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Republicans Pressures on the Democrats
Democrats won the presidential elections and the republicans attempted to discredit Truman's foreign policy by claiming it was not tought against communism. Hence the democrats were blamed for the loss of China and accused of having closest communist. -
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History of Korean War
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Soviet Successful Testing of the Atomic Bomb
Soviets managed to detonate their first atomic bomb which ended US's atomic monopoly which had served as an advantage over USSR. -
The Fall of China
CCP won the Chinese Civil war and was considered China's lost to communism. -
Stalin agreement to the invasion
Stalin had cautiously agreed to Kim's invasion plan althought he warned Kim that Russian would not intervene directly in the conflict. -
Going to War
US sponsored a resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for military action against North Korea. 3 days later, Truman ordered American troops stationed in Japan into Korea. -
Clash between Truman & MacArthur
MacArthur was not happy fighting a limited war and since the priority was to drive the communist forces behind the 38th parallel. He was relieved off his command by Truman. -
Change in tide of war 1
A powerful counter attack, Operation Killer was launched -
Changing the tide of war 2
Operation RIpper followed -
Stalemate at the 38th parallel
Peace talks started but dragged on for 2 years due to 2 obstacles.
- Issue on the repatriation of POW
-Stalin influence Mao to extract further concessions in return for ending the war -
End of the Korean War
Death of Stalin and the compromise on the matter of repatriation led to an armistic in july 1953.
