Korean War Timeline

By CoriHughes

  • Autumn Uprising

    A insurrection that took place in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces, China, establishing short-lived Hunan Soviet

  • Yalta Conference

    A meeting of the heads of government of the U.S, U.K., and the soviet Union.

  • Potsdam Conference

    Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and U.S. President Harry Truman met in Potsdam, to negotiate terms for the end of World War 2

  • United Nations Established

  • Truman Doctrine Announced

    New American policy announced to contain the spread of Communism around the world

  • Chinese Revolution of 1949

    Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the peoples republic of China

  • Mungyeong Massacre

    Massacre conducted by 2nd and 3rd platoon

  • North Korea Invades South Korea

    Was the start of the Korean war and the firsst military action of the Cold War.

  • EisenHower Elected

    Republican Dwight Eisenhower won by a landslide in the presidential election

  • DMZ Created

    The Armistice Agreement as each side agreed to move their troops back 2,200 yards from the front line.