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| British Commonwealth of Nations |
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| this was established prior to WWI, following the war several of Britain's colonies and possessions looked to become independent of British control |
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| leader of the Free French government during WWII, returned to power and helped write a new constitution, establishing the Fifth Republic |
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| he became the president of France in 1981 |
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| Italy began a slow recovery under him |
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| they kidnapped and murdered Italian premier Also Moro in 1978 |
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| Franco's successor, encouraged moderation and democratic rule during periods of unrest |
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| China's government, this government prevented a Communist takeover |
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| Chinese Christian statesman |
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| led the Chinese Communists |
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| a General who traveled to China as a special envoy to arrange peace between the Nationalists and the Communists |
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| Chiang and about 2 million Nationalist soldiers with their families were forced to flee to the tiny Chinese island on October 1, 1949 |
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| People's Republic of China |
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| Mao Tsung proclaimed the establishment of this |
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| Mao launched this in 1953 |
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| Mao inaugurated China's second Five-Year-Plan known as this |
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| Mao decided to launch this to purge China of all "counter-revolutionaries" and foreign influences |
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| encouraged by the communist party, students and young people formed gangs which filled the streets with noisy demonstrations, marches, and protests, and attacked Chinese intellectuals and professionals |
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| Mao's reign of terror resulted in the death of ________-the worst massacre in world history |
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| emerged as Communist China's most powerful leader and China remained in the cruel clutches of Communist oppression |
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| the Soviets set up a Communist puppet government in North Korea, under him |
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| the people had free elections, and elected him for South Korea |
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| Korea was divided among the ____________ |
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| On June 25, 1950, North Korean troops blasted their way across the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea, starting this war |
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| General Douglas MacArthur |
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| President Truman ordered __________ to dispatch troops to Korea from Japan, then named him the supreme commander of all US and UN forces |
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| the battle line in the southeastern corner of Korea |
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| General MacArthur surprised the world by landing American forces here; "experts" had declared that high tides and dangerous shoals made an amphibious landing at Inchon impossible |
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| Truman's policy: refusing to use all available military strength to win a complete victory |
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