Compare And Contrast The Korean War And The Vietnam War

The Korean War was an influential event that started in 1950 and caused a lot of controversy among Americans and Koreans. The war was caused by the US trying to preserve the Democratic side of Korea, the south side. The Koreans were not happy, however, and the Viet Kong and North Korean soldiers fought tooth and nail to get the Americans out of the country. There was eventually an end to the war of course but not without lots of casualties on both sides and a hostile environment around the border of the two countries.

The Korean War was fought between North Korea (aid of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (aid of the United States). The Korean War started June 25, 1950 when North Korean forces invaded South Korea. The Korean War ended on July 27, 1953 with the Korean War armistice.

It was nice reading through your submission, to add to what you have already stated, a lot of differences and similarities abound between Korean and Vietnam War such as inability of the U.S to contain communist system of government in both countries, both countries experienced major casualties and death during the war, both countries divided after the war whereby they have north and south Korea, North and South Vietnam. Then after the war, the North and South Vietnam united back but North and South Korea never united. Today both North and South Korea practice different system of government whereby the South practice Democratic system while the North still maintained communist till

During my research of the Civil War, the Vietnam war, and our modern war, I have found that each soldier was giving different shots, and different opportunities to live. It seemed to be like the soldiers were actually fighting for something in the Civil War, and even in modern day wars. The Vietnam War shows that our Government just likes to stick their nose into other foreign business. 58000 Americans died and 360000 Americans were wounded, all for what our country calls patriotism. The main difference between the Wars is that one of them, was fought for no reason. What I gathered in my research tells me that a war has a purpose behind it. When we send our troops somewhere, there should be a reason why we are in a certain area. With the Vietnam

Korean War: In 1945, Japanese surrendered by the Soviet Union and Unites States and Second World War was ended. Also, Korea was liberated at August 15. Korea was divided into South and north, and US governed south and Soviet Union governed north. June 25, 1950, the North Korean invaded south and the war was outbreak. The war was intensified by intervention of The United States, China, and the Soviet Union. It became fight between the Democratic and the Communism. (876-878)

The Korean War occurred from 25 June 1950 to 27 July 1953 when armistice was signed. (Stokesbury) It was between Republic of Korea and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. United Nations were on the South Korea side and China and Soviet Union were at North Korea side. North Korea invaded South Korea after United States’ military evacuation. North Korea occupied most of South Korea, but after Incheon Landing, it turned the tide of the war. Finally, the war ended by declaring ceasefire and made Military Demarcation Line. The war was significant because it was the war between democratic and communist countries. It was also the time of Cold War when Soviet Union and United States were having political and diplomatic conflicts

The Vietnam War started on the 1st November 1955, however full U.S military involvement was not until over ten years later in 1965 following the Gulf of Tonkin incident in which a U.S Destroyer was reportedly fired upon by North Vietnamese forces. Once again, as with the Korean War five years previous, the North part of the country was the Communists and the South part was the Capitalists. The Vietnam War was a lot more forthcoming than the Korean War, given the ten year period in which military advisers resided in Vietnam before the outbreak. Despite this build up the interest in Vietnam by war correspondents was at a minimal level. It is reported that even in 1963, just two years prior to the full involvement of the U.S military, there were only enough full-time correspondents to fill a table at a restaurant . The lack of media personnel in the country until 1965 shows that despite the indications shown in Korea for the USA to protect their interests, there is not much pull unless there is a full military involvement. The number of correspondents around in Vietnam before 1965 was at a measly eight. However, signifying the size of the war, the peak number in March 1968 hit 645 correspondents in Vietnam . Amongst this number saw a large quantity of female correspondents make their way to Vietnam. In all 467 women were accredited to being correspondents during the war, the most ever in any war . This may have been as a result of the

The Soviets and Americans were unable to decide on who got the control over what part of the joint trusteeship over Korea, thus leading to the start of the Korean War (Source C.) From 1910 to the end of WWII Korea was being ruled by the Japanese and were ready to have control over themselves. The Korean War was fought from 1950 to 1953, where the North was being occupied by the Soviets and the South by the Americans. Kim thought that the only way to reunify Korea was with the use of military forces. In 1945 Korea was divided on the 38th parallel which was the main cause for going to war. In June of 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, which was considered the first act of the “Cold War”.

The goal for the Soviet Union was to spread communism all around the world. Despite only taking over Europe they also took over Asia. Before the Soviet Union took over Korea it was under the control of japan. To stop the spread of communism the United States come in. Once japan had given up the northern part of Korea was taken over by the Soviet Union where they were under a communist government while the south side was from the United States and they followed a democratic government. According to document 6a it shows a picture of how Korea was divided by the 38th parallel. In the year of 1950, the Korean War broke out because the northern part wanted to make all of Korea into a communist government. During this time tensions had also arisen between the North and South Korea because the north announced that they were going to test a nuclear weapon. Vietnam was also taken over just like Korea was. Taken over by France they also have divided into two. According to document 6b it shows a map of Vietnam and how they were divided into north and south. Vietnam was not happy about what was being done to them so they went to France and started fighting for what they believed was right. What they did was the nationalist side decided to join the communist side to fight against the United States this was called the Vietnam War. As a result, Vietnam won the war against the United States. As a whole, they became one nation and a communist

The Cold War was not much a war, but rather a time of tension after World War II between the Capitalist bloc and Communist bloc between 1945-1991. Some important nations during the Cold War were the United States, Soviet Union, and Japan, and there was much tension between especially the Soviet Union and the United States. One of the important wars during this period of tension was the Korean War, lasting from June 1950 to July 1953. This war began due to North Korean forces launching an attack on South Korea, and the United States aiding the Southern nation. The North Korean forces marched to Seoul, and the United States called for military aid for South Korea. This resulted in the prompting of Chinese Communist Forces, which increased the

Both the Korean War (and the Vietnam War played significant roles in of the Cold War. The Korean War related more to the causes and development of the Cold War, whereas the Vietnam War’s role was more focused on the later development and beginning the end of Cold War.

The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era conflict that started in 1946 and ended in 1974, taking nearly 30 years to resolve. The war was fundamentally a conflict between North Vietnam and South Vietnam, where the North was communist and South was not. The United States, France, the United Kingdom and other non-communist allies supported the non-communist South Vietnam. China, Russia (USSR), Cuba, Cambodia and other Communist allies supported the regime in the north. North Vietnam saw the United States involvement in the North as foreign aggression, so they fought guerilla wars against the anti-communist forces in the region. Guerilla forces (the Viet Cong) and the regular North Vietnamese Army were responsible for fighting the anticommunist forces. The conflict mainly consisted of small battles until the onset of air attacks -- part of an overall strategy of massive bombing and search-and-destroy operations, which South Vietnam and the Americans hoped would win the war.

In fact, remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity, under which all communist nations were necessarily allies, rather than individuals to be dealt with separately. However, though those parallels, Vietnam era policy-makers did not apply the lessons of the Korean War to the Vietnam War. Rather, they did not seem to recognize those lessons as lessons at all, and repeated in

Although many believe the world would be a better place if everyone were to get along and agree on social differences, but in the end these differences are the root cause of many wars. These two major wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam War, not only had serious impact within the country, but also give a prime example of how similar and different between the two. Both wars were commenced similarly from its conflict with expansion of a communist government and the involvement of the United States. Differences came from the involvement of the United Nation and the outcome of both wars.

President Kennedy sent 500 Special Forces troops and military advisors to assist South Vietnam in May 1961.