Comparing The Korean War And The Vietnam War

In the shadowy depths of the jungle, beneath the canopy of emerald leaves, the faces of American soldiers found themselves immersed in a surreal landscape where the stark brutality of bloodshed overshadowed the vivid hues of nature. The two proxy wars of Asia, throughout the Cold War, were the Korean War (1950-1953) and the Vietnam War (1955-1975). The spawning of these wars came from the ashes of World War II and the onset of the Cold War. The Korean War broke out as daybreak dawned over a split peninsula, sparking a bloody brief conflict that would forever alter the course of events in East Asia. Following the end of World War II, the intervention of disunity in Korea was, “a Communist north, led by Kim Il Sung, and an anti-communist but
Suddenly, on June 25, 1950, the North Korean Army cascaded across the 38th parallel, “the boundary between the Soviet-backed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the north and the pro-Western Republic of Korea to the south” (history.com). Due to the siege of South Korea by North Korea. President Harry S. Truman decided for American troops to enter the Korean War on South Korea's behalf. America feared the supplantation of communism from the Soviet’s and China. Communism would pose a threat to America, and democracy would be enfeeble. The Vietnam War was a convoluted Cold War fight, much like the Korean War. Ho Chi Minh, the Northern Vietnam democratic leader, was fighting for the establishment of a communist dictatorship in the country of Vietnam. Prior to 1954, Minh battled for independence from France, which ignited the Geneva Conference, addressing the escalating conflict in
In April 1961, the United States attempted to overthrow the president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba. The invasion failed completely on the United States behalf, strengthening Castro's alliance with the Soviet Union. This served as a catalyst for the Cuban Missile Crisis, signifying a notable turning point of the Cold War. “Castro moved closer to the Soviet Union because he believed that the United States posed a direct threat to his authority,” triggering the Soviet Union to plant nuclear weapons in Cuba, opposing a threat to the U.S.. At the age of 45, October 1962, President John F. Kennedy discovered the stationary of USSR nuclear weapons only 90 miles away from his country. “In a nationally broadcast speech on October 22, 1962, President Kennedy declared a naval blockade, also known as a quarantine against Cuba. The purpose of the quarantine was to stop the Soviet Union from sending more supplies and military equipment to the island.” The blockade of Cuba was a balance between caution and