Korea and Vietnam War

  • Japanese are kicked out

    After their defeat in WWII, the Japanese are kicked out of Vietnam. The Vietnamese see this as a chance to gain independence.
  • 38th Parrallel

    Creation of the 38th parallel, a division of South and North Korea.
  • france vs vietnam

    The war between the French and the Vietnamese begin.
  • US and Soviets remove troops from korea

    The US and and the Soviet union remove their army from Korea.
  • begining of korean war

    North Korean leader Kim II Snug, travels to Moscow to ask personally Joseph Stalin for his permission to attack South Korea. This was the beginning of the Korean War.
  • UN sends force to South Korea

    The UN send an international force to stop the invasion to support South Korea.
  • North Korean forces cross the border

    North Korean forces cross the border (the 38th parallel) and attack South Korea.
  • Douglas Macarthur's Surprise attack

    After North Korea advanced into south Korea, Douglas Macarthur led a surprising attack towards North Korea, pushing their forces away.
  • Standoff at the 38th parrallel

    Standoff at the 38th parrallel
    North korea Swept across the 38th parrallel and surprise attacked the south. Within days the North Korean army reached deep into the south. Truman compared the North Koreans behavior to hitlers agression and truman resolved to help South Korea resist communism
  • North Korea Continues to Advance

    North Korea Continues to Advance
    North Korea controlled the entire Korean peninsula except for Pusan in the SouthEast.
  • China sends troops to north korea

    When the UN forces push the North Korean forces until the Chinese border, the Chinese send 200,000 troops into North Korea to fight back.
  • China defends North korea

    The Chinese forces push South Korean troops out of North Korea and capture the South Korean capital. Macarthur proposes a nuclear attack towards the Chinese, but the US President Truman saw this as very dangerous and so removed him immediately from the army.
  • UN has authority over South Korea

    Fighting continues and UN troops obtain authority over South Korea.
  • Agreement

    The UN and South Korea sign an agreement of a border that divided North and South Korea, that was in fact not that far from the original 38th parallel.
  • France surrenders

    The French forces surrender to Ho Chi Minh.
  • International Peace Conference

    International Peace Conference that divided Vietnam into the North which was led by Ho Chi Minh’s communist government, and the South which was an anti-communist government set by the US and france and led by Diem.
  • Diem Is murdered

    Diem was murdered after his dictatorship.
  • Us fights back

    After the North Vietnamese had attacked the US ships, the US fights back and sends soldiers.
  • vietnam

    Soldiers send to war.
  • The war ends

    The war between North and South Vietnam ended.