Canadian Involvement In The Korean War

The Korean War began after the end of the Second World War in 1950. Initially, the Korean peninsula was part of the Japanese Empire. After the Empire’s defeat, it forced them to split into North and South Korea. Soviet forces settled in North Korea while American troops moved to the south of the Korean peninsula. The United States on the side of South Korea decided to establish a democratic republic commission that was meant to oversee the election scheduled in 1948. More interestingly, the amendment of the council also gave Korea freedom to vote for their democratic government. However, the North Koreans did not agree to these reforms. Instead, they decided to oppose the decision made by South Koreans with the influence of Americans. The

Youth ultimately sacrificed themselves to an extent that some died in the war and were buried far from home while others returned home with injuries that they nursed for almost the rest of the lives. Besides, the Canadian government recruited volunteers to support the active troops to continue with their service in Korea, a day after the Prime Minister’s speech where the statement issued was to dedicate the troop to the service and to ensure that they maintain their commitment to their operation of peacekeeping, as argued by Melady

According to Melady (2011), the light infantry was formed by many commonwealth forces that involved units from Canada, Austria, Great Britain, India and New Zealand. Despite all this, the Chinese troops combated with a massive defense that weakened the Canadian and the South Korean army and forced them to move away from the 38th parallel lines. The UN troop’s regime found it hard to resist since the communists became more hostile. For this reason, it was decided by the commander that more battalions be sent to the east to at least calm the Chinese fire before the situation worsened. That is how the Canadian infantry under the control of Jim Stone was selected to undertake this mission. The landing of new troops brought the war into action since all units responded with high spirits. The contingent was placed more specifically on the sensitive areas to defend the entrance of the enemy.

Fifth, “The Canada remember program” contributed a lot in the Korean Cold War (Canada Remembers the Korean War, 2017, p.1). The program maintained the veterans’ affairs that inspired the Canadians to be ready to serve like others who had sacrificed themselves and their loved ones to serve and contribute in times of war or peace (p.1). Again, the program reminded the Canadians about the achievements made by the nation relating to peacekeeping operations as well as to be involved in activities that will help