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    Korean War : The Cold War

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    had already seen two appallingly destructive and costly World wars, just as the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States broke due to their ideological differences after World War II, in the midst of the Cold War was the Korean War. The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 when the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel, a border between South and North Korea, to attack South Korea. The size of the war quickly grew as it began to involve countries like China, Soviet

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    countervailed by taking the part in the war with United Nations Forces which was composed the United States, United Kingdom, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Canada, Turkey, Ethiopia, Thai, Philippine, Columbia, Greece, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Luxembourg and South Korea. Afterward, the Chinese People 's Volunteer Army entered the war and the Soviets supported the north side in terms of weapon supply or military training. Korean War is regarded as a war by proxy between powers in the Western

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    Proxy Wars. In the 1947 the Cold war began with two superpowers, the United States and the USSR interested in Eastern Europe. Different Ideologies Communism and Capitalism became the issues in different countries. They fought over which countries would go to communism or capitalism. These countries included Greece and Turkey, the Suez crisis, The Vietnam war and one of the biggest proxy wars that still have tension today, the Korean War. The Korean war between communist north Korea and their allies

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    Million deaths, 36,516 American casualties and 8,00 captured by Korean soldiers. Ironically named nicknamed "the Forgotten War", the Korean war is engraved in memories of those who lived through it and forever leaving its mark in history. Thus, Veterans Roger Hill, Paul Wurzer, Francis Stefano, Richard Kenn, John Noto and Frank Nicalazzo are a few of the many soldiers that live to tell and share the virtuousness and debauchedness of the war. Symbolizing their fight under the U.N flag, dressed in their

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    The Korean War was an episode in the Cold War. It seemed to be a war between South and North Korea, but America and Russia were using it to fight parted from having a ‘hot war’. The Cold War too was a conflict of different convictions and belief– communism versus capitalism – each held with practically religious doctrine, shaped the premise of a global power struggle with both sides battling for strength, abusing each open door for development anyplace in the world. I intend to cover the causes of

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    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

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    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

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    The Korean War was a conflict fought during 1950-1953 between Communist-backed North Korea and the U.N.-backed South Korea. The division of Korea dates back to the early 20th century, when Japan and Russia fought each other for control of the Korean Peninsula. After Japan’s victory against Russia, they annexed Korea and installed a “puppet leader” to rule the country with the Japanese’ influence. By 1926, Japan had complete control of Korea. After World War II, the defeat of the Japanese Empire

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    Korean War The WWII had left the Asian country Korea divided. In June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea without declaration. It marked the beginning of the three-year long Korean War. Soon, the Soviet Union and communist China joined the combat on the side of North Korea, a communist state. A United Nation force led by the Unites States, who was in the stage of Cold War with the Soviet, supported South Korea which had a fragile democracy. The Korean Conflict proceeded in between the Second

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    The war that is known as the Forgotten War, had a timeline of lasting three years, but never truly ended is the Korean War. All started on Sunday June 25, 1950 when North Korea pushed past the thirty-eighth parallel into South Korea. Reasoning behind pushing against thirty-eighth parallel is because of North and South Korea having different visions. The thirty-eighth parallel was created in nineteen forty-five after World War II. The United States controlled the South and China had influence from

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