The u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United States interest. Imagine japan and the philippines and omitted south korea. The North Koreans interpreted that as a statement the u. S. Would not go to war to defend the south korea. So in june of 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chinese the north korea invaded south kor
Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus Civil Military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions t
Today im going to talk about the korean war. Were going to cyprus Civil Military relations for the last time i met we talked about the cold war and the development of containment. Korea was an unusual situation in that it had been a colony in japan since 1910. During the Second World War there was fighting in korea, the u. S. , and the soviet union joined the occupied korea. They agreed to divide korea. Not northern korea what we call today to north korea was a very much communist influence. Southern influence, we now call south korea was a very different situation. With the assistance of the un they sponsored elections in south korea and south koreans elected a democratic government. North korea however wanted to unite under its terms so it sent insurgents into south korea to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then, on january 1950 the u. S. Secretary of state dean acheson had very significant air in a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions t