CHINA AND KOREA

Spread of Communism

Korea

Taiwan

Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong

CHINA

Chiang Kai-shek Mao Zedong

NationalistsS. & E ChinaSupport of USFailing economyInefficient

CommunistsN. ChinaSupport of SovietsSupport of peasants

CHINA

Civil War

Civil war after WWII

US favored the Nationalists

1944-1947 US as peacekeeper But didn’t negotiate peace

US sent 2 billion in aid

Runnnn!

Taiwan

Taiwan

May 1949China Nationalists fled to Taiwan

…20 years later Communists took over all of China

People’s Republic of ChinaUS refused to accept them

Korean War

Brief Background

Japan annexed Korea in 1910

In 1945 Japan surrendered to US and Soviet Union

And this created…

38th Parallel

• Two nations developed

• One communist

• One democratic

North Korea South Korea

CommunistKim Il SungCapital: Pyongyang

1948DemocraticSyngman RheeCapital: Seoul

Two Korea’s

Soviets provided…

Korean War

June 25, 1950

Surprise attack by N. Korea

S. Korea appealed to United Nations

June 27 US troops committed to help Under General Douglas MacArthur

Clash

Gen. MacArthur is fired by Truman over China

http://www.history.com/topics/korean-war/videos/truman-sacks-general-macarthur

Sept. 1950 Sept-Oct. 1950 Nov. 1950 -Jan. 1951

Cease Fire

• June 23, 1951 by Soviets

• Signed July 1953

• 38th parallel & demilitarized zone

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Life in the 50’s

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War Games