The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II‚ in 1945‚ Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles‚ the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower‚ said that
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Revision Notes: Korean War KOREAN WAR North Korea [Communist] invaded South Korea [Capitalist]. Causes [memory word: DUCKS] Domino theory - Truman thought that Far Eastern countries would fall like dominoes. China became Communist in 1949. Truman feared Japan would follow. He felt he had to stop this. Undermine Communism - - NSC 68 (April 1950) recommended that the US abandon ’containment’ and start to ’roll back’ Communism. Cold War - Truman and
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Explain the causes of the Korean War The Korean War began in 1950 when Communist North Korea crossed the 38th parallel into Capitalist South Korea‚ however‚ it was not just an ordinary civil war‚ it involved 3 of the world’s biggest superpowers of the time‚ USA‚ China and Russia. Ultimately‚ their fight was indirectly played out in this small country. However‚ the main causes of the war can be debated. The cause of the war can be traced back to 1945 when the war ended and Korea was split between
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The Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US’s attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory. In fact‚ remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity‚ under which all communist nations were necessarily allies‚ rather than individuals
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What caused the Korean War? The Korean War started in 1950 and took place in a time that was very known to war. The war ending in a peace treaty singing between USA and North Korea‚ the South Koreans never actually signed for peace. This is often said by the North Koreans as an excuse to carry on the so called war by having army troops all along the border. This may not be a surprise to many due to North Koreas well known extremism and overall lack of connection the rest of the world. This is an
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War can often occur with diminutive warning and result in vast destruction and excessive mortality. There are a variety causes for wars such as greed‚ power‚ and to improve the standard of living. Another cause of war is to protect the boundary of the country. In some countries such as Korea and Vietnam these boundaries define the different political views of the territories. Korea and Vietnam were divided between the Communist North and the Democratic South. This division of the countries led
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Samantha Gomez 12-06-12 On 25 June 1950‚ the young Cold War suddenly turned hot‚ bloody and expensive. Within a few days‚ North Korea ’s invasion of South Korea brought about a United Nations ’ "police action" against the aggressors. That immediately produced heavy military and naval involvement by the United States. While there were no illusions that the task would be easy‚ nobody expected that this violent conflict would continue for more than three years. Throughout the summer of 1950‚ the
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(It is also important to mention here‚ that each engagement‚ and the officers commanding it‚ received degrees of intelligence and instruction from command and support networks; ADCOM in Korea and MACV in Vietnam.) In the Korean War‚ Lt. Col. Smith and Maj. Gen. Dean in each of their commands‚ intuitively chose good defensive positions against the enemy; the former at Osan‚ the latter in the defense around the Kum River. What is more‚ both these commanders‚ in each of their
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their invasion of SK. So‚ even after the fact‚ NK declared war on SK. General Douglas MacArthur He wanted to defeat the Korean army However‚ the Korean army was too powerful for him to take head on. So‚ MacArthur ambushed the army from all sides‚ surrounding them while the U.N’s troops fought them head on. They proved as a good distraction. President Harry Truman He wanted China to stay out of the war and to keep the war as short as possible. However‚ his general MacArthur‚ had
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Analyze the cause of the Korean War After the cold war‚ tension rose in Asia because of communist takeover of China in 1949. This began to concern the USA with the spreading of communism throughout Asia. When North Korea (communist) invaded South Korea (capitalist) in 1950‚ the USA’s fear were soon realized. In essence‚ this war was a civil war between North and South Korea however‚ there was a high risk that the USA‚ China and USSR would become involved. Korea had been conquered by the
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