The war that raged in Korea between 1950 and 1953 did not begin as a huge international conflict during the Cold War, but would eventually become that once the United States and other countries decided to get involved in the Korean Civil War (Office of the Historian). Korea, throughout its history, was owned by other countries. From 1910 until the end of World War II, Japan had control and influence of Korea as a whole. Because Japan was on the losing side of World War II, the future of Korea was in the hands of the Allies (Great Britain, Russia, and the United States were the major three). It was decided that with the surrender of the Japanese in Korea, the Soviet Union would accept the surrender above the 38th Parallel (a latitudinal line that crosses through Korea), while the United States would accept below the 38th Parallel.…
At the end of World War II and finally liberated from nearly four decades of brutal occupation after Japanese defeat in 1945, the Korean peninsula found itself torn between two foreign ideologies. To the North of the 18th parallel was the Soviet Union leading the communist wing of the Korean resistance, while the United States fought for democracy from the South. On June 25th, 1950, the Soviet-backed communist North Korea pushed through the makeshift border and within weeks had invaded all but a small portion of the entire country. Consequently, the United States was left with the question of whether it should or even could respond to the aggressive tactics of its long standing rival.…
During the Cold War, communism began to spread like wildfires across the Eastern and Western parts of Europe. Communism played a large role during the Korean War as well with United States forces trying to succeed and keep communism from becoming the overall factor in the leadership ways of government for the Korean people. In the end, the United States would not bring home a victory and Korea would still be divided into two peninsulas: North and South Korea (Document E). Within the “Korean War Armistice”, Korea was separated into two, North and South Korea, by a military demarcation that was led by leaders that supported communism. Once the United States came into the picture and supported South Korea and inched closer and closer to North…
The United States was integral in the neutralization of the Korean War conflict through its use of limited war, strategic invasions, and facilitation of the compromise of the Korean War Armistice. The United Nations was instrumental for the United States in entering the war. On June 25th, 1950, North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea, marking the beginning of the Korean War. The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting that day in which they demanded North Korea to cease fire and retreat back north (United Nations Security Council).…
The year 1945 was a time relief for America. After ww II, most of the countries in the northern part of world decided to divide themselves into two large blocs the first bloc was communist and was controlled by Russia, and the other bloc was mostly democratic and was led by the United States. The cold war started on April 25, 1945, at the Elbe River in Germany where two powerful armies met American and Russia cut Germany in two parts. What was Containment? There were three good examples of containment which help explain what it was.…
After months of failed discussions and disagreements regarding Koreas future, tensions only intensified, especially surrounding the border. Ensuing, on June 25 1950, North Korea crossed the border and entered into South Korea, marking the beginning of open warfare. (JAMA: pg.1) As a result of this the U.N Security Council immediately approved the United States resolution. Their resolution included “immediate cessation of hostilities” and for the North to be removed back to the 38th parallel.…
It was the first war that the United Nations was involved and where the United States made a plan to defeat communism since the end of World War II. After the Second Great War, South Korea become stronger through means of production and population increase along with support from the United States and the U.N. However, North Korea felt threatened during this time because the U.S. was a major superpower and had yet to receive help from the pact made at the Yalta Conference in 1945. North Korea had no choice but to join the nearest superpower that wasn’t dropping bombs on the country and try to show their loyalty after the Soviet Red Army liberated North Korea the same year as the Yalta Conference. Tensions between North Korea and any other United States ally rose when the U.S. passed the Trading with the Enemy Act and continued until 2008.…
The Korean War was the first military action of the Cold War. The war was initiated when Kim Il-sung commenced a surprise attack on South Korea. The reason for the attack was because Kim assumed the South would willingly undergo his dictatorship. Approximately 75,000 North Korean People's Army (NKPA) soldiers attacked South Korea dawn of June 25, 1950. In as little as three days, the communist forces captured the South Korean capital and occupied most of the country.…
"The Successes and Failures of Containment during the Cold War" With the end of World War II, the growing power and influence of the Soviet Union became worrisome to the West. For the next few decades, the majority of American foreign policy would revolve around the Soviet Union, an era that came to be known as the Cold War. In his Long Telegram, George Kennan outlined the policy for this period, containment. In essence, Communism would be allowed to stay where it is but not allowed to expand. The United States policy of containment was only somewhat successful as seen in the results of the Korean War and the rebuilding of Europe and Japan, but had key failures such as the growth of Communism in Eastern Europe and Asia.…
On March 2, 1917, President Wilson issued a declaration of war against Germany, officially entering World War I that he pledged to keep the country out of. To achieve maximum strength to fight against the Germans, The U.S mobilized the whole nation for war with a draft that including Americans of all races. Many blacks contested World War I, arguing why fight for democracy in Europe while African Americans remain second class citizens in the United States. Others believed that if blacks served their country, the government would have no choice but to reward them with equal rights. Over one million African Americans responded to draft calls, and about 370,000 black men were inducted into the army (Williams, 2011).…
128,650 US causalities were caused from the Korean War, though that is just one event from the Cold War. From about 1945-1991 The Soviet Union and the United States had “icy” tensions which was also known as the cold war. The U.S. wanted capitalism as the Soviet’s wanted communism, they became enemies and the worlds superpowers. In order so communism didn’t spread to the U.S. and our territories, we had contained all of those areas from it.…
One of the most famous events from the 1950’s started in the year 1950, the Korean War, it lasted from 1950 to 1953. The United States became involved with this war due to their policy of Communism Containment. This policy really came about when the American-Soviet relations became uneasy, and they worried about the spread…
After North Korean forces get pushed back, communist China decides to get involved and instead of holding conflict with North Korea, they push South Korea back to their territory, referring to document C. "In November of 1950, communist China enters the war and pushes the UN and US forces back into South Korea. After several more years of battle, the war ends in 1953. "The war drags on for several years, ending in 1953". All the United Nations countries helped contain communism by helping the Democratic General MacArthur attack Inchon and pushing North Korea and China back. They are slowly pushing communism back out of…
The wars in Vietnam and Korea, during the Cold War, were both attempts made by the United States to stop/slow the spread of communism in East Asia. During these two wars, the US was unwilling to partake in total warfare, yet was not prepared to lose in battle. Due to this, limited options were available for the US to remain in their position of dominant world power, achieved in their victory during the Second World War. How did the United States position as dominant power in the World coming out of World War Two modify their foreign policy, thus changing their tactics in the Korean and Vietnam wars? The United States achieved modified victory based off of foreign policy, through strategy change and ideological change to remain the dominant…
The Korean War began on June 25, 1950 when North Korea, led by Kim Il Sung, invaded South Korea along the 38th parallel. “At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, the members demanded the immediate withdrawal of the North…