E. Containment of Communism - Korea
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1910-1945
Japan occupied Korea
1948
Separate governments (South Korea & North Korea) + UN oversee elections
August 1949 (onwards)
Kim feels USA wont intervene as USSR give Korea an atomic bomb
25th June 1950
Korean War erupts + North Korea use blitzkrieg tactics
26th June 1950
Both sides settle respectively
28th June 1950
South Korean capital, Seoul, falls
29th June 1950
Troops under General Douglas MacArthur are sent to help South Korea
14th September 1950
North Korea corner in onto Pusan
1st October 1950
US/UN forces push upwards to the 38th parallel
25th November 1950
Incheon landing + go towards Yalu River
November 1950
Stalin shocked by Incheon, China send 200,000 'volunteers', Seoul is recaptured
January 1951
US/UN forces are pushed to the 38th parallel + China states they want peace negotiations
Jan-July 1951
Panmunjom negotiations, recapture of Seoul, General MacArthur argues that Korea should be conquered
24th March 1951
General MacArthur releases public statement to criticise China
April 1951
Truman sacks General MacArthur + replaces him with General Ridgeway
1953
Truman replaced by Eisenhower
March 1953
Stalin dies
July 1953
Armistice to stop fighting