KOREAN WAR
ARTIFACTS
1950 - Vought F4U-4B Corsair
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October 1950 - Chinese UniformsThe threat that China was going to enter the Korean War was not a huge threat to Truman, so he ordered his troops to head north towards Yalu River but to avoid any contact with the Chinese. The U.N. had become a threat to China, they feared that they would continue into China instead of simply stopping at the border. China’s response to this imposing threat was to send 200-250,000 troops into North Korea and forced the Americans back past the 38th parallel. The Americans weren’t able to cross the 38th parallel again until April, 1951.
-Stefanie Bartels |
April 11, 1951 - General MacArthur’s UniformMacArthur was well known not only for his large ego and being a mama’s boy, but also for his willingness to use atomic weapons in the war and being insubordinate towards orders from Truman. This insubordination put doubt into Truman’s head that MacArthur should have the word on whether atomic weapons should or should not be used in a time of need. Truman decided that MacArthur would not continue to do well as a General and removed him from power on April 11, 1951.
-Stefanie Bartels |
july 27,1953 - The Armistice lineAfter the Korean War more than 5 million people died, including 4 million Koreans (North and South), 1 million Chinese, and almost 37,000 Americans. The outcome had stopped the spread of communism in Korea. The U.S. increased their military by a lot, marking the early stages of the arms race that would continue in the future. Between 1951-1953, scattered battles occurred until the war ended in July of 1953. On July 27, 1953 an armistice line was agreed upon was close to the original border of North and South Korea of the 38th parallel.
-Josie Parks |
Kim family legacy
Kim Il-Sung (bottom left) was the leader of North Korea for about 46 years from 1948-1994, ending his career with his death. Immediately after his death his son, Kim Jong-il (top left and middle top) took over his position keeping his spot until his death in 2011. From there his son, Kim Jong-un (Top right and bottom right) took over and is still the current leader of North Korea.
-Stefanie Bartels |
The Joint Chiefs of StaffThe Joint Chiefs of Staff is a group of people with the chief of staff from every military group and a additional high-ranking officer from each group. It is a group of uniformed leaders in the United States Department of Defense who advise the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the Homeland Security Council and the National Security
Council on military matters. -Josie Parks |
Summaries
With the U.N. and American Forces attempting to push back and contain communism in North Korea, becoming a larger and larger threat to China, they decided to send their men into battle. Now China feared that the U.N. would not stop at the border of North Korea and China, and continue into China to continue their communism containment plans. China however did not like this and decided to send their men into North Korea and stop the Americans. They did this by surrounding their camp and waking them up early morning with bugles and scaring the living daylights out of the Americans. They ended up pushing the Americans back past the 38th parallel and kept them there until the Americans were able to re-cross again. One of the Generals for the American army was General Macarthur, he believed in the use of atomic weapons and had a reputation for insubordination. He and Truman had both agreed on the use of atomic weapons if the situation arose, but Truman was starting to feel uneasy with his trust of MacArthur. He got approval from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to remove General MacArthur for he truly did not trust him at the hand of the country's atomic weapons. These two events contributed greatly to the Korean war, first because China’s suspicion of the U.N. and their forces had grown so much they decided to send in their own men to stop them and maintain the control of their country. Second because it showed how much America valued the person who was in control of their atomic weapons and that the fear of an atomic war, made any slight malfunctions stick in their mind.
-Stefanie Bartels
The Korean War began when America’s fear of the spread of communism grew to a point where they went to great lengths to contain the communism in Korea. When North Korea crossed the 38th parallel and began pushing U.N. forces down to the Pusan Perimeter, General MacArthur decided to push back by landing at Inchon, which is close to the 38th parallel and the capital, Seoul. Gen. MacArthur's decision proved to be successful because by October of 1950, North Korea had been pushed completely out of South Korea. Also in October 1950, China entered the war because they feared that the U.N. forces would continue into China once the border of Korea was passed. While China feared the spread of capitalism would continue into China, U.N. forces feared the spread of communism in Korea. Because they feared this, after North Korea pushed the U.N. forces into the Pusan Perimeter, the U.N. forces fought back to keep the capitalism in South Korea. Communist and noncommunist countries constantly feared the other would try to contain or take the communism or capitalism over which lead to mistrust between nations.
-Josie Parks
-Josie Parks