Korean War

Thus, they must be studied separately. Unlike the National League of POW/MIA Families (NLF) that have been closely worked with the federal government, most of the Korean War POW/MIA organizations are small, local, and without much political power. Consequently, it is very difficult to find their communication with the military and the federal government in archives. Neither is their voice cited in official documents…

behind the decision of Mao Zedong of getting involved in the Korean war, these were the national security problem, obstacle of uniting Taiwan, the impact from the Soviet Union, as well as Mao’s leading role. Argument A – National Security Problem In the first place, Mao concerned about the national security problem when if the United States intervene in helping the South Korea and crossed the Yalu rivers that would threaten Chinese-Korean border. According to Cuming, Secretary of State Dean…

the USSR, the Peoples Republic of China and the US since the early nineteenth century. Following this tradition, subsequently after World War 2, North Korea with the backing USSR made an attempt in unifying Korea across the 38th parallel, the border between North and South Korea. The Korean War officially begun on June 25, 1950 in a time of the burgeoning Cold War in which was an international competition between the main protagonists, the Democratic U.S and the communist Soviets for ideological…

Role in the Korean War In this essay, I will be talking about what caused to let Korea to have 38th parallel and what the women’s role is in the Korean War. I got influenced by this topic (Korean War: Women’s Role) because I want to show people what women did in wars, because many people around me think men did all the work in wars. So I want them to know what women did and what the women’s role in the Korean War was by this essay. I was also going to choose another foreign country war, however…

The Yalta Conference and the Korean War influenced the peacemaking process on American-Soviet relations in the period following World War II. In February 1945, Theodore Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered together for a peace conference in Yalta, a Soviet city. It was agreed that the Soviet Union should regain some of the Pacific land lost in the 1904 Russo-Japanese War in return for Stalin’s renewed assurance to enter the Pacific war. They also decided on a plan for new…

government for another country? The United Nations could have prevented the entire Korean War if they hadn 't let the Soviet Union and the United…

underrated memorials, the Korean War Memorial, I realized how ignorant visitors and locals are when it comes to actually gratifying these little pieces of history. It all started with my Uber ride to the monuments. My Uber driver, William, was a man of many talents. He worked as a part time actor, freelance photographer, and football coach. William, proudly proclaimed that he was a D.C. native, which is why I had no doubt in my mind that he would know where the Korean War Memorial is located,…

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…

The Korean War and The Afghanistan War were two major events in the cold war, but both shared some differences and similarities. Each war was placed in a totally different theater around the globe. They both started in different ways, for different causes, in different settings, and with different ending, but still managed to have some similarities in them. We’ll be talking about all the difference and similarities. We will talk about each war in detail and how each started and ended and…

I was surprised. I couldn’t think straight. All that was going through my mind was that I must go, I have to go because there are people out there who need help. I remember hearing through the news that North Korea and South Korea were in a civil war, as they were opposed to each other’s regulations and ideas. The United Nations which included my country, Canada was stepping in to help, due to South Korea being its responsibility. Along with them came the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic…