Next, on lectures in history. University of North Carolina at chapel hill Professor Joseph glathaar. Removal from command by president truman and civil relations. His class is about an hour. Today, im going to talk about the korean war. 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, 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 ko
Second world war that was fighting in korea and the u. S. And soviet union and they agreed to divide korea. Northern korea, that is what we call today north korea was very much communist influenced and 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 the South Koreans elected a democratic government. North korea, however, wanted to unite under its terms and so it sent insurgents to try to overthrow that government and they failed to do so. Then in january of 1950, the u. S. Secretary of state dean achsac atchison made a significant error. In a speech talking about the areas of influence and positions that were vital to the United States 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 1950, armed with soviet equipment and aided by the chin
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