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History
History(The Korean war)
Question | Answer |
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When was Korea divided into two zones? | After Japan's defeat in world war II |
Who led the communist North of Korea? | Kim IL Sung |
Who led the pro-western government of south Korea? | Syngman Rhee |
What happened in June 1950? | North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to reunite the country |
The UN saw that war was occurring what did they do? | The UN declared North Korea to be the aggressor and sent an international army, mainly of Americans to south Korea. In September 1050 a UN force under the command of Douglas MacArthur landed at Inchon |
What did Douglas MacArthur do? | He pushed the north Koreans back almost as far as the Yalu River |
Who was the leader of China at the time? | Mao Tse Tung(Communist) |
Why was MacArthur fired? | He wanted to end the war quickly by dropping an atomic bomb. This idea was rejected by Truman who didnt want to risk and atomic war |
Who ordered the armistice(ceasefire)? | Dwight D Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev. It was signed in July 1953 |
What were the results of the Korean war? | The cold war had spread to Asia,almost four million people died(half of these were civilians) Korea remained dived even till today |