The Cold War Heats up
Communist/Nationalist Civil
War in China resumes
US supports Chiang KaiShek and Nationalists
3 Billion dollars in aide
1945-1949
Fought Japanese/inefficient,
corrupt
Fire on protestors
The Cold War Heats up
Mao Zedong
Sought peasant support,
Literacy, sought increased
production, Recruits
Controlled Northern China by
1945, Civil War Resumes
Forces Nationalists to flee to
Taiwan in 1949
Establishes Peoples Republic of
China - 1949
The Cold War Heats up
Had Containment failed?
US supported Nationalist
financially
But did not commit troops nor
negotiate peace
US claims revolution a result of
internal factors
Couldn't control forces, more
would have caused war
Conservatives claimed not enough
was done, communist agents
The Cold War Heats up
Korea
Japan had annexed Korea
Defeat of Japan
Koreans north of 38th parallel
surrendered to Soviets
Koreans south of the parallel
surrendered to Americans
The Cold War Heats up
Republic of Korea founded in 1948
Democratic Peoples Republic of
Korea in 1948
US forces withdraw to 500 - Soviets
conclude no US interest, back
North Korea with tanks, planes
and money
June 25, 1950 North Korean forces
move South of the 38th parallel
The Cold War Heats up
North Korea moves deep into
South Korea
South Korea asks UN for help
UN Security council agrees to
help (Soviets absent,
protesting Nationalist China
seat)
June 27, 1950 Truman orders
American troops in Japan
and Pacific fleet to action
The Cold War Heats up
16 Nations provide
support, 90%
American 520,000
South Koreans provide
590,000
The Cold War Heats up
Communist take Seoul
UN and South Koreans
forced back to area of
Pusan
September 1950 Led by
Douglas Macarthur UN
counterattacks
Push North Korean past
38th parallel
The Cold War Heats up
Continue past 38th
parallel and approach
Yalu river
Chinese push UN
forces back, Chinese
capture Seoul
Stalemate line
The Cold War Heats up
MacArthur call for nuclear war
against China in 1951
Sino-Soviet mutual assistance pact
Truman rejects, MacArthur goes
public, Truman fires MacArthur
Public opinion on MacArthur’s side
UN pushes north
Hearings and investigations turn
public opinion towards Truman
The Cold War Heats up
Soviet Union suggest cease
fire June 1951
Truce talks begin
Truce line and DMZ zone
settled early
Talks drag, prisoner
exchange
July 1953 Armistice signed
The Cold War Heats up
54,000 American lives
$67 Billion
Forgotten War