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Korean War Vs Proxy War

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The Korean War, also known as the Forgotten War, ignited on June 25th, 1950. It’s been over 60 years and the war never ended officially. The Korean Peninsula today is still divided into two parts, the North-Communist and the South-Democratic, and the tension between the two still attracts a lot of attention from the news around the globe. After the World War II, the Soviet Union launched multiple projects in spreading their Communist political party to the world, Korea and many other countries were in their plan. The United States feared that the Communist power will take over the world, therefore any advancements coming from the Communist will be prevented or intervened by the United States. United States’ insecurity towards the growth of …show more content…

Proxy war can be defined as two great opposing powers fighting indirectly over their political disbelief in a third party country. The Korean War was considered decisive for being a turning point of the United States in declaring their disagreement towards the Soviet’s communism, and also for being the brinkmanship of nuclear war between the two great powers.
Following the World War II is the rapid growth of the power of the Soviet Union. President Harry S. Truman foresaw the ‘scheme’ of the Soviet in bringing Communism to all countries. He interpreted this ‘scheme’ as a threat that could bring “Soviet totalitarianism into free, independent nations”, and also as a threat to the national security of the United States. Therefore, he deliberately presents the Truman Doctrine: “the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures”. The effort of eliminating all Communist threats does not stop here. The United States supported Chiang Kai-shek, a Nationalist leader in China, by giving him $3 billion during 1945 to 1949, in order to fight …show more content…

The Japanese, who were dominating Korea were forced to retreat from the great power Soviet Union. The North Koreans, with military supports from the Soviets, started making advancements from the northern side of the Korean

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The Korean War Chart Somebody ... Wanted ... But ... So ... North Korea Wanted to make sure the Korean peninsula into a Communist nation United states and nation Stopped them The Chinese joined the war on the Korean side and pushed the united states and nation back to the 38th parallel line General MacArthur To win china over before they became communist with the soviet union Wasn’t allowed to be a general anymore and he was ordered to stay the 20 mile mark We stayed away from china for the most part and failed to get them to become democracy President Truman To stop soviet expansion , the war, and the spread of communsim Americans didn’t want to go to war The war ended in a statement China To stay in the “safe zone” that way there were no interruptions in their reconstruction They feared that the united states would break into china if the us and south Korean were allowed into war China planned a surprise attack and defeated American troops

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After World War II, the world changed, especially for some of the biggest nations like the United States and the USSR. With them being some of the biggest powers, their differences in ideologies started to really show and lead them to compete with each other. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union had a profound and far-reaching impact on numerous nations and regions across the globe from 1945 to 1989, such as Proxy Wars, Economic Aid and Influence, and Ideological Divisions. Proxy wars were a key way in which the Cold War between the US and the USSR affected other countries and areas. The Korean War, which began in 1950 when North Korean and Communist forces invaded South Korea and swiftly drew in Chinese Communist troops

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South Korea didn’t want to be a contribution to communism, where North Korea believed that communism was the solution to all problems. This invasion caused and all out war the involved many other countries like Russia and the US. As stated in “Document C”, Russia’s job was to help North Korea and promote their communists government, where the US was there to help South Korea promote their capitalism. Several years after continuously fighting on whether Korea should have a communist or capitalists government, the war finally ended. The country is still divided today and North Korea still remains communists leaving the US failing to stop communism.

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The Korean War was a proxy war fought between the United States and the USSR, for the purpose of gaining power and political influence in other parts of the world. Since the end of WWII, the USSR and the United States became very hostile against one another, creating what came to be called “The Cold War“ coined by Bernard Baruch in 1947 from the lack of there ever being direct battles against one another. From the result of the bitter and cold rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union came a large chain of indirect battling over political influence in developing or war-torn countries. As this feud occurred the people of the United States mainly wanted there to be a change in Korea out of this war [Doc E], but what was occurring

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The Korean War began in the early hours of June 25, 1950. The North Korean troops carried out their surprise attack on South Korea without any declaration of war. The North and South had experienced some clashes along the 38th parallel before, where North and South Korea had been divided. However, they never had such an unexpected attack in the Southern Camp. They were completely unprepared and weren’t properly equipped for such a sudden event.

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South Korea was modernized post-war with the help of the US. The North Korean economy was able to recover of being supported and dependent on Russia post-war, but when the Soviet Union collapsed, the country went into crisis. A ceasefire was signed, without the South Korean president, and consequently, both countries are still at war.

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The Korean War began in June of 1950 while President Truman was still in office. Essentially, North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to conquer them by military force. President Truman decided to combine our forces with that of the United Nations’ who were assisting South Korea. The Chinese attacked the United Nations Command and pushed troops back. This led to North Korea taking South Korea’s capital, Seoul.

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In other words, Truman suggests that the attack made by North Korea was part of a larger plan by communist China and, through extension, the Soviet Union. Truman believed that the Korean situation was similar to that of Greece in 1947. It was also clear that communism was a direct threat to the security of the Pacific area and to the United States performing its lawful and necessary functions. Preventing war or attack on the country was crucial in awaiting the restoration of security in the Pacific. Communist aggression was also a rising concern during

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The Korean War began on the 25 June 1950 when soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army marched across the 38th parallel, the boundary between the USSR-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK, or North Korea) and the US-supported Republic of Korea (ROK, or South Korea). After calls for ceasefire by the United Nations failed, American troops entered the war, reenforcing the ROK Army; by 25 November in the same year, the Chinese troops were pulled into the war as well - the Americans responded by sending in more tropps the following year. Meanwhile, US officials worked anxiously to call for some sort of armistice with the North Koreans, feareing that an all-out warfare with Russia and China – or even, as some warned, the third world

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The tittle of this article “Korean War, a ‘Forgotten’ Conflict That Shaped the Modern World” is very strong. First the author defined this conflict as ‘Forgotten’ because he explains that this war was censored in the United States, and people are more aware about the World War II and the Vietnam War, so they do not really know about the Korean War. About this conflict the article analyzes how the conflict started. Japan started to colony Korea in 1910 and their colony lasted until 1945. At the end of the World War II, the Soviet Union and the United States established their camp in Korea.

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For example, the Truman Doctrine, laid out on March 12, 1947, became the foundation of the United States Cold War policy. It stated that since the Soviet Union was supporting communist countries, America needed to fund the non-communist countries. This foreign policy doctrine allowed the United States to actively interfere with foreign affairs in order to preclude the spread of communism. The Truman Doctrine led to US involvement in many financial and military conflicts such as the Korean War, and did effectively lower the effects of

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In retrospect, however, the United States should not have entered the war. Not being a part of the war would have saved American lives and money, potentially eliminated PTSD in a generation on soldiers, and would have prevented the animosity that exist between the United States and North Korea that dominates the headlines today. The Korean War was fought between two major wars, Word War II and the Vietnam War. Due to being fought between these major wars, the Korean War is known as “The Forgotten War.” The Korean War started on June 25, 1950 and ended July 23, 1953.

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The Korean War occurred during the 1950s just a few years after the brutal Second World War. When the world was recovering in the aftermath of warfare, conflicts continued and led to another global conflict between the superpowers, the United States and Soviet Union. The initial conflict between the superpowers was known as the Cold War, which lasted for 45 years and ended in 1991. The Korean War was the first actual battle fought during the Cold War between two world powers on foreign soil. The Korean War was also considered the “forgotten war” fought between the superpowers, who both wanted to further their ideal political regime--communism for the USSR and democracy for the U.S. Overall, the Korean War has had a tremendous impact on international

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