William Tyler
“I will defend Korea as I would my own country”: Quote of General MacArthur
Summary
As one war ended, new wars began with WWII morphing into the Cold War and the Korean War in 1950-1953. Five years after the defeat of Germany and Japan, America and its allies went to war again on the Korean Peninsula.
William Tyler
William Tyler has spent his entire professional life in adult education, beginning at Kingsgate College in 1969. He has lectured widely for many public bodies, including the University of Cambridge and the WEA, in addition to speaking to many clubs and societies. In 2009, William was awarded the MBE for services to adult education, and he has previously been a scholar in residence at the London Jewish Cultural Centre.
It wanted resources that Korea had, which Japan did not have. And they also wanted to expand to create a Japanese empire on the mainland. Remember, he invaded later Manchuria.
It began during the Japanese occupation. The North had more Marxists, the South, more Democrats. And it was always, I think, likely to split unless one could overcome the other. But the Communist would’ve won, had America and the allies not intervened. As they did, of course, by pushing the South into Pusan, in that little southern corner, southeastern corner.