THE KOREAN WAR

CONTAINMENT TESTED

• After WWII Korea was

occupied by

USSR(North)and USA

(South)

• USSR sends

tanks/weapons to North

to take over the south

• Truman puts stop to this

The War

• North Korea invaded

South

• General MacArthur

commanded UN military

to fight back

• September 1950-launch

surprise attack on N.K.

• 1/2 surrendered; the rest

retreated

Not Over Yet

• UN forces pushed N.K.

back close to China

• China gets a little angry

• sends troops

• MacArthur calls for a

nuclear attack

• Truman disagrees;

removes MacArthur

End of War

• 1952: UN took control of

S.K.

• New border set near 38th

parallel

• 4 million killed

VIETNAM WAR

Trouble in Vietnam

• Communism spread into

Vietnam led by Ho Chi

Minh

• North Vietnam-

Communist

• South Vietnam- Anti-

Communist

Domino Theory

• Containment Policy

dictated they end

communism

• US felt they must get

involved

• Domino Theory- if one

country fell then its

neighbors would follow

Conflict ensues • South Led by Ngo dihn

Diem

• People hated him

• Vietcong (communist S.V.)

had taken control of large

parts of S.V.

• Eventually Diem was

assassinated but others

were not liked either

• Risk of a Vietcong

takeover, US increases

involvement

US Enters Fight

• August 1964- LBJ sends troops to Vietnam

• 1965-185,000 troops

• 1968- 500,000 troops

• US had the best weapons and training

• but Vietcong were fighting at home

• popularity of S.V. decreased and influence of

N.V. and USSR increased which made it

harder for the US

War continued to be unpleasant

American public quickly grew to hate the war

Eventually US decided to withdraw (Nixon)

Nixon began withdrawing troops

More Work

• Nixon called for bombing to get rid of Vietcong

• last troops were pulled out in 1973

Post war Asia • Cambodia is messed up

• Khmer Rouge

• taken over by Pol Pot

• slaughter 2 million

people

• Regime was removed

and new ones put in

place

• wasn't until 1993 when

fighting was over

Post War Vietnam

• North took control of South and installed communist

government

• communism caused 1.5 million to flee

• many refugees came to America

• 1995, relations became less strained between US

and Vietnam