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USSR occupy NK. USA occupy SK
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USA and USSR withdrew their troops from Korea
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MacArthur’s assessment of the RoK army -> Rhee unable to launch an invasion
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Local conflict: skirmishes along 38th Parallel, 400 soldiers were killed in that month.
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Soviet successful testing of the Atomic Bomb -> American atomic monopoly was over & strengthen USSR's position with respect to USA.
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China turn communist. Stalin hope that CCP will promote communism to asia
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Truman wanted to establish atomic superiority -> Nuclear arms race
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Dean Acheson's defence perimeter speech: USA implied that they consider Korea outside of its defence parameter in the Far East.
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Stalin cautiously agreed to Kim's invasion plans
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Sino-Soviet Treaty (30-year mutual assistance treaty)
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April 1950: *Proposal for NSC 68 -> Ultimate aim of the downfall of Soviet Union Proposed a substantial increase in military strength (Wasn’t implemented at first, gradual implementation over 2 years)
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Stalin gave military supplies to Kim
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NK invades SK
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Korean War
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US sponsored a resolution in the UN Secutiry Council calling for military action against NK
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Truman ordered American troops stationed in Japan into Korea
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orth Korea pushed beyond the 38th parallel
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UN occupied only Pusan; Mac Arthur pushed the war back to the 38th parallel -> Truman gave the green light to cross the border (∆ from containment to rollback)
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Security Concerns: China joins in the fight (260,000 men) when MacArthur led the US armed forces across the Yalu River (border of China).
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Truman’s refusal to use atomic weapons on China
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Counter-offensive by the communist -> reoccupation of Pyongyang andrecapturing of Seoul
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Operation Killer
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Operation Ripper: pushed the communist behind the 38th parallel, started a stalemate in the war
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Truman relieved McArthur from his post
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PEACE TALK
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End of US occupation of West Germany and Japan
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Stalin's Death
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Armistice between North and South Korea -> “End” of the Korean War
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