WARS IN
KOREA
&
VIETNAM
War in Korea
1. Why did the UN send an
international force to Korea?
•South Korea requested
the U.N. get involved
when the North
Koreans crossed the
th
38 parallel and
attacked.
2. What was the legacy of the
war for N. Korea & S. Korea?
•N. Korea becomes
militarily strong but
fails economically.
•S. Korea becomes
industrialized &
economically
successful w/ US aid.
French war in Vietnam
(First Indochina War)
3. Why did war break out
between the Vietnamese
Nationalists & the French?
•After Japan lost WWII,
nationalists wanted
independence.
•France wanted to
regain it’s colony in
Vietnam
4. What was the outcome
for France & Vietnam?
•French were defeated @
Dien Bien Phu &
surrendered to Ho Chi Minh
•International Peace
Conference (Geneva
Convention) divided Vietnam
U.S. War in Vietnam
5. How did the United States
get involved in Vietnam?
•They feared an
overthrow of the AntiCommunist Gov’t
•Helped set up S.
Vietnam
•U.S. escalates it’s
military involvement
6. Why did the U.S.
withdraw it’s troops from
Vietnam?
•Unable to win a
decisive victory, they
withdrew under
intense pressure
from home.
Douglas MacArthur
•American General
in charge of
Korean Conflict
•Dismissed by Pres.
Truman after
repeatedly
refusing to
follow orders
Ho Chi Minh
•Leader of
Vietnamese
independence
movement
Ngo Dinh Diem
•President
of South
Vietnam
•Installed by
the United
States
Vietcong
•Vietnamese communists
fighting in South Vietnam
against the South Vietnamese
Gov’t (and the U.S.)
Khmer Rouge
•Communist Party of Cambodia.
Fought on behalf of the
Vietcong & other communist
during the Vietnam War