Key Figures

Kim II Sung (1912-1994)- Was a powerful leader of North Korea. Kim led the guerrilla forces against the Imperial Japanese Army until he was compelled to escape Korea in the late 1930s. Kim led North Korea all through the Korean War, at various occasions almost accomplishing victory and nearly falling to overcome.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)- A standout amongst the most dominant military officers in current American history. MacArthur was the Allied Commander of the Southwest Pacific Theater during World War II and the Commander in Chief of the Far East, in the after war period. He acknowledged the Japanese surrender on board the U.S.S. Missouri in September 1945, at that point went about as an incomparable officer over the control of Japan. He ordered all American forces in the Korean War until being relieved of his order by President Truman in April 1951.

Dr. Syngman Rhee (1875-1965)- Was an American-taught Korean outcast who came back to his nation to become the main President of South Korea in 1948. Rhee, led his country—rather poor all through the Korean War. Rhee was imprisoned from 1897 to 1904 for his activism in help of inward changes in Korea. He at that point returned home and took part in the Korean rebellion against the Japanese occupation in 1919. He then fled again and didn’t return until the Japanese were defeated in August 1945.

Harry S. Truman (1884-1972)- Was the 33rd President of the United States. Led the end of WWII and beginning of the Cold War. Under Truman's watch the Cold War began. Truman's inability to lead the United States to victory in the Korean War prompted a serious decrease in help for the president's approaches among the American individuals.