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Part one: Conflict in Korea3 objectives

Study the causes of the Korean War, including Korean nationalism, US relations with China, division of Korea, Kim Il Sung, Syngman Rhee, North Korea's invasion in June 1950, US and UN responses and USSR absence from the UN.
Study the development of the Korean War, including the UN campaign, Inchon landings, recapture of South Korea, advance into North Korea, Chinese reaction and intervention and the sacking of MacArthur.
Study the end of the Korean War, including stalemate around the 38th Parallel, peace talks, armistice and impact on Korea, the UN and Sino-American relations.

Part two: Escalation of conflict in Vietnam3 objectives

Study the end of French colonial rule, including Dien Bien Phu, Geneva Agreement 1954, South Vietnamese civil war, opposition to Diem and the Vietcong's aims, support, leadership, guerrilla tactics and Ho Chi Minh.
Study US involvement, including the Domino Theory, intervention under Eisenhower and Kennedy and the Strategic Hamlets programme.
Study Johnson's War, including Gulf of Tonkin, US response to Vietcong tactics, mass bombing, demands for peace, student protests, My Lai, Search and Destroy and the Tet Offensive.

Part three: The ending of conflict in Vietnam3 objectives

Study Nixon's War, including Vietnamisation, chemical warfare, bombing from 1970 to 1972, relations with China and widening the war into Laos and Cambodia.
Study opposition to the war, including Kent State University, the media and TV influence on public opinion and the Watergate context.
Study the end of the war, including Paris Peace talks, Kissinger, US withdrawal, fall of Saigon, the price of conflict and Vietnam's problems in 1975.

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Exam focus: Korean War: Support each point about Korean War with precise historical evidence.
Exam focus: Korean War: Support each point about Korean War with precise historical evidence.

Avoid confusing Korean War: Anchor the answer to Part one: Conflict in Korea, use precise evidence, and state whether Korean War is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.
Avoid confusing Korean War: Anchor the answer to Part one: Conflict in Korea, use precise evidence, and state whether Korean War is a cause, consequence, change, continuity or significant development.

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