Military_history_of_the_United_States

The war started badly for the US and UN. North Korean forces struck massively in the summer of 1950 and nearly drove the outnumbered US and ROK defenders into the sea. However the United Nations intervened, naming Douglas MacArthur commander of its forces, and UN-US-ROK forces held a perimeter around Pusan, gaining time for reinforcement. MacArthur, in a bold but risky move, ordered an amphibious invasion well behind the front lines at Inchon, cutting off and routing the North Koreans and quickly crossing the 38th Parallel into North Korea. As UN forces continued to advance toward the Yalu River on the border with Communist China, the Chinese crossed the Yalu River in October and launched a series of surprise attacks that sent the UN forces reeling back across the 38th Parallel. Truman originally wanted a Rollback strategy to unify Korea; after the Chinese successes he settled for a Containment policy to split the country. MacArthur argued for rollback but was fired by President Harry Truman after disputes over the conduct of the war. Peace negotiations dragged on for two years until President Dwight D. Eisenhower threatened China with nuclear weapons; an armistice was quickly reached with the two Koreas remaining divided at the 38th parallel. North and South Korea are still today in a state of war, having never signed a peace treaty, and American forces remain stationed in South Korea as part of American foreign policy.

Question: What was the initial policy goal?
Answer: a Rollback strategy

Question: What was the result of MacArthur and Truman's disparate ideas about strategy
Answer: MacArthur argued for rollback but was fired by President Harry Truman

Question: Which of the following were not allies: North Korea, China, or the US?
Answer: US

Question: Why is there now North and South Korea?
Answer: armistice was quickly reached with the two Koreas remaining divided

Question: What  strategy gave the UN the edge?
Answer: an amphibious invasion well behind the front lines at Inchon

Question: Which Asian country is NOT communist, China, South Korea or North Korea?
Answer: South Korea

Question: What setback did the UN forces experience?
Answer: a series of surprise attacks

Question: What was the result of President Eisenhower's threat toward China
Answer: an armistice was quickly reached

Question: What is the long term result of the armistice
Answer: North and South Korea are still today in a state of war, having never signed a peace treaty

Question: What was the final resolution policy?
Answer: Containment policy

Question: When did the Chinese actively enter the war
Answer: As UN forces continued to advance toward the Yalu River on the border with Communist China

Question: What was one reason that the rollback policy for unification did not work out
Answer: Chinese crossed the Yalu River in October and launched a series of surprise attacks

Question: How did what is now the North Korean side respond to the UN's strategy?
Answer: Chinese crossed the Yalu River in October and launched a series of surprise attacks that sent the UN forces reeling back across the 38th Parallel

Question: Why are the Koreas currently still at war?
Answer: never signed a peace treaty

Question: Which president did NOT fire MacArthur, Truman or Eisenhower?
Answer: Eisenhower

Question: What line was a major demarcation in the war?
Answer: the 38th Parallel

Question: What pacified the American president?
Answer: settled for a Containment policy to split the country

Question: What body of water demarcated a third combatant?
Answer: the Yalu River