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Chinese Civil War
after WWII, communist Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) and non-communist Kuomintang ( KMT ) continued to fight for control over China, ending with communist victory -
USSR withdrawal from North Korea
North Korea was left under the control of Kim Il Sung's communist Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ) -
US withdrawal from South Korea
South Korea was left under the control of Syngman Rhee's democratic Republic of Korea ( ROK ) -
Taedong River Border Skirmish
South Korean warships attacked North Korean warships at the Taedong River -
USSR Atomic Bomb
the USSR successfully denoted its first atomic bomb, reaching military parity with the US -
China Becomes Communist
Chinese Communist Party overthrew the Kuomintang and China became a communist state -
US Defensive Perimeter Speech
In the US Defence Perimeter SPeech, the US declared that the US containment policy would not include South Korea. -
North Korea Invasion on South Korea
North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and attacked South Korea, triggering the Korean War.