The Cold War was a series of wars that commenced in order to prevent communism from spreading. The Korean War was one of the first actions the military took in this war. The conflicts began when the Japanese had lost possession of Korea in World War II. It was separated into two divisions known as North and South Korea. North Korea and the Soviet forces had built up a communist government led by Kim II Sung, a dictator. Opposingly, South Korea and the United States created a republican government
On 25 June 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea with the intention of dominating South Korea and forcing its government and policies upon them. These circumstances imply that not only did South Korea had the grounds to defend itself, but other nations had the right assist them in the time of need. On June 25, 1950, North Korean forces assaulted the South Korean army, and quickly advanced towards the capital city of Seoul. The United States, stationed there in correspondence with the United Nations
Causes of the Korean War After the USSR installed a Communist government in North Korea in September 1948, that government promoted and supported an insurgency in South Korea in an attempt to bring down the recognized government and gain jurisdiction over the entire Korean peninsula. Not quite two years later, after the insurgency showed signs of failing, the northern government undertook a direct attack, sending the North Korea People's Army south across the 38th parallel before
The Cold War was the name given to the political economic, military and ideological contention that occurred between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and their allies after World War II. The two forces never directly engaged in military activity in light of the fact that both had atomic weapons that if utilized, might have had crushing outcomes for both sides. Instead, proxy wars were battled. A proxy war results when contradicting forces utilize outsiders as substitutes for
The Korean War Presented to Mr. Hyatt Presented by Sandy Rios Korea is one of the few countries that are split and are currently still at war. Many people do not know about the Korean War since it was not a popular war, it did not get as much media attention as other wars. Numerous people do not have much knowledge of the history of Korea and how South and North Korea split. Korea was not always just North and South Korea the country went through many rulers to get
The Vietnam and the Korean wars were stomach churning, because of how many people were killed, and how long it took for them to end these harsh wars. The Korean War started On June 25, 1950. The Korean War began when 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army (which were communists) attacked across the 38th parallel. The Korean War was fought between North and South Korea; US forces had come to the help the South Korean people. Gen. Douglas MacArthur was the leader of the US army, he
The Korean War The Korean War is a forgotten conflict in American history in which this conflict was followed by World War II in 1950. The United States didn’t enter World War II until the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. World War II has ended resulting in the United States defeating Nazi Germany, in support of allies of the United States in coordination with the United Nations. The citizens of America have peace and prosperity now that their G.I.s are home. However, there
BEFORE the War: How & Why the Main Players Ended Up at War Korea: My country was ruled by Imperial Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. When the Soviet Union went to war with Japan August 9th 1945, my land north of the 38th parallel was freed to self-rule and my south occupied by The United States of America. Following the Cold War, the 38th parallel became the official divide between my north and south leaving the communist control of the Soviet Union and China in the north with American
The Forgotten War The Korean War was the first military action of the cold war and an effort to restrain the growing communist aggression. Despite this however, this war is often forgotten, perhaps it is because The Korean War wasn’t a “declared war” and ended in an unsatisfactory stalemate (U.S Enters). Though the Korean War was overshadowed by World War II and the Vietnam War, the Korean people took the freedom we helped buy with our blood and rose to be one of the top ten economies in the world
The Forgotten War The Korean War was the first military action of the cold war and an effort to restrain the growing communist aggression. Despite this however, this war is often forgotten, perhaps it is because The Korean War wasn’t a “declared war” and ended in an unsatisfactory stalemate (U.S Enters). Though the Korean War was overshadowed by World War II and the Vietnam War, the Korean people took the freedom we helped buy with our blood and rose to be one of the top ten economies in the world