The Korean war

1945

The division of korea

1949

China became communist

25 June 1950

The North Koreans attacked

27 June 1950

The UN passed a resolution to support sk

Number of statessent to fight

16

How much the us provided

50% armed forces. 86% naval forces. 93% air forces.

What title was given to MacArthur

Commander in chief

Early september

SK was pushed back to pusan

15 September 1950

UN surprise attack at Inchon

How many troops were at the Inchon surprise landing

300 000 UN troops with 260 000 being americans

Early october

NK were driven back to the 38th parallel achieving containment

7 October 1950

MacArthur invaded NK as far as the Yalu river convinced that China won't enter the war

25 October 1950

200 000 Chinese troops/ people's volunteers joined NK and attacked MacArthur's troops.

What did the USSR supply China and NK with

Modern weapons tanks and planes

How did the Soviets hide their involvements

They disguised themselves as Chinese or NK and were banned speaking russian on the radio. Some even wore Chinese uniform

January 1951

UN forces were driven out of seoul

March 1951

MacArthur ignored ins order and openly threatened an attack on china

April 1951

MacArthur was frmired and replaced by general ridgway

End of 1951

Front line was near the 38th parallels so America started using air power to bomb cities towns transport systems factories and military bases with explosives and napalm

How long did they fight in the air and how many planes did they lose

2 years in the air. USA lost 3500 planes and the Soviets NK and Chinese lost 3000

July 1951

Peace talks began but an agreement over the xchange of prisoners couldn't be reached so it began again in 1952

November 1952

Truman was replaced dby Eisenhower in the presidential election

March 1953

Stalin died so NK and China was less comfident

27 July 1953

Armistice was signed but no peace treaty at Panmunjom