{"id":10530,"date":"2025-06-14T12:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T04:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/?page_id=10530"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:29:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T03:29:24","slug":"cold-war-crises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/cold-war-crises\/","title":{"rendered":"Cold War Crises"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Berlin Crisis &#8211; see Cold War Causes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1958 Taiwan Straits\/ Chinese Offshore Island Crises<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1. 1958 Taiwan Straits\/ Chinese Offshore Island Crises<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not to be confused with the 1954 Taiwan Straits Crisis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What happened? Why was it a crisis?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the reaction of the Soviet Union?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the reaction of the USA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the reaction of China?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2. Korean War, 1950-53<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Timeline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1945<\/strong> Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula ends<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1950<\/strong> North Korea push into the South, almost taking the entire peninsula. US-led forces support the South and the North is pushed back. China then invades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>1951<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/bitesize\/articles\/zkfnrmn\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"624\" src=\"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/image-4.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10579\" style=\"width:461px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/image-4.png 624w, https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/image-4-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/image-4-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/06\/image-4-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Korean War 1950-53 (4K Documentary)\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CoZexC7M4hM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Why is the Korean peninsula divided in 1945? <em>0:45<\/em> &#8211; 0:60<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who are the leaders of South and North Korea? <em>1:10 &#8211; 1:20<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Who are the two Korean armies?<em> 1:47 &#8211; 1:55<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why does the North have an advantage at the beginning of the war? <em>03:40 &#8211; 03:50 &amp; 04:00 -04:50<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does the US and the UN enter the war? <em>06:30 &#8211; 06:55<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The US support is limited as units are understrength and not always fully trained. How successful was the KPA by August 1950? <em>10:12 &#8211; 10:45<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some Koreans in the South welcomed the invasion from the North as it may lead to unification. Why did this change? <em>10:45 &#8211; 11:21<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did General MacArthur stop the KLA advance? <em>11:25 &#8211; 12:00<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MacArthur believed that initial Chinese attacks would not last but he was clearly wrong. How effective were the Chinese towards the end of 1950? <em>16:30 &#8211; 19:50<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why were the Chinese Army effective? <em>21:20 &#8211; 22:30<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does MacArthur want to do in early 1951? Why does this not happen? <em>25:00 &#8211; 26:05<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What does &#8216;a bit sticky&#8217; mean? <em>26:36 &#8211; 27:00<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What happens for the rest of the war? <em>28:19 &#8211; 29:00<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Did the USSR and USA actually fight each other? <em>29:23 &#8211; 29:40<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What are the positions of the UN and China by the end of 1952? <em>35:11 &#8211; 36:00<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What were the influences on the negotiations to end the war? <em>38:19 &#8211; 38:35<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What is the agreement? <em>39:21 &#8211; 39:39<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How can the South and North claim victory? <em>41:00 &#8211; 42:15<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What was the impact on the Cold War? <em>42:15 &#8211; 44:50<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"05   Cold War CNN   Korea 1949 1953\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gSnu8l6xss4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. 1958 Taiwan Straits\/ Chinese Offshore Island Crises What happened? Why was it a crisis? What was the reaction of the Soviet Union? What was the reaction of the USA What was the reaction of China? 2. Korean War, 1950-53 Timeline 1945 Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula ends 1950 North Korea push into the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/cold-war-crises\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Cold War Crises&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10530","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10530"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11366,"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10530\/revisions\/11366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stg.igbis.edu.my\/the-past-changes-a-little-every-time-we-retell-it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}