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8th February 1904: Russo-Japanese War triggered by Japanese torpedo attack on Port Arthur

  • 8th February 2023
  • Tagged as: China, Imperialism, Japan, Korea, Manchuria, Port Arthur, Russia, Russo-Japanese War, War

Port Arthur was a fortified naval base in the south of Manchuria that had been leased to Russia since 1898.

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27th June 1950: President Truman sends US navy and air force to Korea

  • 27th June 2022
  • Tagged as: Cold War, Communism, Communist, Containment, Korea, Korean War, North Korea, Truman, United Nations, USA

US President Harry S. Truman ordered air and naval forces to assist South Korea against an invasion by North Korea.

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28th December 1972: Kim Il-sung becomes the first President of North Korea

  • 28th December 2021
  • Tagged as: Communism, Communist, Kim Il-sung, Korea, North Korea

Kim Il-sung was already the country’s Prime Minister and the First Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea, and four years after his death in 1994 he was made Eternal President of the Republic.

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