Many people skip directly over Korea and move into Vietnam when they think of global conflicts after World War II. In fact, the Korean Conflict (so-called because America never officially declared war on North Korea) is often called the "Forgotten War".
For this week's blog, you are going to watch this video which gives the basic details of the Korean Conflict.
For the comment section, create a Top-10 List of the ten most important facts you learned about this global event. (100 words)
Then, write a 100 word summary answering this question: If the Korean Conflict is so important to the history of the U.S., why is it a "forgotten" war?
Top 10 Facts:
ReplyDeleteJapanese occupation over Korean people was bad because they were forced to labor, prostitution, they tried to eradicate the Korean language and Korean culture during WW2.
U.S. and Japan stopped at the 38 parallel for the split to Korea (Germany Was over it).
Elections were basically rigged in Korea
Syngman Rhee come to power and the U.S. like him because he’s not a communist
war Truman had a hard time trying to control McArthur
The U.S. plan was to outflank the Koreans with McArthur being a genius
Truman slowed McArthur down
Truman wanted limited war
Truman wanted no communism in Asia
McArthur did not want to listen to Truman
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Summary:
The Korean War (aka the lost war) is the forgotten war around the world. The first reason why it is the forgotten war is that the war began right after a major war in the U.S. so many countries were more focused on fixing there countries instead of another war happening. Another reason is the lack of public attention before after the war. Lastly, because the Vietnam war succeed it and that was a big battle everyone was worried about. To conclude this battle came in between two big wars, so it didn’t get much attention. Many people didn’t notice it because we were too busy trying to fix countries and other things. (Word Count:118)
In early 1900s the Korean Peninsula was occupied by the Japanese military.
ReplyDelete1910 the Korean Peninsula was annexed into the Japanese Empire.
The Japanese empire stays in power of the Korean Peninsula until after the Second World War.
The Japanese occupation was not pleasant to the Korean People.
The Japanese occupation subjugated the Korean people.
The Japanese occupation tried to eradicate the Korean language.
The Japanese occupation also tried to eradicate the Korean culture as well.
After the Second World War the north of Korea become under the influence of the Soviets.
Below the 38th parallel became under the influence of the United States.
Kim il Sung begins a communist dictatorship in the North of Korea. ( 116 words)
The Korean War is basically forgotten because of how minor the Korean war was compared to The major war of World War Two. The second reason why the Korean War is forgotten by most people is that most Americans do not really know anything about the Korean War and that it is not on their minds all of the time. The third and most important reason why the Korean War is almost forgotten by many people is because the Korean War is more important to the Korean history than it is to the United States history in my own opinion. (100 words)
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ReplyDeleteKorean War:
ReplyDelete•The Korean Peninsula was “occupied by Japan” and in 1910 it was “annexed” by Japan. -dude from video
•The Japanese were cruel to the Koreans: “forced labor, forced prostitution, and (attempted) to eradicate the Korean language.”
•After the war, what is now known as North Korea is basically controlled by the Soviets
•Kim II Sung becomes in charge of North Korea
•North Korea becomes a “communist dictatorship”
•The United States took the lower half of Korea, now known as South Korea
•Syngman Rhee takes control/rule/in charge of South Korea and wasn’t a communist
•“The Korean War turns into a game of risk”-the literal game-North vs. South
•The Chinese fight alongside North Korea because they too want everything to be in communist rule-everyone and everything be communist
•“Even to this day North and South Korea are at a constant state of war” (146)
This is my personal opinion and this is just one. My thought: I think that America wasn’t too involved with the Koreans. To fill it, as an American, I don’t know what’s happening outside of my country, and sadly even in my own country. Besides, enemies and allies, countries gaze upon themselves rather than the others around them. What I mean is, they weren’t America’s priority. From the point of view of North and South Korea, this war is their priority. It’s mainly become a Korean problem and not an American or someone else’s problem( unless they involved themselves), and I know that that sounds bad but that’s my personal opinion. Too much was happening while this was happening. (119)
Top facts:
ReplyDeleteThe north becomes under the influence of the soviets, everything underneath the 38th parallel goes under the influence of the US
Kim IL Sung set up a communist dictatorship in the north
Syngman Rhee takes over North Korea and is not a communist dictator so him and Kim IL Sung battle it out
this is all happening around 1945-1950
The army in the north is extremely stronger than the south so they invade
The US then creates the Pusan Perimeter and is able to build up lots of troops within the Pusan Perimeter
The UN then goes under control of General Douglas MacArthur
the korean war just starts to become a game of risk it’s just essentially back and forth between the communist in the north against the americans in the south
pyongyang captured
chinese cross the yalin river and push back the americans for south korea
the negotiations took 2 years so in July 27, 1953 for an armistice and have stopped fighting but are still in a state of war
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Summary:
The Korean war was between the communist North Korea and the democratic South Korea. The war is often known as “the forgotten war” for many reasons. Firstly, it is overshadowed but World War 2 and Vietnam. Because of the other wars going on around the time there was no light on the Korean war and got no “publicity” you could say. Most people were more focused on the Vietnam War since it was a bigger battle. There were so many other battles and wars going on along with trying to fix other countries no one noticed Korea fighting each other. North and South never settled the war instead an armistice came into counter. North and South Korea are still in war to this day.
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The Korean War began on June 25, 1950, when the military forces of North Korea crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. Sixteen members of the United Nations, including Canada, would contribute combat forces under United States command to defend South Korea.
ReplyDeleteCanadians saw action in the Battle of Kapyong on April 24 and 25, 1951. Despite fierce enemy attacks, they maintained their position. Ten Canadians were killed and 23 were wounded in the battle.
Hill 355, known as “Little Gibraltar,” was the scene of bitter fighting in late October 1952. Under intense enemy bombardment and assault, the Canadian soldiers there held their ground.
On October 2, 1952, HMCS Iroquois was exchanging fire with an enemy gun battery on shore when the ship took a direct hit. Three Canadian sailors died and ten were wounded in the explosion.
The Korean War provided an early victory for a secret American signals intelligence agency.
The Korean War never ended.
The United States had dropped the Bomb only five years earlier, and was ready to do it again.
The 38th parallel is a recurring theme before, during, and after the war (188)
World War II divided Korea into a Communist, northern half and an American-occupied southern half, divided at the 38th parallel. The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung's North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea's aid. General Douglas MacArthur, who had been overseeing the post-WWII occupation of Japan, commanded the US forces which now began to hold off the North Koreans at Pusan, at the southernmost tip of Korea. Although Korea was not strategically essential to the United States, the political environment at this stage of the Cold War was such that policymakers did not want to appear "soft on Communism." Nominally, the US intervened as part of a "police action" run by a UN (United Nations) international peace- keeping force; in actuality, the UN was simply being manipulated by US and NATO anti-Communist interests. (161)