H – 32 - Korean War

1. One cause of the Korean War was that the communist countries of ___________ and the________________ attempted to take the entire nation of Korea.

2. __________Korean forces crossed the 38^th parallel on 25 June 1950 and quickly overpowered the poorly trained and equipped __________ Korean forces.

3. Twenty members of the United Nations and one non-member fought under the command of ___________ leadership.

4. UN forces could not cross the ____________ parallel. They could only drive the North Korean forces from South Korea.

5. The Korean War taught the US that having access to __________________ was not enough to avoid going to war. Countries needed to know how to fight on all levels of conflict.

6. Fighting continued for _________ years until an armistice was signed on 27 July _____________.

7. The armistice called for a _____________________________ and ended active fighting. It did not resolve any conflicts.

8. The armistice created the only ____________________________ in the world, located between North and South Korea. However the ___________________ still left a large contingent of forces in South Korea.

9. The armistice established the ______________________ as the border between North and South Korea, and forces still remain alert on both sides to guard against invasion.

10. The Korean War was the first time ___________________ were used to transport troops and wounded soldiers, as seen on the television series Mash.

11. Colonel James Jabara became the first jet ace, destroying __________ MiG’s.

12. Major George Davis was the first to receive the __________________________.

13. Air action against hostile targets which are in close proximity to friendly forces and which require detailed integration of each air mission with the fire and movement of those forces is called ____________________________________.

14. __________________ is firing at a ground target from close range with machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft.

15. _______________________ is the advantage in air power held when air force has greater combat effectiveness than that of an opposing air force.

16. A _____________________ is a war looked upon by one or the other of the players as not involving its own country, and being limited to a particular geographical area, to the use of only certain resources, or the number of players.

17. A temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement between the opponents is an ____________________.

18. __________________ is to destroy, cut, or damage and enemy line of supply by firepower to stop or hamper the enemy.

19. The _____________________ is a worldwide organization of nations in which the member nations have pledged to maintain international peace and security and to cooperate in establishing and maintaining political, economic, and social conditions favorable to such peace and security.

20. The United Nations Security Council consists of ______________________, __________________________, _________________, ________________, and ___________________.