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The Korean War: Tension Between North And South Korea

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Meanwhile in Asia, Truman was worried about tension between North and South Korea. It all started at the end of World War Two because the Soviet Union invaded the northern region of Korea which was occupied by the Japanese. When the war was over the Soviet Union successfully captures Northern Korea and established a communist type government. Quickly, the United States took the southern portion and the land was suddenly split on the 38th parallel. In June 1950 North Korea invaded southern portion and caused mass chaos. Truman wouldn’t let this slide so he sent in the navy to create a blockade between China and Taiwan. The United Nations discussed the matter and they sent in peacekeeping troops, but it was mainly the troops of the U.S in South Korea. All the troops were led by one general known as Douglas MacArthur (49-50) In the beginning of the war, North Korea had a distinctive advantage because they captured Seoul, the South Korean capital. Southern forces were immediately driven back to end of South Korea and Truman was dissatisfied so he decided to add more men. Combat groups were sent daily from Japan ready to fight in Korea. Eventually the North Koreans were pushed back to the …show more content…

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The UN troops were recoiled and disorder and were defending a line well to the south of Seoul, which is the capital of South Korea. During these times morale was down and was looking so good for South Korea. The new field commander General Ridgway was able to slowly start to push north. By mid-April the allies were finally coming back. The only thing was the Chinese launched their offensive.

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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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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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Following WWII, in 1945, the division of Korea was initiated. The Soviet Union established a pro-communist government on the Northside of Korea and Americans created a pro-democratic government on the Southside of Korea. After the division, known as the 38th parallel, occurred, North Korea began to attack again. This attack consisted of both the South and North pushing each other farther from the 38th parallel until the Chinese troops drove them back to the 38th parallel. The United States and The Soviet Union knew the war was not going anywhere but still persisted to continue.

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The United States stayed in the war the entire time with South Korea. Yet the spread of Communism was slowing down on its own in Korea, so there was no need to be involved in the Korean War. This is evidenced in the book The 2nd Infantry Division Vol. III, which notes that “Chinese Communists that were helping in the North slowed down.” When Truman heard about the Chinese involvement and the slowing of the communist moment through his generals, he was ecstatic.

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