Korean War

Becky Gaines

3rd period

May 17th 2010

Korean War

Korean PeninsulaThe Korean Peninsula

is located is East Asia. It extends southwards

from the continent Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by

the Sea of Japan on the east and the Yellow Sea to the west. The

Korean War was fought throughout this land

mass.

38th Parallel

In 1948, the dividing line became the

boundary between the North and South Korea. On 25 June

1950, North Korean forces crossed the

parallel and invaded South Korea, leading

up to the Korean War.

Battle of InchonThe battle began on

September 15, 1950, and ended around September 17. The

battle ended a string of victories by the

invading North Korean People’s Army(NKPA). The UN recapture of

nearby Seoul partially severed NKPA's supply lines in South Korea.

Atomic Bomb TestingUN representatives

met in Tokyo to plan strategy countering

the Chinese intervention; they considered three potential atomic

warfare scenarios for the next few weeks

and months of warfare. Truman

wanted to use the A-Bomb to end the

Korean War.

General Douglas MacArthur

General Douglas McArthur led the United Nations Command in the Korean war from 1950-1951.

USS Missouri

Fought in the Korean War from 1950-1953.

It fought in many battles and helped

the US gain power in naval warfare.

USAF Attacks Railroads In the resulting Battle of Pusan

Perimeter (1950), the US Army withstood KPA attacks meant to

capture the city. The United States Air force (USAF)

interrupted KPA logistics with 40 daily ground explosions that destroyed 32 bridges, halting most daytime road and rail

traffic, which was forced to hide in tunnels and move only at

night. To deny material to the KPA, the USAF destroyed

logistics depots, petroleum refineries, and harbors, while

the US Navy air forces attacked transport hubs.

Massacre President Syngman Rhee's

régime assassinated its "enemies of the state"—South Koreans suspected of being

communists, pro-North Korea, and leftist—by imprisoning

them for political re-education in the Gukmin Bodo

Ryeonmaeng (National Rehabilitation and Guidance

League, also known as the Bodo League) The assassination of

around 10,000 to 100,000 "enemies of the state" were

dumped in trenches, mines, and the sea, before and after the 25

June 1950 North Korean invasion.

Operation Glory Occurred after the war

throughout July and November of 1954. Allowed combatant

countries to exchange their dead. The remains of

4,167 US Army and US Marine Corps dead were

exchanged for 13,528 KPA and PVA dead, and 546

civilians dead in UN prisoner-of-war camps

were delivered to the ROK government.