Transcript THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953 - CO

ARRANGE IN ORDER BY DATE
. E. DESERT STORM
. B. WORLD WAR I
. D. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
. F. KOREAN WAR
. A. WORLD WAR II
. C. AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR
THE KOREAN WAR
1950 - 1953
. FIRST BATTLE OF THE COLD
WAR
. AMERICA’S FORGOTTEN
WAR
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
. KNOW WHAT (WHEN) THE KOREAN WAR WAS
. KNOW WHERE KOREA IS AND IT’S STRATEGIC
IMPORTANCE
. UNDERSTAND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO WORLD WAR II
AND THE COLD WAR
. UNDERSTAND WHAT CAUSED THE WAR.
. DISCUSS WHO THE MAIN COMBATANTS WERE
. KNOW WHO THE WAR LEADERS WERE AND THEIR
OBJECTIVES
. SIGNIFIGANCE OF THE McARTHUR FIRING
. KNOW WHAT WAS AT STAKE IN THE CONFLICT
. UNDERSTAND HOW THE WAR ‘ENDED’ AND IT’S
IMPACT ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS TODAY
. DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN TOTAL AND LIMITED WAR
. KOREAN WAR VOCABULARY
LIMITED WAR
. LIMITED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
. TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ONE’S ENEMY IS NOT THE
INTENDED RESULT
. SOMETIMES LIMITED RESOURCES ARE COMMITTED
. SOMETHING LESS THAN ONE’S TOTAL MILITARY
MIGHT IS COMMITTED
. LIMITED WARS USUALLY HAVE FAR LESS PUBLIC
SUPPORT THAN TOTAL WARS
WORLD WAR II COMBATANTS
. ALLIES
. UNITED STATES
. AXIS POWERS
. GERMANY
. SOVIET UNION
. GREAT BRITAIN
. JAPAN
. FRANCE
. CHINA
. ITALY
THE COLD WAR
THE POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND
MILITARY RIVALRY BETWEEN THE
UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET
UNION
LASTED FROM 1948-1989
KOREA= FIRST HOT WAR OF THE
COLD WAR
*NEITHER SIDE WANTED ANOTHER WORLDWIDE HOT
WAR
WHERE IS KOREA LOCATED?
THE MAIN PERSONALITIES
KIM IL SUNG
JOSEPH STALIN
MAO TSE TUNG
HARRY S. TRUMAN
PRE-WAR KOREA
THE KOREAN PENENSULA
KOREAN WAR BACKGROUND
KOREA, BY AGREEMENT, TEMPORARILY DIVIDED ALONG
THE 38TH PARALLEL, TO BE REUNITED AFTER FIVE YEARS
SOVIETS INSTALLED COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT IN THE
NORTH; U.S. INSTALLED A DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT IN
THE SOUTH
EACH DESIRED TO BRING THE OTHER UNDER THEIR FORM
OF GOVERNMENT
TWO YEARS OF GUERELLA WARFARE ENSUED ACROSS
THE BORDER
UNLIKE THE NORTH; THE SOUTH WAS MILITARILY WEAK
BECAUSE THE U.S. FEARED THEY WOULD ATTACK THE
NORTH IF THEY HAD THE CAPABILITY
JUNE 25, 1950, WITH SOVIET EQUIPMENT, THE NORTH
LAUNCHED A FULL ATACK AGAINST THE SOUTH
COURSE OF THE WAR
CONDUCT OF THE WAR
UNITED NATIONS FORCES;
LED BY THE U.S RESPONDED
FINALLY DROVE NKPA BACK
TO CHINES BORDER
THOUSANDS OF CHINESE
ENTER THE WAR THEREBY
EXTENDING IT TO A THREE
YEAR CONFLICT
MILITARY STALEMATE
EXISTED
POW REPATRIATION – MAJOR
STUMBLING BLOCK
U.S THREATENED TO USE
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
HOSTILITIES CEASED ALMOST
WHERE WAR STARTED
THE LEGACY OF KOREA
PROXY WAR- NOT U.S. AND SOVIETS
FIRST WAR OF COLD WAR
FIRST WAR OF THE ‘NUCLEAR AGE’
FIRST CONFLICT UNDER CONTROL OF
UNITED NATIONS.
FIRST JET-TO-JET AERIAL COMBAT
U.S. FORCES COMMITTED WITHOUT
CONSENT OF THE CONGRESS
MOST FAMOUS CINC AND MILITARY
COMANDER CONFRONTATION IN U.S.
HISTORY
54,229 AMERICANS KIA; 103,248
WOUNDED; 8,142 MIA
FIGHTING STOPPED WITH NO PEACE
TREATY
CONFLICT MAYBE TERMINATED DUE TO
DEATH OF JOSEPH STALIN
CHINESE AND U.S. CLAIMED THEY DID
NOT LOSE
NORTH KOREA REMAINS A MAJOR
THREAT TO WORLD PEACE
McARTHUR OR TRUMAN
THE COMMANDER IN THE FIELD OR THE PRESIDENT
MOST POWERFUL GENERAL
IN AMERICAN HISTORY
MEDAL OF HONOR WINNER
FIVE STAR GENERAL
YOUNGEST ARMY CHIEF OF
STAFF IN U.S. HISTORY
COMMANDER OF ALL ALLIED
FORCES IN PACIFIC IN WW II
COMMANDER OF ALL U.N
FORCES COMMITTED TO
KOREA
FIRED BY PRESIDENT
TRUMAN FOR
INSUBORDINATION
WHO’S REALLY IN CHARGE?
VOCABULARY
. 38TH PARALLEL
. UNITED NATIONS
.COLD WAR
.ARMISTICE
.DEMILITARIZED ZONE
(DMZ)
. POW .PROXY
STALEMATE .VAACUM
PENENSULA
LIMITED WAR
NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
REPATRIATION