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Japanese occupation of Korea begins
The Japanese ruled with an iron fist and attempted to root out all elements of Korean culture from society. People were forced to adopt Japanese names, convert to the Shinto religion, and were forbidden to use Korean language in schools and business. The Japanese were extremely unfair, seating them on high-class seats like a business administrator, while Koreans twere paid for difficult and dangerous work. Koreans were suppressed constantly but were eventually freed from the Japanese in 1945. -
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"Chinese Winter Offensive"
It was engagements between the National Revolutionary Army and Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. -
World War 2 ends
World War 2 in Europe ended with the surrender of Germany. In the East, the war ended when Japan surrendered on August 14th, signing their surrender on September 2nd. -
Korea is divided into the 38th parallel by the US and Soviet Union
Since the Soviets occupied the northern part of the country the US wanted to create a US occupation zone, so the US government officials drew an evenly divided line between north and south. The evenly divided line became official on August, 1945. -
UN/South Korean troops crossed the border into North Korea
At the 38th Parallel, otherwise the DMZ, there is high military watch. The South is not suppose to cross into the North. When crossed they would be killed on the spot. -
Korean War begins/North Korean troops attack South Korea
The Korean War began when some 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950. After some early back-and-forth across the 38th parallel, the fighting stalled and casualties mounted. With these casualities there was nothing to show for it. Some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during this war. The Korean peninsula is still divided today. -
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Battle of Pusan Perimeter
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Battle in Inchon/General Mac Arthur's Amphibious Landing
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China enters the Korean War
In some of the fiercest fighting of the Korean War, thousands of communist Chinese troops launch massive counterattacks against U.S. and Republic of Korea troops,. This idrove the Allied forces before them and put an end to any thoughts for a quick or conclusive U.S. victory. -
President Eisenhower visits Korea, fulfilling his campaign promise
Dwight D. Eisenhower goes to Korea to see whether he can find the key to ending the Korean War. During the campaign of 1952, Eisenhower was critical of the Truman administration’s foreign policy. Truman challenged Eisenhower to come up with an alternate policy. Eisenhower responded with the startling announcement that if he were elected, he would personally go to Korea. -
Cease-fire is signed
The cease-fire was signed by North Korean and Chinese military leaders on one side, and by the U.S.-led United Nations command on the other. -
Korean War is officially over
According to many, the Korean War has not ended. Fighting inKorean may have stopped with a cease-fire in July 1953, but North and South Korea have remained in a tense state with just a hair trigger away.
