He was named the commander of the United Nations forces at the outbreak of the war.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur
100
This communist victory on October 1, 1950 in Asia shocked the western world.
What is the Chinese Communist Pary Victory?
100
This occured on September 15, 1950 in which General MacArthur's plan successfully turned the tide of the war.
What is the Inchon Landing
100
This is the capital of North Korea.
What is PyongYang?
100
His death on March 5, 1953 may have expedited the armistace talks that had stagnated for nearly two years.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
200
He was the first president of the Republic of Korea
Who is Singman Rhee?
200
This document altered American Cold War foreign policy in the the months leading up to the outbreak of the Korean War.
What is NSC-68?
200
At the end of this first stage of the war, the North Korean forces pushed the United Nations forces into this small area in the southeast corner of the peninsula.
What is the Pusan Perimeter?
200
This river formed a natural boundary between the People's Republic of China and North Korea.
What is the Yalu River?
200
Within a day after the outbreak of the war, they called for the immediate cessation of North Korean hostilities.
What is the United Nations?
300
He was the first leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Who is Kim Il Sung?
300
This was made in February 1950 which appeared to seal a communist domain from Europe to Asia.
What is the Sino-Soviet Pact?
300
This is the time period between the outbreak of the war and the North Korean take over of Seoul.
What is three days?
300
This important city is located around 15 miles east of Inchon.
What is Seoul?
300
This was the country that had control of Korea from 1910 until the end of the Pacific War.
What is Japan?
400
He was the American Secretary of State at the outbreak of the war.
Who is Dean Acheson?
400
This is where Secretary Dean Acheson made is January 1950 speech that defined the United States' defensive perimeter in Asia, which notably excluded Korea.
What is the National Press Club?
400
In this battle, America's first ground action of the war, Task Force Smith suffered heavy losses against the North Koreans.
What is the Battle of Osan?
400
This river formed a natural boundary that would ultimately demarcate the Pusan Perimeter.
What is the Naktong River?
400
This was the company that was depicted in David Halberstam's portrayal of the Battle for the Naktong Bulge in his "Coldest Winter".
What is the Charley Company?
500
He was appointed the American head of the occupation forces in South Korea at the end of the Pacific War.
Who is General John Hodge?
500
This is the location of the meeting between President Truman and General MacArthur that occurred on October 15, 1950.
What is Wake Island?
500
This is the date on which the Chinese troops, after over a month of flirtatious attacks in the northern regions of the Korean peninsula, launched a major offensive against the United Nations troops.
What is November 25 (26) 1950?
500
This chain of mountains presented challenges for the United Nations troops fighting in the North.
What are the Taebak Mountains?
500
Without a formal diplomatic relationship with the United States, the Chinese used him as a conduit for information.
Who is the Indian Ambassador to Beijing, K.M. Panikkar?