Korean War Timeline 1950-1953
President Eisenhower is elected
N. Korean forces pushed back across 38th parallel
Truman dismiss General MacArthur
US led UN forces are routed
N. Korea invades S. Korea
PRC send forces over border into Korea
N. Korea invades S. Korea
- Both North and South Korean nations couldnt agree on the same terms because each wanted its own terms.
- The influence for North Korea was commmunism and the influence for South Korea was pro- American and anti communist.
UN forces land at Inchon
- MacArthurs plan was to cut off forces by bypassing enemy strongholds with an amphibious assault.
- MacArthur ganied Trumans support and was able to take Inchon and the South Korean capital Seoul.
N. Korean forces pushed back across 38th parallel
- North Korean forces pushed back across 38th parallel because the new aim was the destruction of the North Korean armed forces.
- America and South Korea desired revenge due to all the deaths and wounded.
PRC send forces over border into Korea
- China entered the Korean War.
- China was motivated so join because they had been exploited and humiliated by other countries and this could give them a chance to re- establish them selfs.
US led UN forces are routed
- America led UN force by General Douglas MacArthur who landed at Inchon and quickly liberated Seoul.
- This made the North Korean amry fallback.
- Inchon was a success and the UN wanted to unify Korea by force.
PRC forces retake Seoul
- Chinese took over Seoul, and this advance 85km further South.
- UN launched forces for retaking Seoul and pushing and this made the Chinese get pushed back across the 38th parallel before communist offensives regained some of this lost territory.
Truman dismiss General MacArthur
- MacArthur was dismissed due to opposing the Truman's doctrine of containment.
- He violated the JCS directive that all goverment officails had to obtain.
- Many MacArthur supporters wanted to impeach Truman.
- China proposed the armistice in 1951 and wasnt signed until 1953 and was communist who wanted to defect to the Free World.
- Truman refused that communist POWs to return into China.
President Eisenhower is elected
- Eisenhower won a landslide victory over Democrat Adlai Stevenson II, due to this it had ended Democratic party wins that stretched back to 1932.
- Truman proposed that he and Eisenhower run together on the Democratic ticket, but. Eisenhower rejected his proposal.
Ceasefire agreed
- The ceasefire agreedment was use because the nations considered using atomic bombs and it would harm poeple.
- And it would have had conflict with millions of soldiers and wasnt enough millitary.
Stalin death
- Stalin suffered from series of strokes.
- Due to Stalins death it had made a change for the Soviet Union.