Korean War

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  1. 2. Due to USSR support for the North and the lack of US military support to the south, there is a strategic ______ between the North and the South.
  2. 4. Leader of South Korea. He was elected by the people and turned out to be a brutal leader intolerant of his opponents. Given the strong communist influence in the North and the fear of a communist take over of South Korea, US supported him.
  3. 6. Both the leaders of North and South Korea were supportive of unification through _____.
  4. 7. This pact gave China more confidence in directly supporting North Korea if their invasion wasnt successful because the pact gave them security. For USSR they would support North Korea because China would provide direct support if the invasion wasn't successful.
  5. 10. This state of affair which refers to USA and USSR both having nuclear weapons in 1949 gave the Soviet Union for confidence in providing support to a potential NK invasion of the South.
  6. 11. When NK invaded on 25th June 1950, they managed to push South Korean forces to ____.
  7. 13. This US general was dismissed for his insubordination. He criticised President Truman and refused to obey Truman's intention to limit the war.
  8. 16. It is important that Korea is communist because it acts as a ______ against capitalist forces for communist china and to some extent USSR.
  9. 18. the conference which allied forces agreed to divide the Korean peninsula into 2 at the 38th parallel after the defeat of the occupying Japan.
  10. 19. In 1947 this organisation called for elections in Korea. The North refused to allow for elections while the South did.
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  1. 1. The NSC-68 report concluded that USSR was set against the US. USA should increase its military capability and respond ______ if USSR acted aggressively.
  2. 3. Both North and South did not exclude the use of force for unification. One attack by the South is the attack on NK's military installation at the mouth of _______. It failed and proved that the South was weak.
  3. 5. This US president was keen on armistice as he promised his electorate that. He pressured NK and China by telling them that US will use nuclear weapons if they do not agree to the armistice.
  4. 8. In 1954 ______ passed away and the new leadership of USSR was keen to reach an armistice agreement.
  5. 9. Leader of North Korea, installed by USSR.
  6. 12. The _______ talks between 1951 and 1953 were unsuccessful because different sides have different desires. For example the Communist wanted the division to be at the 38th Parallel while the SK and UN wanted to be along the battle lines. NK and SK were also very reluctant to accept an _______ as they wanted unification.
  7. 14. US decided to led a UN force to repeal the communist invasion so as to support the _______ of the UN. That is in addition to their intention to fight communism (see NSC-68).
  8. 15. US forces pushed the communism towards _______ despite Chinese warning. China directly contributed directly in the war leading to a series of stalemate before the end of war.
  9. 17. The communist chinese saw USA as a threat as USA supported _____ during the Chinese Civil War.