https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw Utterback Period 3 en-us 2017-03-09 15:32:00 UTC 2023-07-26 08:23:38 UTC hello@padlet.com ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159007767 Korean War, conflict between Communist and non-Communist forces in Korea from June 25, 1950, to July 27, 1953. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel into Soviet (North Korean) and U.S. (South Korean) zones of occupation.]]> 2017-03-09 15:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159007767 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159007819 Over six million soldiers, sailors and airmen fought on both sides in the Korean War... More than three million of these were communists from North Korea, China and Russia. Opposing them were almost three million from South Korea and from 21 United Nations (UN) countries including Australia.]]> 2017-03-09 15:33:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159007819 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159007923 Chiang Kai-shek, also romanized as Jiang Jieshi and known as Jiang Zhongzheng, was a Chinese political and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China between 1928 and 1975.]]> 2017-03-09 15:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159007923 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008046 Mao Zedong or Mao Tse-tung, also known as Chairman Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary and founding father of the People's Republic of China, which he governed as the Chairman of the Communist ]]> 2017-03-09 15:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008046 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008196 Douglas MacArthur was an American five-star general and field marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II.]]> 2017-03-09 15:34:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008196 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008276 "In my generation, this was not the first occasion when the strong had attacked the weak….Communism was acting in Korea just as Hitler, Mussolini, and the Japanese had acted ten, fifteen, and twenty years earlier. I felt certain that if South Korea was allowed to fall, Communist leaders would be emboldened to override nations closer to our own shores." ]]> 2017-03-09 15:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008276 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008412 Harry S. Truman was an American politician who served as the 33rd President of the United States, coming to office on the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt in the last months of World War II.]]> 2017-03-09 15:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008412 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008546 "General Bradley said that we must draw the line [against Communist expansion] somewhere. The President stated he agreed on that. General Bradley said that Russia is not yet ready for war. The Korean situation offered as good an occasion for action in drawing the line as anywhere else." ]]> 2017-03-09 15:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008546 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008715 it was just another episode in the ongoing Cold War between the USA and the USSR.   On the surface, the Korean War seemed to be a war between South Korea and North Korea, but really the superpowers were just using it as a front to combat each other without actually going into a ‘hot war’ which – as both had the atomic bomb – would have been MAD (mutually assured destruction).]]> 2017-03-09 15:35:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008715 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008859 The president tripled the U.S. defense budget, dispatched four divisions to Europe, and authorized the rearming of Germany]]> 2017-03-09 15:35:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159008859 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009150 June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953]]> 2017-03-09 15:36:27 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009150 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009324 Korea, Korean Peninsula, and Korean Demilitarized Zone]]> 2017-03-09 15:36:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009324 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009437 The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean. ]]> 2017-03-09 15:36:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009437 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009521 2017-03-09 15:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009521 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009781 2017-03-09 15:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159009781 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010053 A war fought to achieve a limited objective, such as containing communism]]> 2017-03-09 15:38:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010053 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010123 2017-03-09 15:38:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010123 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010149 Southeast Treaty Organization: Includes USA, UK, France, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand]]> 2017-03-09 15:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010149 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010186  Wedged between America's biggest war, World War II, and Vietnam, our longest war, Korea sometimes gets overlooked. That's unfortunate. Because much needs to be remembered about the conflict that began 50 years ago this June.]]> 2017-03-09 15:38:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010186 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010462 14% of Americans described North Korea's military and weapons capabilities as a "crisis for the United States," and an additional 60% said it was a "major problem."]]> 2017-03-09 15:39:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010462 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010493 The outcome of the Korean War included heavy casualties, a country left in ruins and a military victory for neither side. On July 27, 1953, an armistice was signed and the fighting stopped. However, there was continued threat of invasions, and China emerged from the war with renewed strength. Despite the signed truce, the conflict was not settled and Korea remains divided in two nations.]]> 2017-03-09 15:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159010493 ashkong25 https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159291490 The Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) is a region on the Korean peninsula that demarcates North Korea fromSouth Korea]]> 2017-03-10 15:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ashkong25/yi5nhdc4syyw/wish/159291490