Military Developments - Korean War Timeline by Ryan Amer https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m Ryan and Owen A en-us 2021-02-24 23:47:07 UTC 2025-10-21 15:03:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f1fa-1f1f3.png North Korea invades South Korea - June 25, 1950 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238982480
  •  Stalin approves North Korean Invasion
  • UN Security Council agrees to oppose North Korean aggression (w/o USSR)
  • Truman sends forces in aid of South Korea
    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:31:11 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238982480     UN/US Forces land at Inchon - September 15, 1950 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238983806
  • US/ROK troops were already pinned behind the Pusan Perimeter
  • Severe US/ROK losses and ‘bugout fever’ 
  • North Korea lost 58,000, outnumbered by 40 tanks, overstretched supply lines

    • MacArthur’s plan
    • Amphibious attack to cut off and surround North Korea
      • JCS insisted it would fail because of tides, the seawall, and weather
    • Truman supported his plan and it went through 
    • US/ROK reclaimed Inchon and Seoul 
    ]]>     2021-02-25 00:31:59 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238983806     North Korean Forces Pushed Back at 38th Parallel - September 1950 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238985761 After Inchon:
    • Original plan was toat least keep North Korea behind 38th parallel 
    • New plan: Victory at Inchon added to US optimism
      •  S. Korea had been warming to anti-communism
      • Truman wanted some political success
    • MacArthur and Truman's meeting at Wake Island 
      • Convinced that there was a minimal chance of USSR/Chinese intervention
      • Reversed ban on activity near 38th parallel (October 24th) despite JCS’s concern 
    • New aim: no longer defensive but aggressive (wanted to push past 38th parallel) 
    ]]>     2021-02-25 00:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238985761     UN Forces Are Routed - November 1950 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238987615
  • Battle in Chosin, near the mountains, between 25,000 Americans and 120,000 Chinese soldiers
  • US Air Supremacy prevented a heavier loss of life
  • 6,000 casualties suffered and 6,000 suffered frostbite 
  • US retreated rapidly
    • Called it “attacking in another direction”
    • Truman did not want to escalate war any further

    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238987615     PRC Forces take Seoul - January 1951 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238988410
  • Lack of motivation led to low US morale
  • Morale boosted when Truman appointed Ridgeway as ground commander
  • Tanks and artillery could now be used in flatter landscapes
  • UN forces take back Seoul in March 1951, were at the 38th parallel



    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:34:40 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238988410     Truman Removes General MacArthur from Power - April 11, 1951 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238989443
  • MacArthur saw a limited war and containment as appeasement
    • Often spoke out against Truman and believed surrendering in Asia would dampen efforts in Europe
  • Dismissed in April 1951 but returned a hero
    • 69% of Americans thought Truman was in the wrong 
    • Some believed that MacArthur had underestimated Chinese forces, acted insubordinately, and could have provoked full-scale Sino-American War
    • Public opinion regardless was in favor of MacArthur

    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:35:12 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238989443     Stall in Peace Talks - October 1952 to March 1953 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238991703
  • Talks at Panmunjom Deadlock
  • US continues to bomb Pyongyang for 2 months
  • South Korean President: Syngman Rhee
  • Founder of North Korea: Kim Il Sung 
    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:36:37 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238991703     Inauguration of President Eisenhower - January 20, 1953 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238992889
  • Representing the Republican Party
  • Defeated Democrat Adlai Stevenson
  • McCarthyism in the US
    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:37:17 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238992889     Stalin's Death - March 5, 1953 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238994057
  • McCarthyism and the Red Scare ruined any chances of detente following the Soviet leader's death
    • ]]>     2021-02-25 00:37:58 UTC https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238994057     Korean Armistice Agreement - End of the Korean War - July 27, 1953 amerrya https://padlet.com/amerrya/4ophtv61xqm4bk6m/wish/1238994664
  • A stop to all hostilities in Korea by armed forces
  •  It was signed by US Army Lieutenant General William Harrison Jr., representing the United Nations Command (UNC)

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