Expansion of the Cold War (The Korean War)

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  • USSR occupy NK. USA occupy SK

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  • USA and USSR withdrew their troops from Korea

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  • MacArthur’s assessment of the RoK army -> Rhee unable to launch an invasion

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  • Local conflict: skirmishes along 38th Parallel, 400 soldiers were killed in that month.

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  • Soviet successful testing of the Atomic Bomb -> American atomic monopoly was over & strengthen USSR's position with respect to USA.

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  • China turn communist. Stalin hope that CCP will promote communism to asia

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  • Truman wanted to establish atomic superiority -> Nuclear arms race

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  • Dean Acheson's defence perimeter speech: USA implied that they consider Korea outside of its defence parameter in the Far East.

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  • Stalin cautiously agreed to Kim's invasion plans

  • Sino-Soviet Treaty (30-year mutual assistance treaty)

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  • April 1950: *Proposal for NSC 68 -> Ultimate aim of the downfall of Soviet Union Proposed a substantial increase in military strength (Wasn’t implemented at first, gradual implementation over 2 years)

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    Stalin gave military supplies to Kim

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  • NK invades SK

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    Korean War

  • US sponsored a resolution in the UN Secutiry Council calling for military action against NK

  • Truman ordered American troops stationed in Japan into Korea

  • orth Korea pushed beyond the 38th parallel

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  • UN occupied only Pusan; Mac Arthur pushed the war back to the 38th parallel -> Truman gave the green light to cross the border (∆ from containment to rollback)

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  • Security Concerns: China joins in the fight (260,000 men) when MacArthur led the US armed forces across the Yalu River (border of China).

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  • Truman’s refusal to use atomic weapons on China

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  • Counter-offensive by the communist -> reoccupation of Pyongyang andrecapturing of Seoul

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  • Operation Killer

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  • Operation Ripper: pushed the communist behind the 38th parallel, started a stalemate in the war

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  • Truman relieved McArthur from his post

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    PEACE TALK

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  • End of US occupation of West Germany and Japan

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  • Stalin's Death

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  • Armistice between North and South Korea -> “End” of the Korean War

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