DELHI COLLEGE OF ARTS & COMMERCE
University of Delhi
2018-21
Semester- VI
Department of History
Topic- Korean War
History of Modern Japan and Korean (1868-
1950s)
Submitted By- Submitted To-
VIKAS KUMAR Prof. NEERU AILAWADI (Mam)
248
, INDEX
• Introduction
• Background
Etymology
Japanese Rule (1910-1945)
Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945)
Chinese civil war (1945-1949)
Korea divided (1945-1949)
• Course of War
Conflict begin (June 1950)
United Nation security council resolutions
Comparison of military forces
Western reaction
Incheon landing (sept 15- sept 28, 1950)
The Chinese enter (October 1950)
Air war
• Atrocities
Legacy
Korea
United states
China
• Aftermath
Proxy war
, DMZ
Racial integration of U.S forces
Post war economies
ROK Anti-communism
ROK Anti-Americanism sentiments
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
,INTRODUCTION
The Korean War (25 June 1950 - armistice signed 27 July 1953[1] ) was a military
conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, supported by the People's Republic of
China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result
of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the
conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II.
BACKGROUND
Etymology
In the United States, the war was initially described by President Harry S. Truman
as a "police action" as it was conducted under the auspices of the United
Nations.[5] Colloquially, it has been referred to in the United States as The
Forgotten War or The Unknown War. The issues concerned were much less clear
than in previous and subsequent conflicts, such as World War II and the Vietnam
War. [6] [7] To a significant degree, the war has been "historically overshadowed
by World War II and Vietnam". In South Korea the war is usually referred to as
"625" or the 6–2–5 War, reflecting the date of its commencement on 25 June. In
North Korea the war is officially referred to as the Fatherland Liberation War. In
the People's Republic of China the war is called the War to Resist U.S. Aggression
and Aid Korea.
Japanese Rule (1910-1945)
Upon defeating the Qing Dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–96), the
Empire of Japan occupied the Korean Empire (1897–1910) of Emperor Gojong—a
, peninsula strategic to its sphere of influence. [12] A decade later, defeating
Imperial Russia in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), Japan made Korea its
protectorate with the Eulsa Treaty in 1905, then annexed it with the Japan–Korea
Annexation Treaty in 1910.
Korean nationalists and the intelligentsia fled the country, and some founded
the Provisional Korean Government in 1919, which was headed by Syngman Rhee
in Shanghai. This government-in-exile was recognized by few countries.
Korea under Japanese rule was considered to be part of the Empire of Japan as
an industrialized colony along with Taiwan, and both were part of the Greater
East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. In 1937, the colonial Governor–General, General
Jirō Minami, commanded the attempted cultural assimilation of Korea's 23.5
million people by banning the use and study of Korean language, literature, and
culture, to be replaced with that of mandatory use and study of their Japanese
counterparts.
During World War II, the Japanese used Korea's food, livestock, and metals for
their war effort. Japanese forces in Korea increased from 46,000 soldiers in 1941
to 300,000 in 1945. By 1942, Korean men were being conscripted into the
Imperial Japanese Army. By January 1945, Koreans comprised 32% of Japan's
labor force. In August 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, around 25% of those killed were Koreans. At the end of
the war, other world powers did not recognize Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan.
Meanwhile, at the Cairo Conference (November 1943), Nationalist China, the
United Kingdom, and the United States decided "in due course Korea shall
become free and independent". Later, the Yalta Conference (February 1945)
granted to the Soviet Union European "buffer zones"—satellite states
accountable to Moscow—as well as an expected Soviet pre-eminence in China
and Manchuria, in return for joining the Allied Pacific War effort against Japan.
Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945)
Toward the end of World War II, as per a US-Soviet agreement, the USSR declared
war against Japan on 9 August 1945. By 10 August, the Red Army occupied the
University of Delhi
2018-21
Semester- VI
Department of History
Topic- Korean War
History of Modern Japan and Korean (1868-
1950s)
Submitted By- Submitted To-
VIKAS KUMAR Prof. NEERU AILAWADI (Mam)
248
, INDEX
• Introduction
• Background
Etymology
Japanese Rule (1910-1945)
Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945)
Chinese civil war (1945-1949)
Korea divided (1945-1949)
• Course of War
Conflict begin (June 1950)
United Nation security council resolutions
Comparison of military forces
Western reaction
Incheon landing (sept 15- sept 28, 1950)
The Chinese enter (October 1950)
Air war
• Atrocities
Legacy
Korea
United states
China
• Aftermath
Proxy war
, DMZ
Racial integration of U.S forces
Post war economies
ROK Anti-communism
ROK Anti-Americanism sentiments
• Conclusion
• Bibliography
,INTRODUCTION
The Korean War (25 June 1950 - armistice signed 27 July 1953[1] ) was a military
conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, supported by the People's Republic of
China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result
of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the
conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II.
BACKGROUND
Etymology
In the United States, the war was initially described by President Harry S. Truman
as a "police action" as it was conducted under the auspices of the United
Nations.[5] Colloquially, it has been referred to in the United States as The
Forgotten War or The Unknown War. The issues concerned were much less clear
than in previous and subsequent conflicts, such as World War II and the Vietnam
War. [6] [7] To a significant degree, the war has been "historically overshadowed
by World War II and Vietnam". In South Korea the war is usually referred to as
"625" or the 6–2–5 War, reflecting the date of its commencement on 25 June. In
North Korea the war is officially referred to as the Fatherland Liberation War. In
the People's Republic of China the war is called the War to Resist U.S. Aggression
and Aid Korea.
Japanese Rule (1910-1945)
Upon defeating the Qing Dynasty in the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–96), the
Empire of Japan occupied the Korean Empire (1897–1910) of Emperor Gojong—a
, peninsula strategic to its sphere of influence. [12] A decade later, defeating
Imperial Russia in the Russo-Japanese War (1904–05), Japan made Korea its
protectorate with the Eulsa Treaty in 1905, then annexed it with the Japan–Korea
Annexation Treaty in 1910.
Korean nationalists and the intelligentsia fled the country, and some founded
the Provisional Korean Government in 1919, which was headed by Syngman Rhee
in Shanghai. This government-in-exile was recognized by few countries.
Korea under Japanese rule was considered to be part of the Empire of Japan as
an industrialized colony along with Taiwan, and both were part of the Greater
East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. In 1937, the colonial Governor–General, General
Jirō Minami, commanded the attempted cultural assimilation of Korea's 23.5
million people by banning the use and study of Korean language, literature, and
culture, to be replaced with that of mandatory use and study of their Japanese
counterparts.
During World War II, the Japanese used Korea's food, livestock, and metals for
their war effort. Japanese forces in Korea increased from 46,000 soldiers in 1941
to 300,000 in 1945. By 1942, Korean men were being conscripted into the
Imperial Japanese Army. By January 1945, Koreans comprised 32% of Japan's
labor force. In August 1945, when the United States dropped atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki, around 25% of those killed were Koreans. At the end of
the war, other world powers did not recognize Japanese rule in Korea and Taiwan.
Meanwhile, at the Cairo Conference (November 1943), Nationalist China, the
United Kingdom, and the United States decided "in due course Korea shall
become free and independent". Later, the Yalta Conference (February 1945)
granted to the Soviet Union European "buffer zones"—satellite states
accountable to Moscow—as well as an expected Soviet pre-eminence in China
and Manchuria, in return for joining the Allied Pacific War effort against Japan.
Soviet invasion of Manchuria (1945)
Toward the end of World War II, as per a US-Soviet agreement, the USSR declared
war against Japan on 9 August 1945. By 10 August, the Red Army occupied the
