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The Korean War #LOL

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:22:01 UTC

Originally, Korea was occupied by Japan until the end of WWII. After the end of WWII, Korea was divided by the US to the south and Russia/China to the North similar to what happened in Germany. The two countries were divided at the 38th parallel. This was to ensure a buffer zone between the two super powers.

In 1950, the North invaded the south pushing all the way to the tip of the peninsula in a matter of months. The US soon intervenes by landing in Incheon, not too far south of the 38th parallel. With the help of the US, the South pushes back up to the Chinese border. The Chinese then intervene and pushes back down to the 38th parallel. The rest of the war was fought along this line where an armistice was signed in '54. To sum it up, the war was started at the 38th parallel and ended at the 38th parallel.

War on Terror

gflack — 2014-05-16 14:23:03 UTC

The war on terror is an international military campaign that started after the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This resulted in an international military campaign to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizations. The United States and many other NATO and non-NATO nations such as Pakistan participate in the conflict.

Vietnam War

ebuelow — 2014-05-16 14:23:38 UTC

The Cold War proxy war started in December 1956 and ended April 30, 1975. The war took place in Vietnam and Cambodia. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union and China while South Vietnam was supported by the United States and other anti-communism nations. The South fought the Viet Cong and North Vietnam. America had a tough time fighting this war because they were fighting in a treacherous landscape and had to defend against guerrilla warfare. At the same time, the People's Army of Vietnam, a North Vietnam party, was fighting a more conventional war with the south. America had to juggle the two to defend South Vietnam from communism. America joined the war as an effort of containment, preventing the spread of communism into other nations.

The Korean War Summary

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:27:06 UTC

Why is it called the "war on terror"

gflack — 2014-05-16 14:27:54 UTC

The phrase "War on Terror" was first used by U.S. President George W. Bush on 20 September 2001. The Bush administration and the western media have since used the term to argue a global military, political, lawful, and conceptual struggle against both organizations designated as terrorist in nature and regimes accused of supporting them. It was originally used with a particular focus on Muslim countries associated with Islamic terrorism organizations, like al-Qaeda or like-minded organizations.

9/11

gflack — 2014-05-16 14:29:15 UTC

This terrorist attack on the world trade center in NYC sparked the war on terror

Progress on the war on terror

gflack — 2014-05-16 14:31:03 UTC

The war on terror still is going on but we are looking good in it ever since we killed Osama Bin Laden the leader of a major terrorist orginization

#ODS (operation desert storm)

kkuhn2 — 2014-05-16 14:34:28 UTC

Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein ordered the invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait in early August 1990. Alarmed by these actions, fellow Arab powers such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt called on the United States and other Western nations to intervene.

"In justifying his invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Saddam Hussein claimed it was an artificial state carved out of the Iraqi coast by Western colonialists; in fact, Kuwait had been internationally recognized as a separate entity before Iraq itself was created by Britain under a League of Nations mandate after World War I."

Hussein defied United Nations Security Council demands to withdraw from Kuwait by mid-January 1991, and the Persian Gulf War began with a massive U.S.-led air offensive known as Operation Desert Storm. After 42 days of relentless attacks by the allied coalition in the air and on the ground, U.S. President George H.W. Bush declared a cease-fire on February 28; by that time, most Iraqi forces in Kuwait had either surrendered or fled.

Citation (KOREAN WAR)

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:38:35 UTC

Grimes, William. "The Forgotten War That Set a Pattern for Years to Come." . New York Times, 26 Sept. 2007. Web. 16 May 2014. .

Foreign/ domestic consequences of war on terror

gflack — 2014-05-16 14:40:29 UTC

The US has spent a lot of money on this war and as a result we have a massive national debt. We have created some poor relashionships with other nations because of our involvement in the middle east

Countries Involved in K.W.

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:41:39 UTC

U.S.A.

North Korea

South Korea

Foreign Consequences K.W.

