Joseph today im going to talk about the korean war and were going to talk a little bit about Civil Military relations. Last time we met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japans since 1910, during the Second World War there was fighting in korea. The u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. Now, now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assist of the United Assistance of the United Nations, they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent insurgents to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state made a significant error. In a speech in
History, university of north korea at chapel hill Professor Joseph glatthaar teaches about the korean war and Civil Military relations. The class is about an hour. Prof. Glatthaar today im going to talk about the korean war and were going to talk a little bit about Civil Military relations. Last time we met, we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony of japans sense 1910. During the second world war, there was fighting in korea, the u. S. And the soviet union jointly occupied korea and they agreed to divide korea. Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea , was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea, was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. , they sponsored elections in south korea and South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sentin sergeants insurgents int
Now, northern korea, that is what we call today north korea, was very much communist influenced. Southern korea, which we now call south korea, was a very different situation. With the assistance of the u. N. , they sponsored elections in south korea and South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent insurgents into south korea to try and overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state dean achison made a significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United Statess interest, he mentioned japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. The North Koreans interpreted that as a statement that the u. S. Wouldnt go to war to defend south korea, and so in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese, the North Koreans invaded south korea, and as you can see from our map, they stormed
Were learning the shooter should not have gotten his hands on a gun. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. Police say the shooter devin kelley should not have been able to buy the guns he used in that massacre in texas. The pentagon says the air force never submitted the shooters conviction on Domestic Violence charges to a federal background check database. Now the department of defense is launching a review. Thanks foy joining us. Im iain page. Lucy is off. Foxs bryan llenas joins us live in Sutherland Springs with more. Reporter good evening. The gunman responsible for the worst mass shooting in Texas History killing 26 people should never have been able to legally purchase a gun. The u. S. Air force admitting today that the Domestic Violence Court Marshall they failed to enter that into the fbi National Background check database as required by federal law and that therefore that could have blocked the purchase of the very rival that was used in this terrible rampage at the First Baptist churc
Away for quite awhile. I know. Theres a change in the forecast for today for election day. The rain that looked like it was going to stay down in south jersey and delaware is now tracking as you can kind of see here a little closer to philadelphia and it does look like most of the area this afternoon is going to be wet so if you have plans to vote today and you want to do it in dry weather do it in the morning, not in the afternoon and evening. There you see the cloud cover still basically to the west of us. We might see some early sunshine but the clouds will get thick toward the end of the rush hour and then later today rain arrives. 43 degrees currently in philadelphia. That is the story right now. Its chilly out there. 42 in wilmington. 41 in trenton. Just 36 degrees in allentown and 38 in reading. 46 down in cape may. As we roll through the day it is going to be chilly. 43 degrees by 7 oclock with some sun. By noon, 48. Theres a possibility that some areas particularly to the west