Why does China enter the Korean War

The US and the UN move almost all the way to the Chinese border

When does the Korean War end

ends with an armistice (laying down of arms) not a formal peace treaty on 27 June
1953

July 1942 - Largest extent of Japanese territorial expansion included

Philippines
Dutch East Indies
Malaya
French Indo-China
Singapore

When did Singapore fall

February 1942

When was the Battle of Midway

June 4-7, 1942

When did the anti-British ‘Quit India’ movement begin

1943

When does the USSR declare war on Japan

9 August 1945

How long does the Korean War go for

1950-53

When was the Korean Armistice agreed

July 27 1953