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The Korean War is known as the ‘Forgotten War’, but to the countries that were impacted by this war it was anything but forgotten. The Korean War took place on June 25, 1950 and did not end until July, 1953 (History, 2015). There were twenty-one members of the United Nations, commonly known as UN, that sent military forces and aid to South Korea. This war is a ‘world war’ because it included several countries around the world help either North or South Korea. North Korea was under the influence…

Korean War (Forgotten War) The end of the Second World War meant peace and prosperity for the Americans and many others around the world. This was certainly not the case for the Korean people, this meant struggle and difficulty. As many Korean people thought this would be the end of Japanese control, and a chance to become unified. Due in part because Korea was part of the Japanese Empire from 1905 until 1945. This quickly led to a great deal of tension between the Soviet Union and the United…

transform South Korea into one of the world 's major economies and a leading exporter of cars and electronic goods. (BBC.com) While North Korea may have the military power, the south has all of the industry and prospering economy that the North Koreans wish they had. In the end I believe that do to the differences between these two nations that if they tried to reunite that North Korea wouldn’t be peaceful with South Korea and if they did get into the South that they would take over by force if…

Soviet Union. This was very worrisome for all who opposed communist rule. There were many events and spans of time that shaped the cold war and caused the United States and its allies to adapt. I chose three that really stuck out to me. I chose the Korean war, the red scare, and the space race. These were only three crises but they changed the landscape of the world greatly. After World War II ended the focus shifted to maintaining peace and through these goals the United Nations were…

This Source is Truman’s statement made for the invasion of South Korea by North Korean forces, on the 27th June 1950. Harry Truman was the prime minister of the United States in 1945-1953. He promotes capitalism and is strongly against communism. The purpose of this statement is to raise people’s fear of communism, order United States air and naval forces to fight and work together to fight against it, this includes people involved in the United Nations. In his statement, he announced the…

On January 6, an earthquake was detected near a North Korean nuclear testing facility. Kim Jong Un later claimed that this was due to the testing of North Korea’s first hydrogen bomb, which would be a very large step forward in their weapons development. News stories such as this have been dominating the media over the past few decades, with events such as this occurring seemingly every other month. North Korea, and its somewhat crazy lineage of leaders from the Kim family, has been a large…

ties with Western countries that resulted from this alliance with the United States. Thus, America’s efforts to balance against Soviet influence in the peninsula led to the growth and modernization of the South Korean middle class and economy and this middle class spawned the real South Korean democratization. In these fundamental years of the republic’s development, one could observe the fungible conversion of military force into economic power and an increased sense of the young republic’s…

In the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula, bordering the Korean Bay and Sea of Japan, North Korea makes up for more than half of the entire area. Twenty percent larger than South Korea, at 46,540 square miles, it is comparable to the size of Mississippi. The vast majority of the land consists of mountains and narrow valleys, making it so only about one-fourth of the country to has inhabitants. Due to the deforestation of the land for agricultural purposes, it is becoming more and more…

The Korean War also known as the “Forgotten War”, it is known as the Forgotten War because of where it fell in its place in American History between world war two and Vietnam War. First you must understand Korean War had its roots long before the United States ever took control of the Southern half of the peninsula and the Soviet Union controlled the north. Secondly once you understand what caused the division then you can actually understand what cause the North Korean leader to invade the…

destroy the democratic government and capitalism. This tension between the USSR and the United States resulted in the Cold War, which was not a direct war between the United States and the USSR but a number of proxy wars. One of these proxy wars was the Korean War that began on June 25, 1950.…