Social Differences Of The Korean War And 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.

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

One of the major conflicts in the 20th century was the Cold War. One of the key events of the Cold War was the Korean War (1949-1953). Essentially, the Korean War was a conflict between the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), and the Republic of Korea (ROK). However, the DPRK was backed by Stalin’s Communist regime. While the ROK, was backed by US and UN forces. The support that the divided Koreas received demonstrates that this war was the direct result of Cold War tensions between the USA and the USSR. Therefore making this war a proxy war between the two superpowers.

The Korean War was a defining part of the United States foreign policy in the Cold War Era and was a response to threats from the Soviet Union. The Korean War was a culmination of tensions between North and South Korea that had resulted from the influences the United States and the Soviet Union inculcated into the countries during their occupation. When the Korean War was initiated, by the invasion of South Korea by North Korea, the United States and their allies in the United Nations perceived the invasion as a bold communistic expansion effort that occurred without provocation. (Document A). Further validating this idea was the fact that the attack was endorsed by the USSR, and partially lead by Red China, both of which were communist countries

North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union while South Korea was supported by the United States. Northern korea was greatly influenced by the Soviet, “fearing that the Soviets intended to seize the entire peninsula from their position in the north, the United States quickly moved its own troops into south Korea” (National Archives). This caused the US to help South Korea from the influence of communism, but the “forces are nearly pushed off the Korean peninsula” (document C). China got involved by helping North Korea since they share a border with them, feeling aligned. This war proceeded to happen for several years until 1953. This demonstrates containment because they are trying to keep communism in only these

Most nations joined the war effort after “Truman asked the UN Security Council to intervene”.(Berkin, 698) South Korea had the aide of the United Nations which included american and british forces while North Korea had the aide of the Soviet Union.This showed just how intense the war was going to become as some of the world's largest nations were going to clash against each other. Almost all americans sought to unify korea and then “the United Nations on October 7 approved a new goal to liberate North Korea of Communist rule”.(Berkin, 700). When liberating Communism from North Korea, China got involved once UN forces moved towards the Chinese/Korean border. As a result, warfare intensified and casualties grew in numbers which made President Truman give up all hope on a unified Korea and so peace talks began. Later on during the peace talks, “The Eisenhower Administration finally concluded a ceasefire in july 26, 1923”. (Berkin, 701) . The United States ended up expanding its

By and large the Korean War, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War had virtually no similarities, particularly in the ways in which each was fought. These differences lay largely in the technology available at the time of each conflict as well as the over all world situation in which they occurred. If any

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 Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US's attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory.

Since the end of World War II, Democratic countries were alarmed at the spread of Communism, which was the theme in the Korean and Vietnam war. When the Japanese empire collapsed in 1945, the thirty-eighth parallel on the Korean peninsula was surrendered to the United States (Kennedy 614). North Korea was Communist, alongside the Soviet Union, while the South was Democratic, beside the U.S. Similarly, in 1954, at the Geneva Conference, the Geneva Accords were established and divided the country of Vietnam into two territories at the seventeenth parallel. Similar to Korea, the North fell to Communism, while the South remained Democratic. Both the Korean and Vietnam War are similar in ways, such as the causes of war, yet the outcomes are very different.

Comparison of the Practices and Strategies Utilized in the Korean and Vietnam Wars Two of the greatest battles which were fought by similar foes were those of the Korean and Vietnamese wars. Both conflicts involved a "communist" and "capitalist" participant(s) which had their own ideals and reasons for why to include themselves into such conflicts. There are also other similarities other than the opponents in these wars, such as the military tactics and strategies which were effectuated during this time. In both cases, the U.S. intervened forcefully introducing large masses of militia and using a considerable amount of armament, yet on the other hand, their enemies were supported by their allies

World War II and the Vietnam War were different from the very beginning with the initial attacks that pushed the US into war, and the leadership of Presidents, the desegregation of the armed forces, and the difference in enemies was enough separate these two global

The Korean War also illustrated that the United States would stand up to communism. The United States was against the foreign policy of containment. The Korean War was the first military stand against communism. This war proved that the United States would do anything to

The United Nations was founded upon the basic principles philosophy of collective security—the concept that any attack against any other country is equivalent to an attack on all other countries, whose task is to defend that country. Prior to the years following World War II, Korea and Vietnam were controlled by foreign powers, Japan in Korea and France in Vietnam; and once these major powers withdrew both Korea and Vietnam faced the involvement of an impending and neighboring Soviet Union. These two major international conflicts during the twentieth century can be compared and contrasted on four points: the background of the wars, the situation of United States in each war, and the situation during and results each war. Though separated by a decade and located in different areas, the Korean and Vietnam Wars were similar in that they were both embodiments of the crisis in which Free World nations acted on their beliefs of collective security against the Communist nations. (Source 1)

During 1950 to 1960,there’s a war build two individual country and change the eastern world’s pattern.The China supported North Korean during the Korean war.Because China,the Soviet Union,the United State and some other country in the United Nations,this civil war in Korean affect the world’s economic development and the whole world Pattern.And in this world United State supported the South Korean,so this war is a war represent the conflict between democracy which the western world support and the communism which China and the Soviet Union follow.Two side of the war all cost a lot of things,such as the money and the life of the soldiers.In fact no one definably won the war, both of the countries lose the war and both of the countries won the war.