Soon after V-E Day, the war against Japan had reached its final stage (millercenter.org). An urgent plea to Japan to surrender was rejected. ... Japanese surrender quickly followed (whitehouse.gov). ... Forty years of Japanese rule resulted in Korean knowing little about freedom and politics, and they were always told what to do by the Japanese (Ferrell 110). ... Truman knew that doing nothing in Korea would have a devastating effect on the occupation of Japan, with North Korea having airfields near Japan's major cities (Ferrell 115). ...

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And South Korea has never forgotten her past especially Japan. Imperial Japan occupied Korea from the late nineteenth century to about 1910. ... Japan's occupation was brutal - but at a time when Japan became a major world industrial power, and Korea learned as she suffered. ... In 1989 the U S market was sluggish especially in the less expensive end and exports to America declined 28.5 percent. ... As of the 2004 model year Daewoo will make its return to America under a Chevrolet nameplate. ...

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This was the year in which World War 2 began in the region, during the period of Japanese expansion. ... Although Japan was very strong during the war (this was shown when they attacked Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, in 1941, and severely depleted the American forces there) the tide turned in 1942 at the Battle of the Coral Sea, which was the Allied forces" first naval win in the region. ... After Japan had been defeated and the European powers weakened, many Asian and Pacific nations wanted independence. ... How strong it was came to light when American troops came to Australia to help protect it fro...

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General Douglas MacArthur, leader of the American Occupation forces in Japan, was the supreme commander of the allied forces at the time. ... Though he was a hero in Japan, President Truman feared his pompous, self-assured nature, and thought of him as a loose cannon. ... This changed when they reached hill 303, first occupied by American troops, then taken by North Koreans, then retaken by Americans. ... This was the first time in the war that the American troops the offensive position. ... He believed that their movement was part of an American scheme to expand into east Asia, and even...

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Congress that was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan in 1984.This institution is an American non-partisan, independent, federal institution that works to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict around the world. ... Israeli relations have evolved from an initial American policy of sympathy and support for the creation of a Jewish homeland in 1948 to an unusual partnership that links a small but militarily powerful Israel, dependent on the United States for its economic and military strength, with the U. ... Unlike America, North Korea, which is a communist country, is ranked 1...

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BACKGROUND History and Structure of the Alliance Though it has had its political ups and downs, South Korea has been an ally of the American government since the end of the Korean War. ... The primary nature of the alliance is through the 37,000 American troops in South Korea. ... Korea also shares a history of tributary relations with China in the years before the Japanese occupation of Korea. ... Nuclear proliferation might then spread to Japan and throughout Asia. ... South Korea would be competing for the American market with the cheap products from China and the advanced products ...

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By the end of the war 1.3 million South Koreans, 1 million Chinese, 500,000 Northern Korean's, 54,000 Americans were dead (Rees 4). ... Korea is sitting between China, Japan, and Russia. It is sometimes called, "The Land Bridge," between China and Japan (Rees 1-2). ... That battle ended in 4,280 Americans dead. ... America did however; claim this to be their first defeat in a major battle (Berkeley. 1 edu.). ...

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When President Truman declared that America and other United Nations countries would support South Korea on June 27 19501 American occupational forces stationed in Japan were the first units to be sent over. ... MacArthur had a saying when he was asked how far he would go in fighting the Japanese, he replied by saying that there was "no substitute for victory"6 President Truman seemed to have changed his mind about what that meant, to him a more limited, politically sensitive campaign was the only acceptable one. ... Though Americans were not fighting the Koreans or the Chinese in Vietnam, the...

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On June 27th, 1950, American United Nations forces intervened to stop the advance. ... Japan ruled Korea from 1905 until the end of World War 2. Most Americans had barely even heard of Korea. ... General MacArthur sent American troops deep into the South. ... Korea would then most likely replace either Japan or Germany amongst the world's top four economies. ...

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Throughout its history, Korea has been repeatedly devastated by powers such as Japan, China, and Mongolia. ... This occurred soon after another foreign power, Japan, was defeated and left its occupation in Korea. ... They are told that the South has betrayed the Koreans by accepting American support and influence, and thus the South needs to be "liberated". ... One of the North Korean soldiers answers this question by stating that America has set this situation up for them. ... It is interesting to note that according to the website, Rhee's police used to work for Japanese police in Korea...

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Basically North Korea was occupied by Russian troops, the Communist group, and South Korea was occupied by American troops. ... When Communist North Korea invaded South Korea in June 1950, the United States entered the war with the support of the United Nations, named the UN commander; Macarthur hastily dispatched U.S. occupation troops from Japan to Korea. ... America was not only fighting against North Korea, but also communists of Russians, and China. ... The Americans and their associates were hurled southward across the 38th parallel, in a frostbitten, humiliating retreat. ... Macarthur h...

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