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:42:12 UTC

The Korean war was followed in accordance with the Truman Doctrine and NS68, which both basically were ultimatums that the U.S.S.R. was trying to take over the world- and that the US would help any country that was under the threat of falling under Soviet Communism. The war in Korea made the US realise that affirmitive military action was the only way to win the war on communism, and the war could not be fought half-heartedly. The War in Korea made the US respect China as a military power to reckon with. All future diplomatic actions would take China's reactions into consideration. An interesting note to make is that even though heavy, aggressive, carpet bombing did not work in Korea, it was still followed in the War in Vietnam.

Vietnam War Overview

ebuelow — 2014-05-16 14:43:26 UTC

Korean War

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:46:31 UTC

Korean War

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:46:47 UTC

Major People

joconnor3 — 2014-05-16 14:47:41 UTC

MaoZeDong

Kim Il Sung

Syngman Rhee

Douglas MacArthur

Harry Truman

Citation (ODS)

kkuhn2 — 2014-05-20 14:49:56 UTC

Website Title: History.com
Article Title: Persian Gulf War
Publisher: A&E Television Networks
Date Accessed: May 20, 2014

Citation (War on Terror)

gflack — 2014-05-20 14:51:52 UTC

War on Terror." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 20 May 2014. Web. 20 May 2014.

Operation Iraqi Freedom

joconnor3 — 2014-05-21 14:06:01 UTC

War in Iraq that consisted of two phases: a brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S.-led occupation of Iraq and protracted Iraqi armed insurgency against it. The trade embargo and weapons-inspection process that the UN imposed on Iraq following the Persion Gulf war had partly fallen into abeyance by 2001. U.S. Pres. George W. Bush argued that the September 11th attacks on the U.S. in that same year highlighted the threat to U.S. security posed by hostile countries such as Iraq. In November 2002 the UN issued Security Council Resolution 1441 demanding that Iraq readmit weapons inspectors and comply with all previous resolutions. Although inspectors did return to Iraq, Bush and Blair declared in early 2003 (despite objections by many world leaders) that Iraq was continuing to hinder UN inspections and that it still retained proscribed weapons. On March 20 the U.S. and Britain (with smaller troop contingents from other countries) launched a series of air attacks on Iraq, and a ground invasion followed. Iraqi forces were rapidly defeated, and on April 9 U.S. forces took control of the capital, Baghdad. British forces completed their occupation of the southern city of Al-Barah the same day, and by May 1 the major combat operations of the invasion had been completed. However, the U.S. and other occupying forces were soon embroiled in escalating guerrilla warfare in Iraq that hindered Iraq's recovery and killed thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians. The war, long opposed by many throughout the world, also became increasingly unpopular in the U.S. Sectarian fighting and insurgent attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces peaked in 2006 and 2007. In early 2007 the U.S. implemented a strategy that came to be known as the surge temporarily increasing the number of troops in Iraq by more than 20,000 in a bit to stabilize the country. By the end of the year, violence had decreased substantially, although the role of the surge in improving security remained a source of debate. In 2008 the U.S. began to gradually reduce the number of its troops in Iraq, completing its withdrawal in December 2011.

my lai massacre

gflack — 2014-05-21 14:31:18 UTC

The Mỹ Lai Massacre (Vietnamese: thảm sát Mỹ Lai [tʰɐ̃ːm ʂɐ̌ːt mǐˀ lɐːj], [mǐˀlɐːj] ( listen); /ˌmiːˈlaɪ/, /ˌmiːˈleɪ/, or /ˌmaɪˈlaɪ/)[1] was the Vietnam War mass murder of between 347 and 504 unarmed civilians in South Vietnam on March 16, 1968. It was committed by U.S. Army soldiers from the Company C of the 1st Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 11th Brigade of the 23rd (Americal) Infantry Division. Victims included men, women, children, and infants. Some of the women were gang-raped and their bodies mutilated.[2][3] Twenty six soldiers were charged with criminal offenses, but only Lieutenant William Calley Jr., a platoon leader in C Company, was convicted. Found guilty of killing 22 villagers, he was originally given a life sentence, but served only three and a half years under house arrest.