Mitchell Korean War

  • Japanese rule

    Japanese rule
    Japanese stay in power in the Korean Peninsula until the end of WWII
  • 38th parallel

    The border between N and S Korea
  • non-free elections

    non-free elections
    These elections were seriously rigged
  • Communist North

    Kim Ill Sung is elected for the communist north side
  • Mao Zedong becomes communist leader of China

    Mao Zedong becomes communist leader of China
    Mao Zedong was just as evil and he will eventually be apart of the Korean war
  • North Korean Invasion

    The north's army was bigger and stronger than the south's
  • Inchou

    Inchou
    Douglas MacArthur played a big part in this
  • PyongYoug captured

    This North Korean city was captured by South Korea. They captured it by using bombs. They had the help from the United States.
  • Chinese 1st phase

    Chinese 1st phase
    A bridgehead building operation with limited offensives against only the South Korean forces while avoiding contacts with the US forces
  • MacArthur dismissed by Truman

    MacArthur is dismissed because he starts getting careless with his actions in the army.
  • Seoul falls again

    Seoul, a South Korean city is air raided.
  • Seoul recaptured

    Seoul recaptured
    The city is recaptured after already falling once.
  • Armistice

    Armistice
    North and South Korea sign an armistice to agree to end fighting, although both sides will continue to disagree for years and years to come