Presentation about the Korean Crisis_slideshare.ppt

Presentation about the Korean Crisis_slideshare

1. WORLD
HISTORY

2. KEY QUESTION
To what extent was the
outbreak of the Korean
War due to Cold War
tensions?

3. CRISIS
North Korean Invasion of
South Korea 1950
https://www.bbc.com/news/10162283
https://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history
/conflicts/korean-war/korean-war/cold
-war-and-crisis-korea

4. North Korea Invades South
Korea, (1950)
•90,000 men from NoKor
invades SoKor (June 25,
1950)
•Evident of Soviet expansion
•US believed that NoKor
moved based from the order
of Stalin
•Failure to take move would
undermine US credibility
•Might lead to domino effect
•Used the same policy of
containment in Europe

5. North Korea Invades South
Korea, (1950)
“ If we let Korea down, Soviets will keep right on
going and swallow up one piece of Asia after
another… If we were to let Asia go, the Near East
would collapse and no telling what would happen in
Europe… Korea is like the Greece of the Far East .
If we are tough enough now, if we stand up to them
like we did in Greece three years ago, they won’t
take any more steps.”

6. North Korea Invades South
Korea, (1950)
•Military action against
NoKor
•Test of UN
•USA refused to allow
Communist China a seat
on the Council
•Resolution passed on June
27, 1950
•July 1, 1950 , US sent
troops in Korea

7. Why did NoKor invaded SoKor?
•Hot war
•First proxy war of Cold War
VIDEO
DOCUMENTARY

8. Background
•Japan’s annexation of
Korea in 1910
•Koreans were not
allowed to decide the
fate of Korea after WWII
•US and USSR had a
joint responsibility of
repatriation
•38
th
parallel
•Temporary

9. Background
•Provisional government
•International trusteeship /
supervision
•Full independence
HOWEVER…
•Both did not cooperate
•Syngman Rhee (rebel, leader in
exile)
•Kim Il Sung (Russian trained
Korean communist)
What’s the implications of
having these two leaders?

10. Background
•Division was decided in 1947
•Korean elections (UN
commission)
•ROK
•DPRK
•US supported with military and
economic aid
•Troops of both parties
•Left for Europe
•Perimeter Speech (Dean
Acheson)

11. WHY DID SUPERPOWERS GET
INVOLVE?
•Orthodox
view : due
to Stalin
•Revisionist
view : due
to US

12. What was the role of Kim Il Sung
in starting the war?
•Put a huge amount of effort
in persuading Stalin to back
an attack on the south
•Stalin had no interests at
the beginning
•The initiative came from
Pyongyang
•Truman’s administration
was wrong

13. What was the role of Stalin in
starting the war?
•Hopeful of the Soviet world
revolution
•Secure Soviet position in
Northeast Asia
•Stalin’s opportunism
•But Stalin remained
cautious
•Ask Mao

14. What was the role of Mao Zedong
in the outbreak of the war?
•Skeptical at first
•Planning to invade
Taiwan
•Would want
Stalin’s support
later on

15. John Lewis Gaddis, suggests that
the Korean War could be called “A
Comedy of Errors.”
Discuss what misconceptions
guided the thinking of Truman,
Stalin and Mao during the
planning and course of Korean
war.

16. The Course of the War
VIDEO CLIP

17. The Course of the War
•NoKor attacked SoKor
•UN forces came led by McArthur
•Retaken Seoul and driven the NoKor back to 38
th

parallel
•US Policy of “roll-back” (liberate NoKor and
reunite Korea)
•UN forces advanced and captured Pyongyang
•However… China sent men
•Pyongyang was recaptured
•NoKor recaptured all territories until the 38
th

parallel

18. The Course of the War
•Stalemate at 38
th
parallel
•Peace talks started in 1951 (repatriation of
prisoners of war)
•War continued for two years
•USA pressured China and threatened with
atomic bomb
•Military armistice signed at Panmunjom (July
1953)

19. ASSIGNMENT:
•Search for the results / effect of
Korean War to the following:
1. Actions of the United States
2. Korea
3. China
4. USSR
5. Southeast Asia

20. The Effects of the Korean War
on the Cold War
•Globalization of super power rivalry and
confrontation
•US vs USSR in Europe, Asia and developing
world
•Militarization of the Cold War
•Increased in defense expenditure
•Increased in Red army (2.8 million to 5.8
million fro 1950 – 1955)
Text Analysis

21. KEY QUESTION
To what extent was the
outbreak of the Korean
War due to Cold War
tensions?