The Start Of The Cold War And The Korean War

 

Demobilization – 65k ships (2x the rest of the world combined); 4M men down to 267 major ships and 500k men

 

A New Weapon – nuclear; Op Crossroads tested 11 megaton on surplus ship

 

New Organizations – UN formed ’48; Nato ’49; Warsaw ‘55

 

Reconstructed Europe – Sectors of Germany reunited

 

What Role For The Navy – USSR no navy; public believes strat bombing over; many Q need for Navy; ships vuln. to the bomb

 

Share Of Nuclear Capability – CV couldn’t aunch planes big enough to carry the bomb

 

National Security Act Of 1947 – Est. NSC, CIA, NSA, USN, USAF; ’49 amended to est. JSC, DoD; Forestall first SecDef; succeeded by Lyndon Johnson

 

The Revolt Of The Admirals – SecDef took away money for super CV while SecNav on vacation and gives to USAF for B39 dev; super CV could’ve launched planes w/nukes

 

1949 – Russians successfully test the bomb

 

The Korean War – Soviets control North, US support S; N invades S

 

U.S. Forward Defenses – Pussan Perimeter

 

Operation Chromite – Kunsan (line of defense); Inchon (just past 38th parallel); Pyongyang (NK); turned war around and cut NK supply line

 

Northern Advance – US into NK; MacArthur ignores Chinese threats

 

Wonsan Harbor/Follow-On Ops – Marines from Inchon used; fight all the way to Chosin resoiver before Chinse Corps attack; minesweepers try to clear 3,000 mines

 

The Hungnam Evacuation – Marines evac in fighting retreat with many civs; largest logistical success ever

 

Final Stages – MacArthur calls for invasion of China and is relived because MacArthur used back channels to gain support

 

Naval Gains – Credibility and size renewed; not elim or downsized like post WWII; Churchill à Rearming of US most important outcome of Korean War