https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily en-us 2022-11-22 17:59:40 UTC 2025-09-24 20:31:38 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/2694.png lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394549821 75-100,000 North Korean soldiers pour across the 38th parallel. 
11 a.m. North Korea declares war]]> 2022-11-22 18:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394549821 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394555031 At 4 a.m. North Korea launches a full-scale invasion of South Korea's army positions south of the 38th parallel, and open fire with artillery and mortars after receiving permission from Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator.]]> 2022-11-22 18:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394555031 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394566642 U.S. State Secretary of State Dean Acheson gives a speech in which he excludes Korea from America's defense perimeter, but includes Asia. ]]> 2022-11-22 18:28:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394566642 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394570301 The Congress rejects a $60 million aid bill for South Korea.]]> 2022-11-22 18:31:39 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2394570301 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2400696930 Japan surrenders. That night, Dean Rusk and Charles Bonesteel consult a map of Asia to determine the boundary line between the Soviet and U.S. zones.
With neither of them being an expert on the country, they select the 38th parallel, instead of a natural barrier.
This boundary was then proposed at the Potsdam Conference.]]> 2022-11-28 18:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2400696930 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2400701444 South Korea is established, less than a month later so is North Korea.]]> 2022-11-28 18:22:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2400701444 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405475647 Leader of North Korea (Kim Il-Sung) proposes South Korea's liberation to Soviet officials. After several weeks of telegram exchanges, by spring Kim had secured assurances of support for the invasion from Soviet premier Joseph Stalin and Chinese leader Mao Zedong.]]> 2022-12-01 17:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405475647 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405485813 United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 83, authorizing UN member states to provide military assistance to South Korea. The Soviets, who could've vetoed, boycotted the proceedings due to the Nationalist government in Taiwan still occupying China's seat on the Security Council. ]]> 2022-12-01 17:20:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405485813 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405489724 The ROKA demolishes the bridge across the Han River trapping soldiers from the 5th Division and killing hundreds of refugees evacuating the city. North Korean forces were able to cross the river later that day and capture Seoul.]]> 2022-12-01 17:22:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405489724 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405500510 North Korean troops reach their farthest point in advance. And although thousands of UN troops have arrived to reinforce SK, months of fighting have reduced the area under their control to a 5,000-square-mile rectangle centered on the critical southeastern port of Pusan. By the time North Korean invasion force reaches the Pusan Perimeter, its strength is reduced to nearly half and is almost lacking entirely in armor.]]> 2022-12-01 17:30:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405500510 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405511178 X Corps, a force led by U.S. Maj. Gen. Edward Almond, stages a brave amphibious landing at Inchon, 150 miles behind enemy lines. The plan, conceived by UN commander Gen. Douglas MacArthur, is an unqualified success]]> 2022-12-01 17:37:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405511178 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405517087 Seoul (South Korea's capital) is liberated by the UN forces, under the Command of the Army General Douglas MacArthur.]]> 2022-12-01 17:41:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405517087 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405522554 UN destroys the bulk of the North Korean army, presses on to North Korea, and now approaches the Yalu River. CPVF troops under veteran commander Gen. Peng Dehuai cross into North Korea and inflict serious losses on the lead units of the UN Advance. ]]> 2022-12-01 17:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405522554 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405594831 The U.S. Marines at the Chosin Reservoir begin their "attack in a different direction" as they engage in a fighting retreat to the port of Hungnam. Two entire Chinese armies were tasked to destruct the 1st Marine Division. They succeed in driving the American force from the North Korean territory but pay an enormous price of 80,000 Chinese troops killed/wounded, and the CPVF Ninth Army Group is rendered combat-ineffective for months. This occurrence becomes one of the most-storied episodes in U.S. Marine Corps history.]]> 2022-12-01 18:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2405594831 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409487621 Chinese and North Korean forces recapture Seoul]]> 2022-12-05 17:14:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409487621 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409492280 Seoul now changes hands for the fourth time, after being liberated from North Korea and the Chinese. The city has been devastated by fighting, making its population reduced to a fraction of its pre-war size.]]> 2022-12-05 17:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409492280 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409494731 U.S. President Harry Truman has relieved (fired) Gen. MacArthur from command for insubordination and his unwillingness to prosecute a limited war. ]]> 2022-12-05 17:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409494731 lnix5 https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409498187 Truce talks between the UN and the communists begin at Kaesong. The negotiations do not mark an end to the war; the fighting continues for another two years. In October the peace talks relocate to the village of P'anmunjom.]]> 2022-12-05 17:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lnix5/o735uevdayi63ily/wish/2409498187