The Korean War The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea. However it was fought between people who wanted Communist rule in Korea versus people who wanted freedom and democracy. It had no winners. All it had was people who lost their lives. Korea is a peninsula adjacent to China on the west. On the east‚ across the East Sea lies Japan. Korea is approximately 5000 square miles. It is about the size of Utah and is very mountainous. (Oberdorfer‚ 3) In Korea lies the most militarized
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The affect of The Peloponnesian and Persian Wars on the Greeks position in the Ancient World The Peloponnesian War‚ that took place from (431-404 B.C.)‚ was fought between the Athenians and the Spartans. The Persian Wars‚ which took place from (499-448 B.C.)‚ were caused from the Persians attempts to conquer the Greek city-states. These wars affected the Greek position in the ancient world and caused the downfall of Athens. The Peloponnesian War was very intense and lasted from (431-404 B.C
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Korean War "They can call it whatever they want. I think it was a war and that’s it. A lot of guys were dying or getting wounded and you can call it "the Forgotten War" or "the conflict‚" but it was a war. That’s it." as said by Eddie Rios of the United States Marine Corps. Even though we don’t remember it‚ or don’t think it was a war but it was. The Korean War was a small one but it still happened. In this paper I will go over why the war started‚ what happened and how it ended. Without further
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The Wars of the Roses was not just one war‚ it was a series of ongoing wars between two parties‚ The Lancaster Party and the York Party. They were fighting over the English throne. The Lancaster party had a red rose‚ York had a white rose‚ and the Tudor rose was both red and white. This is why the series of wars that were named the War of the Roses. They did not name the wars until several years later. Some might say that the marriage of Margaret and Henry Tudor had been why the War of the Roses
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Revolutionary War and War of 1812 were fought between the United States and Great tBritain. The cause of the Revolutionary War was due to unfair taxation of the colonies by the British Parliament‚ and without the help from the French‚ the United States would not have won this war. The causes of the War of 1812 were due to the French involvement with Great Britain‚ which lead to trade embargoes in Europe. Also‚ impressment of U.S. seamen for the British army‚ freedom of the seas‚ British stirring
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ever? Star Wars is a movie series with 7 two hour episodes with two more in production. Star Trek is a TV show with 45 minute episodes‚ 7 seasons‚ and 5 series. Star Wars and Star Trek are very engaging movie series with different plots and starships but both have similar weapons and protagonists that have the same types of relationships. One of the things that both series have in common is that they both have starships. However‚ their starships are vastly different. In battle‚ Star Wars characters
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WAR AND AFTERMATH OF WAR IN THE ENGLISH PATIENT BY MICHAEL ONDAATJE Abstract War and aftermath of war is a paper which talks about the various aspects of war and its outcomes as discussed in the novels of Michael Ondaatje. Ondaatje takes war as a major theme in his two most famous novels: The English Patient and Anil’s Ghost. The present paper discusses the treatment of war in the hands of Ondaatje in his Booker winning novel The English Patient. The treatment of the sensitive topics of war gets
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"To what extent can the Korean War be regarded as a Cold War proxy war?" The Cold War was the continuing state of political conflict‚ military tension‚ proxy wars‚ and economic competition existing after World War II between the Communist World – primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies – and the powers of the Western world‚ primarily the United States and its allies. The Korean War was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea‚ supported by the United Nations‚ and
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The War in Vietnam is on event had many events which has impacted our history ever since the Vietnamese got independence from the French. The purpose of this essay is to explain how the Vietnam War led to many effects. The main reason why the Vietnam War occurred is because the Vietnamese wanted independence from the French. At first Vietnam was controlled by the afranch. Then‚ Ho Chi Minh fought the French and won. Then the Vietnam split into two countries: North Vietnam and South Vietnam
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The Korean war‚ was it really a war to forget? After Korea was free from Japanese colonization on August 15‚ 1945‚ the country was left confused politically‚ hence the country was divided into two political governments: communist and capitalist. The Korean war (1950-1953) was a bloodshed that should not be forgotten because of its destructiveness and because of the effects it had on China‚ North and South Korea and America.
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