The Korean War And The Expansion Of Communism

Starting after World War ll, both America and the Soviet Union had an unfortunate assumption that the other was trying to take over the world and spread their governmental policies, Democracy and Communism. This lead to hate and fear, and the overall goal of destroying those ideals. Both sides thought that their political systems were superior and tried to expand their reach on the world, steering themselves down a road paved with bitter rivalries and childish contests. One such contest, and probably the most famous, being the Space Race. Both sides were reaching out towards the unknown, but Americans believed they were far more ahead than the Russians so when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first satellite, “Sputnik-1” On October 4, 1957, they were awed, scared, and offended.The Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik created a new era in American society and influenced many pivotal aspects of daily life, including the government, education, culture, and thought process.

During the Cold War, the United States and Russia had a severe space race between one another. Every time one country would be a step ahead of the other, and somehow one of the countries would catch up to the more advanced country at the time. During the early years of the space race, success was measured by what nation did what first: To the alarm of the United States, each of the early adventures were achieved by the Soviet Union. And all of those events triggered the United States to drive and catch up with to surpass the Soviet Union. This sort of see-saw method happen throughout the space race. Throughout this paper, there will be a discussion on the space race between the United Stated and

June 25th, 1950 was the first military action taken during the Cold War. This was the start of the Korean War when close to 750,000 North Korean soldiers crossed the 38th parallel and entered South Korea. North Korea had been Communist and ruled by Ho Chi Minh while South Korea was not communist and were being ruled by Ngo Dinh Diem, who was a very harsh, cruel leader who killed many of his own people. However, the United States supported South Korea because they were against communist and was trying to practice their policy of containment. Americans were scared that the Korean War would begin to spread communism due to the Soviet Union’s involvement. A goal of this war for the United States was to keep the communists from North Korea north

In contrast to the Korean War, the Vietnam War occurred in a time when the anti-communist movement was not as large. While the Vietnam War started in November 1, 1955, when the anti-communist movement was around its peak, it lasted until April 30, 1975, when the anti-communist movement had greatly decreased. One of the major events during this time that showed the decrease in the movement was the end of HUAC. HUAC stood for House of Un-American Committee; the organization was a committee, in the House of Representatives, that investigated communist activity during the Cold War. HUAC ended in 1975 which makes it apparent that the anti-communist movement had greatly decreased from its peak in the 1950s. There was also a lack of communist accusations

The Korean War existed as a bi product to the hegemonic struggle between the contrasting political views of communism and capitalism. The event became the first military conflict of the Cold War between the US and Soviet Union, and it commenced on June 25th, 1950. These powers would continue to battle through the use of surrogate wars and political propaganda. War began to change exponentially with technology, and atomic warfare threatening, and still threatens, the life on earth. War changed to a mutually assured destruction. As a result the Korean War never truly ended, the Cold War carried on, and the 38th parallel still divides the North and South. From an American perspective, the Korean War contributed to the Cold

The Korean War was described to be one of the main reasons how the Cold War became a global conflict in 1945. The main conflict of the Korean War was the disagreement of Communism between North and South Korea. North Korea followed Communism and wanted South Korea to be under the same type of government. As South Korea refused to have Communism in their country, it led North Korea to take action, by using violence. With the help of the Soviet Union and China helping the North, South Korea looks to the United States for aid into helping them with this conflict (Lin Lin). The United States decision to be involved in the Korean War was due to the fact it started with Communism and they wanted to prevent the influence of it from spreading.

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 United States has fought in many wars throughout the years. The Korean War took place from 1950-1953. It has also been called the forgotten war, as people do not recognize it like the Second World War, the Vietnam War or the Gulf War. This battle consisted of North Korea, South Korea and the United States. It was fought on sea, land and air. The Korean War was a clash between the Communist forces and the free world.

Over the course of the 1950s, no event captured the tension of the infamous Cold War more than the Korean War. Fought to prevent the spread of communism in Korea, the Korean War was a bold political victory for the United States because America sent a clear message to the entire world, as it was the first military action of the Cold War, that the spread of communism will not be tolerated by the strongest military in the world, the United States. In addition, the Korean War was an economic benefit for the United States due to the increase of military spending and preserved the freedom of the South Korean people. However, the Korean War is often labeled as the “forgotten war” due to the failure of the United States to eliminate communism in

When the Japanese empire was dismantled at the end of World War Two, Korea fell victim to the Cold War. It was divided into two spheres of influence along the 38th parallel. The Americans controlled south of the line - the Russians installed a communist regime in the north, later ceding influence to

According to Robert, without Korean War there would be a huge difference in the world’s history. In addition to that Robert also stated “the Korean war shaped the course of the cold war by both resolving the incoherence which characterized U.S. foreign and defense efforts in the period 1946-1950 and establishing important new lines of policy”(1980). The Korean War led to the changes of policy through three processes in changes on the domestic political situation, defense budget and NATO. The domestic policy changes let the leader of the country to do whatever they wanted to do before (Robert,

On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first ever satellite, Sputnik. The launch of Sputnik sent the United States into a frenzy, beginning the Space Race, and the innovation of technology as a whole. The Space Race most importantly had a major impact on the evolution of the United States’s defense technologies through the launch of Sputnik. The Space Race sparked the United States battle for technological superiority against the USSR, and lead to improvizations in their satellite and satellite defense technologies.

In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched an artificial satellite; the Sputnik to be placed in the earth’s orbit [4].This came with unpleasant surprise to the United States. America feared that USSR was going to deliver nuclear weapons into the U.S space. To counteract this USA developed and launched her satellite, the Explorer 1 in 1958. The cold war spread to the rest of the world with some countries in support of USA and others USSR.

The Korean war was a war between North Korea and South Korea. It is known to be the bloodiest 4 years in the asian mainland. On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army spilled across the 38th parallel.l This battle was the first military action of the Cold War. (USA vs. USSR) By July, American troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. Finally, in July 1953, the Korean War came to an end. In all, more than 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. The Korean peninsula is still divided

On June 25, 1950, the Korean War began as a civil war during the Cold War, between North and South Korea. The book, Rethinking the Korean War, states that the conflict would nearly start a world war and affect the relations of Communist and democratic nations.[1] The conflict soon became international when, under U.S. leadership, the United Nations joined to support South Korea and the People’s Republic of China (PRC) entered to aid North Korea.[2] The war left Korea divided and brought the Cold War to Asia. 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south. This invasion was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had