The Cold War: Was The Korean War Justified?
The Cold War is often thought of a war only between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America, however that is not the case. There were proxy wars in countries like Vietnam, Korea and Pakistan. The Cold War itself is a complicated subject that was seen as “good (capitalism)” vs. bad (communism)”, which in itself was a bad idea that wouldn’t allow for a case by case analysis of the conflicts around the world. But in a time of “Domino Theory”, President Eisenhower’s theory that communism would spread from one country to a neighboring country, and containment which would take precedence in foreign affairs the wars were justified. The Korean War although fought over 50 years ago has had effects that are still
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These deaths did not only occur in the American forces, the Chinese forces and the Korean forces, but the British suffered over 1,000 deaths, the Turkish suffered over 700 deaths and the Australians suffered almost 400 deaths. Other countries that were involved in the Korean War include Canada, France, the Kingdom of Greece, Colombia, Thailand, the Ethiopian Empire, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Philippines, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, Luxembourg and even India who aided to both sides (North-Medical Unit as Humanitarian support). The war would include armored fights in which the North were successful until the UN brought in stronger tanks, naval warfare which was mostly used to destroy ammunition and supply ships going to the North and of course aerial warfare. After the invasion the North’s soldiers would occupy most of the peninsula, Truman persuaded the United Nations Security Council to authorize an invasion to repel the North. American forces immediately got involved under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. The United States actually never declared war, but conducted what was seen as “police …show more content…
He is “accused” of human rights violations, including torture, enslavement and forced abortions. He also instructed his soldiers near the DMZ that they were in a “quasi-state of war” and to be ready to go to war, they’ve said they would reduce Seoul to a “sea of fire.” The most recent incident when the North fired multiple artillery strikes against the South, for which the South responded with dozens of strikes. The North is said to have done it to back up the claim they were going to destroy speakers that were broadcasting anti-Pyongyang messages. A similar event happened in 2010 when the North attacked a live fire-drill the south were conducting which killed four people. The South has also had mines explode that injured two of their soldiers where one lost both legs and the other lost a leg. Since there is no official peace treaty both countries are still technically at war. The US stations over 28,000 troops in the South in case the North and their leader were to decide to invade the South
These deaths did not only occur in the American forces, the Chinese forces and the Korean forces, but the British suffered over 1,000 deaths, the Turkish suffered over 700 deaths and the Australians suffered almost 400 deaths. Other countries that were involved in the Korean War include Canada, France, the Kingdom of Greece, Colombia, Thailand, the Ethiopian Empire, the Netherlands, Belgium, the Philippines, South Africa, New Zealand, Norway, Luxembourg and even India who aided to both sides (North-Medical Unit as Humanitarian support). The war would include armored fights in which the North were successful until the UN brought in stronger tanks, naval warfare which was mostly used to destroy ammunition and supply ships going to the North and of course aerial warfare. After the invasion the North’s soldiers would occupy most of the peninsula, Truman persuaded the United Nations Security Council to authorize an invasion to repel the North. American forces immediately got involved under the command of General Douglas MacArthur. The United States actually never declared war, but conducted what was seen as “police …show more content…
He is “accused” of human rights violations, including torture, enslavement and forced abortions. He also instructed his soldiers near the DMZ that they were in a “quasi-state of war” and to be ready to go to war, they’ve said they would reduce Seoul to a “sea of fire.” The most recent incident when the North fired multiple artillery strikes against the South, for which the South responded with dozens of strikes. The North is said to have done it to back up the claim they were going to destroy speakers that were broadcasting anti-Pyongyang messages. A similar event happened in 2010 when the North attacked a live fire-drill the south were conducting which killed four people. The South has also had mines explode that injured two of their soldiers where one lost both legs and the other lost a leg. Since there is no official peace treaty both countries are still technically at war. The US stations over 28,000 troops in the South in case the North and their leader were to decide to invade the South