America’s Involvement in the Korean War
“We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.” (MacArthur) What General MacArthur meant in this quote is from when he had just got ground troops to Korea, MacArthur and his troops were too late and had to retreat backwards as the North had already taken control of the capital of South Korea until General MacArthur decided to take defense at a close city and completely turn around the beginning of the war by slaying almost 40,000 North Korean troops. After World War II the United States and Soviet Union took control of the Korean Peninsula after taking it from Japan. The US had the Republic of Korea in the south and the Soviet Union had the Democratic People's Republic in the north. …show more content…
Many countries knew that if the Soviet Union had taken total control of the Korean Peninsula that it would become a full Communist country and could directly hurt the United States. The day that the North Koreans attacked the south at the 38 parallel the UN held a meeting whether to intervene with the Korean conflict. Most agreed to help but if the Soviet Union were there they were most likely to veto it, but the Soviet Union at the time was boycotting the UN due to the denial of allowing Communist China a member of the UN (“The United States Enters the Korean War”). Many countries such as: Australia, Great Britain, France, Turkey, Greece, and even some from South Africa wanted to try and send some troops to help contribute but many were from the United States (“Australia's Involvement in the Korean War”). Most people in United States disagreed with helping South Korea seeing how we had just come out of WWII and would eventually stir up the Cold War. Countries like Germany and Austria could not help seeing how WWII just ended and they needed to worry more about repairing their country at the time. To the United States the Korean War was a very unpopular because it was 3 years, took over 30,000 lives of US troops and was solved with a new boundary line that made a minor difference but the Korean War also had major effects on the Cold War and differences between the United States and the Soviet Union (Pach). The Korean War heavily affected North and South Korea and still affects North Korea today. The Korean War still has an effect on North Korea which is why North Korea is still building weapons and nuclear weapons to try and either hurt the United States or close countries that are allies with the United States today. The Korean War might not have as big as an effect it had after it ended
“We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.” (MacArthur) What General MacArthur meant in this quote is from when he had just got ground troops to Korea, MacArthur and his troops were too late and had to retreat backwards as the North had already taken control of the capital of South Korea until General MacArthur decided to take defense at a close city and completely turn around the beginning of the war by slaying almost 40,000 North Korean troops. After World War II the United States and Soviet Union took control of the Korean Peninsula after taking it from Japan. The US had the Republic of Korea in the south and the Soviet Union had the Democratic People's Republic in the north. …show more content…
Many countries knew that if the Soviet Union had taken total control of the Korean Peninsula that it would become a full Communist country and could directly hurt the United States. The day that the North Koreans attacked the south at the 38 parallel the UN held a meeting whether to intervene with the Korean conflict. Most agreed to help but if the Soviet Union were there they were most likely to veto it, but the Soviet Union at the time was boycotting the UN due to the denial of allowing Communist China a member of the UN (“The United States Enters the Korean War”). Many countries such as: Australia, Great Britain, France, Turkey, Greece, and even some from South Africa wanted to try and send some troops to help contribute but many were from the United States (“Australia's Involvement in the Korean War”). Most people in United States disagreed with helping South Korea seeing how we had just come out of WWII and would eventually stir up the Cold War. Countries like Germany and Austria could not help seeing how WWII just ended and they needed to worry more about repairing their country at the time. To the United States the Korean War was a very unpopular because it was 3 years, took over 30,000 lives of US troops and was solved with a new boundary line that made a minor difference but the Korean War also had major effects on the Cold War and differences between the United States and the Soviet Union (Pach). The Korean War heavily affected North and South Korea and still affects North Korea today. The Korean War still has an effect on North Korea which is why North Korea is still building weapons and nuclear weapons to try and either hurt the United States or close countries that are allies with the United States today. The Korean War might not have as big as an effect it had after it ended