The Korean War tallied up to 2.5 million deaths both military and citizens. No one can deny that the Korean War was a large one that led to many lives lost on either side. But to this day both North and South haven’t signed a peace treaty instead they made an agreement to make the demilitarized zone to exchange prisoners. They are both technically at war with one another making 2017 the 67th year since the war started even though the fighting ended back in 1953. The Korean War was a war between
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The Korean War is seen as the “flashpoint” in the Cold War‚ which made the Cold war a global conflict. North Korea was led by Kim Il-Sung and was communist. South Korea was led by Syngman Rhee and was capitalist. Though it is said that Kim Il-Sung‚ who headed The Democratic People’s Republic‚ which was created by the Soviet Union‚ had adopted a policy of opposition to Rhee’s government and for the unification of the Korean peninsula by armed force‚ there are still many other theories as to why the
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Korean War "They can call it whatever they want. I think it was a war and that’s it. A lot of guys were dying or getting wounded and you can call it "the Forgotten War" or "the conflict‚" but it was a war. That’s it." as said by Eddie Rios of the United States Marine Corps. Even though we don’t remember it‚ or don’t think it was a war but it was. The Korean War was a small one but it still happened. In this paper I will go over why the war started‚ what happened and how it ended. Without further
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Korean War Timeline (1950-1953) Date Venue Description March‚ 1950 Stalin agrees to invade North Korea Kim Il Sung ask permission to invade North Korea to Stalin. Stalin approves the permission. Stalin believe that US take part in Korea. June 25‚ 1950 North Korea invades South Korea North Korea get permission from Russia to invade South Korea. North Korea continues to invade until the capital city‚ Seoul. North Korea doesn’t have strong army June 25‚ 1950 President of North Korea executes 100‚000
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Consequences of the Korean War * The Korean War never ended‚ and they are still under an armistice to this day. The Korean War is technically not over; all that’s keeping the two sides from going to war again is a cease-fire agreement. * The Korean War brought the US and Russia further apart‚ and the fear of communism would later lead the US to throw itself into Vietnam‚ to avoid another North Korea. * It also brought China into conflict with the US‚ bringing bad feelings between the
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The Korean War is often referred to as the forgotten war since October 1951 because it happened soon after Second World War and to most people it was the result of that war. Moreover‚ it did not bring with it the same type of rationing and full mobilization as the World War II. As such‚ the Americans turned back to their lives thus ignoring the conflict in Korea. Further‚ the stalemate that resulted from Chinese entrance into the war made few people to think or read about Korea. There was a noticeable
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The Catalyst to the Korean War It is often thought of‚ as the “Forgotten War”‚ the Korean War took place between the years 1950-1953. Korea was a frequently fought-over peninsula in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Korea was dominated by China as a tributary nation for centuries‚ fought over by China and Japan in the first Sino-Japanese War (1894-1895) and fought over again by Japan and Russia in the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905)‚ both wanting it for colonization. It was annexed
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think the Soviets were responsible for the North Korean attack in June 1950? • Stalin encouraged the North Korean president (Kim Il Sung) to invade South Korea in order to create a Korea that was led by him • The Soviets were in charge of Manchuria and the area around North Korea • Koreans were miserably treated by the Japanese during the Japanese invasion; the Koreans were made to work — by force • Japanese thought they were superior to the Koreans • When Mao came to power in China‚ the Americans
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announced the splitting of into two occupation zones‚ and Stalin accepted. While the USSR and US moved in‚ an association of Korean Nationalists formed a government known as the KPR (Korean People’s Republic). As time passed‚ this government became progressively communist and extremely popular among the people. Although the US had not recognized the KPR‚ the Soviets had‚ and Korean guerrilla leader‚ Kim Il-Sung‚ became known as the pro-Soviet leader of the KPR. Meanwhile in South Korea‚ a detrimental
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Although the Korean War proved a moderate success for United States‚ the tense foreign relations with the Soviet Union and the disaster of the Vietnam war proved the policy of containment in the United States between 1945 and 1975 ultimately unsuccessful. Since even before the end of World War II‚ tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union began to plague their alliance. As soon as the Soviet Union threatened to force smaller nations under their communist sphere of influence‚ the
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