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Period: to
Korean War
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Successful Soviet Testing of bomb
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Fall of China
China fell to communism on October 1949. -
Stalin agreed to Kim's invasion plans
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Dean Acheson's Perimeter Speech
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"Russia would not directly involve"
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Stalin sent military supplies and advisers
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CHANGE OF POLICY: defend taiwan straits from Mao Zedong
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North Korea Invasion
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US sponsored resolution + USSR boycots
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USA moved troops from Japan to SK
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China joins in
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Communists launched counter offensive
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Operation Killer
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Operation Ripper
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Macarthur Fired
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Peacetalks began
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West Germany Rearmament
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US increased defence by 7x in 1950
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Stalin died
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Syngman Rhee 27000 POWs released
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Armistice
