The Cold War in Southeast Asia HWH UNIT 12 CHAPTER 18.3 and 18.4

The Korean War Korea Occupied by the Japanese since the early 1900s Split between the US and Soviets after 1945 The 38 th Parallel

Leaders Kim Il Sung ( ) Syngman Rhee ( )

The War North Korea invades, 1950 Quickly overran most of South Korea UN Security Council votes to help South Korea Soviet Union boycotted the Security Council

Douglas MacArthur Amphibious landing at Inchon Counter-offensive Did not stop at the 38 th Parallel Chinese involvement Nuclear War?

Chinese Involvement UN and US forces neared the Yalu River Mao feared invasion Chinese troops intervene

Armistice, 1953 Cease-Fire, but no treaty DMZ

The Koreas Today Kim Jong Il Nuclear Weapons Kim Jong Un Rescinded the armistice More tensions with the South

Vietnam French Indochina Japanese control, WWII Ho Chi Minh Communist and Nationalist Versailles War against the French Dienbienphu, 1954

Vietnam Divided North Vietnam Communist, led by Ho South Vietnam Not communist, led by Ngo Dinh Diem Supported by the US Elections Never happened Guerilla warfare and civil war Viet Cong

US Involvement “Domino Theory” Escalation, The Tet Offensive, 1968 Nixon withdraws, 1973 South Vietnam falls, 1975

Southeast Asia After the War Dominos Fall LaosCambodia The Khmer Rouge Pol Pot Nearly 1 in 4 Cambodians died