Korean War Documentary

Name: ______Korean War Documentary https://youtu.be/mMBbu6Fs21Q Directions: Answer the following questions as you view the color documentary.

1. True or False: Geographically Korea sits 6,000 miles from the USA and is between China, Russia and Japan.

2. The ______ruled Korea for decades, but that ended with WWII.

3. The 38th parallel divided Korea in ______.

4. What county supported the North Korean ______.

5. What country supported the South Korea______.

Invasion

6. What side attacked first? North or South (circle your answer)

7. True or False: It took only 2 days for Seoul (the South Korean capital) to be overrun/captured.

8. True or False: When Korean War started both the USSR and the USA had nuclear bomb(s).

9. Describe the initial US strategy. Did this strategy work? Should be able to answer by 11 minutes

Protecting Pusan

10. Describe what the soldiers called “bug out”.

11. True or False: The Americans lost the Naktong river and never regained it.

12. True or False: The Korean war was the first time American troops were racially mixed together fighting side by side.

The Road to Seoul

13. The Americans had a ____ prong attack planned to recapture Seoul from all sides.

14. True or False: The North Koreans fought hard and didn’t give up the city of Seoul easily.

The 38th Parallel

15. The Communist ______resented American intervention in the Korean/Asian region, so they started to assemble troops along their territory.

16. After discovering a mass execution of American POWs (prisoners-of-war) by the North Koreans, the American military would accept nothing but total ______.

The Chinese Surprise 17. American surveillance estimated the Chinese troops numbered ______but it turns out they had missed another ______troops.

The Frozen Chosin

18. In the Chosin reservoir, the winter temperatures were ______with 50 mph winds, which froze everything.

19. What invention had been improved and indispensable for the fighting in Korea?

20. When task force “Faith” went to punch a hole in the Communist lines to free surrounded soldiers, they went into a village with 2,500 GIs/soldiers and came out with only ______alive.

Southbound

21. True or False: Seoul would fall for a second time, this time by the Communist Chinese forces.

22. What was keeping most of the casualties (injured soldiers) alive?

The Real M.A.S.H.

23. What was the real M.A.S.H.?

24. What term was used to describe the surgery?

25. What was the golden hour rule?

Shifting the Balance

26. U.S. Commander Ridgeway borrowed a strategy used by ______which focused on taking prisoners versus territory or towns.

27. An army marches on their ______.

The Iron Triangle

28. True or False: Commander Ridgeway’s strategy to create lines of defense for soldiers to retreat back to was effective in preventing a massive retreat when the Chinese attacked.

29. In a single ______, an artillery battalion fired off a record 12,000 rounds.

30. What did the Americans extended as a sign of peace?

Pressure for Peace

31. Both sides came to the peace talks acting as if they were the ______.

32. Old ______was one of the most famous hills where each side played “king of the mountain”. The Air War

33. True or False: Jets had been used in previous wars.

34. What were the primary targets for the air war?

The War Winds Down

35. Who was elected as the new President to replace Truman?

36. July _____, 1953 was when the armistice was finally signed.

37. Over ____ million soldiers and civilians died in Korea.

38. While some think of Korea as a minor stalemate, it can also be viewed as a ______war with over 20 countries participating.

39. True or False: The border between North and South Korea is still actively patrolled by military from both sides.