Transcript communism spreads in asia

COMMUNISM SPREADS
IN ASIA
CHINA
KOREA
VIETNAM
CAMBODIA
ASIA
KOREA
A DIVIDED KOREA
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After World War II, Korea was divided into
two countries. The countries were divided
at the 38th Parallel
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North Korea supported by the Soviet
Union
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South Korea supported by the United
States
1950
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On June 25th 1950 the North Korean Army swept
over the 38th Parallel and invaded the south.
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By September 1950, the North Korean Army
controlled all of South Korea except the tiny area
of Pusan
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South Korea asked the United Nations for help.
1950 world responds
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The Soviet Union failed to appear in the
United Nations so the United States
agreed to send troops to help South
Korea.
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The United States launched a surprise
attack and trapped the North Korean Army.
½ were captured ½ fled to the north
1951-1952
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The American Army and its United Nations
allies pushed the North Korean Army all
the way to the border with China.
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North Korea was ready to collapse.
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To save the North 300,000 Chinese
soldiers entered the war
1952
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The U.S. general, General Macarthur
wanted to use nuclear bombs against
China but the U.S. president Truman did
not agree.
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The war continued until they reached the
38th Parallel. Where the war began.
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5 million dead.
VIETNAM
Communist Leader of N. Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
French Colony
1857-1945
War in Vietnam
The French took control of the fight in
Vietnam after WWII. The people of
Vietnam wanted their freedom, but the
allies believed that they could not govern
themselves….
 They believed that the people of Vietnam
wanted Communism!
 North Vietnam = Communist
 South Vietnam = Democratic
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ESCALATION in Vietnam
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“I’m not about to send
American boys 9 or
10,000 miles away
from home to do what
Asian boys ought to
be doing for
themselves.”
By 1965, he sends
180,000 Americans to
Vietnam
After the French Failed to Win the
War…The U.S. Enters
The war will be fought from 1960-1975!
 Three U.S. Presidents will send troops to
Vietnam. (Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon)
 1968 is the turning point in the war.
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 Bobby
Kennedy killed
 Martin Luther King killed
 Tet offensive (major offensive by the Vietcong)
 The people of the United States growing tired of
the war. – Civil Rights movement – time to fix
problems at home!
General Westmoreland
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Kept asking for more
troops b/c he was
convinced that the
U.S. was killing so
many people and
close to victory.
“It’s only a matter of
time before they
quit.”
By 1967, over
500,000 soldiers in V.
Vietnamization
The communist Vietcong were relentless
and never gave up.
 The United States realized that they could
not keep spending money on a lost war.
 In 1969, President Kennedy starting
withdrawing troops from Vietnam called
Vietnamization = slowly withdrawing
troops while S. Vietnam built up its
forces.
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Ugly War
Thick Jungles – Snakes, Lions, Rats,
etc…
Major bombing campaigns by the
U.S.
-Carpet Bombing
-Napalm
-Agent Orange poisonous gases
-Drugs – heroin, marijuana, cocaine,
prostitution
CAMBODIA
Cambodia suffered a lot of U.S.
bombing during the War in
Vietnam!
Cambodia remained a very unstable!
 Communist rebels known as the Khmer
Rouge set up a brutal government under
their leader Pol Pot.
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Massacre of Millions
The Khmer Rouge Killed
¼ or 25% of the
population of Cambodia.
A Vietnamese invasion
overthrew the Khmer
Rouge in 1979.