Japan - Controlled by the US post-WW2 under MacArthur (path to democracy), NSC-68 - Organised US military thinking for a more aggressive cold war strategy., China - Became communist in 1949 as a massive shock to the US., Domino Theory - The belief that communism could spread in South-East Asia, Red Scare - Senator McCarthy and others believed US insiders had undermined cold-war efforts., Mao Zedong - The rebel turned leader of Communist China, Atomic bomb - The USSR tested one in 1949 2-3 years ahead of US predictions., Kim Ill Sung - Leader of North Korea, Korea - Japanese colony seized and divide by allies post-WW2., March 1950 - North Korean invasion of the South after Kim felt emboldened by Soviets and China., General MacArthur - Leader of UN forces, later sacked for exceeding his brief & threatening war with China., Yalu River - The trigger border location that led to the Chinese entering the war., United Nations - Led the invasion force of 18 nations as USSR was boycotting., 27,000 - US soldiers killed in Korea., Taiwan - Where the Chinese government fled to under Chiang Kai-Shek,

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