Cold War Vs North Korea Essay

After World War II, the division of Korea occurred due to Japan surrendering to the Allies after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed. This caused Korea to fall into the Cold War and caused a split on the 38th north parallel. With the occurrence of this split the United States of America controlled the southern half of Korea and the Soviet Union controlled the northern half 9f Korea. The south of the 38th north parallel were anti-communist whereas north of the 38th north parallel were communists. The same thing was true for their allies as the United States of America was anti-communists and the Soviet Union were for communism. This caused a lot of tension between North and South Korea because North Korea and the Soviets were wanting to take control over the entire peninsula. If this were to happen, North Korea would have made the government system one

In 1950, the Korean War started with the North Korean People’s Army crossing the 38th parallel- the border separating the two sides of the peninsula of Korea. This war lasted for three years and had no impact on the north’s want to take over South Korea, but instead resulted in the unnecessary death of 2.5 million civilians and soldiers. The goal of North Korea was to gain control over the entire peninsula making all of Korea have a communist government system. To the United States of America, this war was not one that only effected the peninsula alone, but would actually be the first step in creating a world made up of communists country. By protecting and aiding South Korea in this war and all other disputes between North and South Korea, the United States of America believed that they were able to