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| 269804140 | 38th Parallel | the division line of the South and North Korea after WWII | |
| 269804141 | North Korea | U.S.S.R. set up a Communist government | |
| 269804142 | South Korea | U.S. set up an anti-Communist government | |
| 269804143 | Kim il Sung | leader of North Korea; claimed to be rightful leader of all Korea | |
| 269804144 | Dr. Syngram Rhee | leader of South Korea; claimed to be rightful leader of all Korea | |
| 269804145 | June 25, 1950 | North Korea invaded South Korea; by September they all control over most of South Korea including Soeul-only the small area of Pusan was held by the South Korean Army | |
| 269804146 | US Reaction | Truman thought the USSR was behind this; ordered limited US Air Force and Army to Korea; UN security council let the UN troops go to Korea aswell | |
| 269804147 | General Douglas MacArthur | planned and led the UN in Operation Chromite | |
| 269804148 | Operation Chromite | an amphibious assault to regain South Korea; UN planned to land in Inchon | |
| 269804149 | Chinese entry | when the UN troops pushed the North Koreans all the way north almost to the Yalu River; Chinese felt threatened and entered the war-captured Pyongyang and headed towards Seoul; UN troops fled-longest retreat | |
| 269804150 | DMZ | Demilitarized Zones- a buffer region from which military forces are barred; between the two Koreas; 2.5 wide; 155 miles long | |
| 269804151 | 4 outcomes of the Korean War | 1.no victory on either side 2.almost no change in territory 3. 36,000 Americans died 4.2 million Korean and Chinese died | |
| 269804152 | 2 effects on US foreign policy | 1. US showed the USSR it was willing to use force to contain Communism 2. the lack of a clear victory created uncertainty at home about our foreign policy | |
| 269804153 | Korea today | DMZ still exists; 4 times North Korea have tried to dig tunnels under DMZ; DMZ="the most heavily armed and dangered border in the world" |
