Essay On Korean War

Korean War World War II was the biggest war in history. Most countries such as Britain, Germany, and Japan were damaged and a lot of people died in the war. Albert Einstein contended “I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones” (Goodread). After World War II, United States, the Capitalism country, and the Soviet Union, communist country, were in the Cold War which means “Ideological, political, and economic conflict in which USSR and Eastern Europe opposed the United States and Western Europe” (Cole and Symes A28). However, it didn’t go to bigger wars because they were afraid of the future world war. However, ironically a huge war was happening in Korea, one of the countries in East Asia, instead of the Soviet Union and the United States. The Korean War was one of the important historical events after the World War II since many countries participated in the war such as United Kingdom, Turkey, Australia, China, etc. Also, the war was close to becoming the World War III. Korea was one of the Japan colonies until World War II ended. When World War II ended and Korea separated from Japan, and many citizens celebrated the independent day; however, after the Moscow conference in …show more content…
General MacArthur thought that it was important to cut supporting lines, and he recommended generals to attack Inchon, the city near the Seoul, through the ocean. Many generals opposed him because the tidal current was strong, so that they couldn’t get any support and retreated for at least 9 hours. In Inchon, North Korea predicted the movement of South Korea Army, but North Korea couldn’t prevent the ambush because most soldiers were attacking South Korea. Therefore, in September 15, 1950, the operation was successful and the North Korean Army was forced to retreat close to