Korean war

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    Chinese Civil War

    after WWII, communist Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and non-communist Kuomintang ( KMT ) continued to fight for control over China, ending with communist victory

  • USSR withdrawal from North Korea

    North Korea was left under the control of Kim Il Sung's communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK )

  • US withdrawal from South Korea

    South Korea was left under the control of Syngman Rhee's democratic Republic of Korea ( ROK )

  • Taedong River Border Skirmish

    South Korean warships attacked North Korean warships at the Taedong River

  • USSR Atomic Bomb

    the USSR successfully denoted its first atomic bomb, reaching military parity with the US

  • China Becomes Communist

    Chinese Communist Party overthrew the Kuomintang and China became a communist state

  • US Defensive Perimeter Speech

    In the US Defence Perimeter SPeech, the US declared that the US containment policy would not include South Korea.

  • North Korea Invasion on South Korea

    North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and attacked South Korea, triggering the Korean War.