The Cold War: The First Korean War

Alot of good things came out of this ,some may say that we lost this war because of communism staying in North Korea after us leaving.However after America leaving leaving the war and it ending in 1953, communism did not spread to South Korea and that's what ¨containment¨ was, for the U.S. this was a very document that the U.S. stresses this alot and this was to contain communism from spreading to wherever it did not exist already. Not stopping North Korea from taking over South Korea would be leading it spread, so the U.S. was obligated to go and help South

While World War II ended all worries and hardships Americans faced, events gradually initiated signs of the Cold War which created an increased state of tension that swept all of America and Korea. During the 1940s, the potential Communist invasion of nations worldwide began to create a frightening reality to the people of the United States. The Soviet Union’s exportation of Communism greatly worried America as they wanted to contain Communism from all nations, especially nations in Asia. The Korean peninsula divided into two territories: a north, Soviet supported government, and a south, American supported government, a separation as a result of World War II. The Soviet Union invaded Korea, which had been under Japanese control since 1900; fearing the Soviet’s intention to seize the entire peninsula, the United States responded by quickly sending in their troops to South Korea. Truman’s decision to become involved in conflicts in Korea grew out of the Soviet Union’s radical actions, events in Asia, and internal criticism in the Truman Administration in America, providing him with an opportunity to defend a nation from a communist invasion.

Although the United States benefited from new alliances the price of war was too high. From 1953-1956 there was one war and two threats of war. The war in 1953 was the Korean War. (Document A, The Gallup Poll of Public Opinion, Random H). China entered the war and pushed the United Nations and the United States back into South Korea. The war continued for several more years. South Korea gained a small part of Korea. Very close to the original border the war ended in 1953. In total the war caused an estimated 2 million deaths and about 50,000 were American

After North Korea invaded South Korea, the United States decided to support South Korea and help fight for their independence. The outcome of the Korean War was a success for South Korea and the United States. The Korean War Armistice ended the war and that was an enormous loss for communism. The Korean War Armistice specified, “A Military Demarcation Line shall be fixed and both sides shall withdraw two (2) kilometers from this line so as to establish a Demilitarized Zone between the opposing forces” (Document E). The zone is a line that splits up the South and the North.

On June 25, 1950, communist North Korea invaded the United States ally South Korea. The United States and the United Nation forces headed to South Korea to help defend but are pushed back and practically pushed off the peninsula. General Douglas MacArthur stages a risky but successful counterattack at the port of Inchon. This counterattack helps South Korea push back North Korean forces back to the Yalu River. This causes communist China to enter the war. The war dragged on for many years and finally ended in 1953 with the help of the United States and the United

Even though the Korean War ended in a cease fire,the U.S came to the aid of a country fighting for their independence. Although, the U.S did stop the spread of communism in Korea they didn't do such a great job in some places.

According to Document C, on June 25, 1950, North Korea suddenly invaded South Korea. North Korea was supported by the Soviet Union, while South Korea was being supported by the U.S. president, Harry Truman, and the United Nations promised to defend South Korea. After World War 2, on September 14, 1950, the U.S. and the U.N. were officially sent to protect South Korea, but the U.S. and the United Nation’s forces were almost pushed off the Korean peninsula. The leader of the Americans, was General Douglass MacArthur. On November 25, 1950, General MacArthur organized a dangerous, yet victorious retaliation at the port of Inchon. The Americans pushed the North Korean forces all the way back to the border of North Korea and communist China, but this battle got difficult again because China got involved and pushed the Americans back to South Korea. Over two million people died in this war as well as more than fifty thousand American soldiers. This act of containment in a way made the U.S. look kind of weak, because there were a lot of deaths and suffering before it ended therefore making their system look

The battles on the Korean Peninsula were a constant back and forth (Document C). South Korea could not handle the power of the North Korean army and almost lost the whole peninsula. If it wasn’t for General Douglass MacArthur planning a risky counter attack that eventually paid off South Korea’s future would have been as risk. This attack pushed North Korea all the way to China which caused communist China to join in on the mix. The U.S. had no interest in taking any of North Korea's land, for themselves or South Korea. They just did not want the spread of communism any farther. Once China pushed the U.S. and U.N. forces back into South Korea the U.S. the war pretty much stood at a stand still until the war ended. These battles accumulated more than two million deaths and 50,000

The Korean War was a military victory for the United States because it pushed the North Koreans out of South Korea and preserved

One of the positive effect of sending United nation troops to fight in Korea would mostly be the prevention of World War 3. Even though United State senators publicly demanded that Truman should use atomic bombs on Korea and on Red China , General MacArthur denied to do so ; who was later on dismissed by President Truman on April 11th of 1951 and was replaced by Matthew Ridgway. The united states still provided the majority of the military forces which helped drive the North out of South Korea and still stand guard along the border to this day, if it were not for the United States a world war 3 would have followed very shortly making South Korea a communist country.

President Truman and President Eisenhower had a crucial impact on America and the fate of Korea during the Korean War. The Korean War started on June 25, 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ended on July 27, 1953, when the armistice was signed. It was fought between North Korea, who were under the Soviet Union influence of communism, and South Korea, who were under American influence of democracy. Both sides wanted to be the supreme leader of Korea. President Truman’s decision to join the Korean War had a huge cost on America and was the first real decision for the United Nations (UN). Because of how President Eisenhower decided to end the war, with an armistice, North and South Korea are still separated and without resolving the conflict. The impact of the war and of not having

Since the Korean War began the Soviet Union invaded the part of northern korea, when right after World War II ended the cold war have created tensions between Korea and U.S.S.R. The American people feared that communist invaded lots of countries in East for a reason the communist formed as what they believed every sources of other nations should be trade internationally. So America put a new policy “containment” as set for preventions of Joseph Stalin planned invading the part of Korea. Back in the year of 1910 the Japanese terrorized the korea but then they surrendered them on the Soviet Union to Northern Korea and become the axis powers, the United States to South Korea and they part of the allied powers. The both sides had a decision

The Korean War begun on the arrival of the North Korean Army troops consisted of 750.000 soldiers at the 38th parallel- the imaginary boundary between South Korea- on une 25, 1950 (History.com Staff,2009). According to (PBS, N.D.), Korean War was the first war to provide the confrontation of nuclear powers and the war also showed how hard was the difficulty of both sides to create the right decision on when to attack using the bomb at the right time. Although it might seemed to be difficult, the attacks from Soviet Union and China on behalf of North Korea was hard to repel so that United Nation was asked to help South Korea repelled those attacks (PBS, n.d.). By the end of the brutal war that lasted 60 years there were two millions victim

The United States geared up for a war against communism. Not more than a day after Seoul fell, the US had officially entered the war and had ground troops committed, an action backed by the U.N. At the beginning of the war the U.S. soldiers had little combat experience and they were in a foreign land. This was the reason for the mass casualties sustained by the U.S. “US Army casualties from June 25 through July 31, 1950 totaled 6,003: 1,884 Killed In Action, 2,695 Wounded In Action, 523 Missing In Action and 901 reported captured. Of these more than half were from the 24th Infantry Division- 3,610.”( Evanhoe, Ed. "The Korean War." The Korean War. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2012. <http://www.korean-war.com>.)

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