POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Dominant air power
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Atomic Bomb
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New type of laser-weapon
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2, 000, 000 more troops
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Detailed explanation-1: -Such criticisms were not limited to civilians. The very day after the atomic bomb hit Hiroshima, the personal pilot of General Douglas MacArthur, commander of Allied forces in the Pacific, recorded in his diary that MacArthur was “appalled and depressed by this Frankenstein monster."
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Korean War, General Douglas MacArthur wanted to use the atomic bomb against China. In July 1953, negotiators signed an armistice concerning Korea, with the battle line between the two sides becoming the border between North and South Korea. Today, U.S. troops are still based in Korea.
Detailed explanation-3: -MacArthur then asked for permission to bomb communist China and use Nationalist Chinese forces from Taiwan against the People’s Republic of China. Truman flatly refused these requests and a very public argument began to develop between the two men.
Detailed explanation-4: -MacArthur was initially successful in driving back the North Korean forces over the 38th parallel. He made a controversial move, however, when he continued to push the North Koreans further north and suggested bombing cities in China that were thought to be aiding the North Korean troops.