Revision Notes: Korean War KOREAN WAR North Korea [Communist] invaded South Korea [Capitalist]. Causes [memory word: DUCKS] Domino theory - Truman thought that Far Eastern countries would fall like dominoes. China became Communist in 1949. Truman feared Japan would follow. He felt he had to stop this. Undermine Communism - - NSC 68 (April 1950) recommended that the US abandon ’containment’ and start to ’roll back’ Communism. Cold War - Truman and
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The Korean peninsula found itself in a situation much like Germany during the early years of the Cold War. Korea was under Japanese control until the surrender of the Japanese at the close of World War II. The 38th Parallel divided the Korean Peninsula into two halves. North Korea was under Communist control with the Soviets placing Kim Il-Sung as the leader. With Soviet assistance and training‚ Sung had quickly repressed the opposition in North Korea and solidified his control with Russian support
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1. Was the Korean War a US war or a UN war? Provide two historical examples to support your views. The Korean War was a US war. This is because ninety percent of fighting men in the war were provided from the US and South Korea. Also‚ Macarthur was prevented from communicating with the United Nations because of President Truman. Disagreeably‚ the US dispatched the 7th Fleet to the Taiwan Straits‚ but this displays that the US acted on its own against those nations that disagreed. 2. How do Canada
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were they fighting for? The Korean War was a war between North and South Korea‚ which involved a lot of International support on both sides. Where the United Nations force led by the United Sates of America fought for the South‚ and China and the Soviet Union fought for the North. What started out as a civil war between the North and South soon became a global contest between the superpowers of America and the Soviet Union being the first battle of the Cold War. In June 1950 Kim II Sung started
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The Korean War marked an important stage of the Cold War. It was a crucial moment in history when communism faced capitalism in a war front. In October of 1950‚ China intervened in the war only to increase the existing tension of the time. According to Michael Hickey‚ after Korea was independent from Japan by the end of WWII‚ it was split along the 38th parallel between North and South. Anti-communist US troops occupied the South and the Soviets the North. Stalin encouraged North Korea’s president
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The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. The cause of the war was that Korea was under Japanese rule ever since the end of the Chinese-Japanese war in 1895. After World War II‚ in 1945‚ Korea was freed from Japan. The United States troops occupied the southern part of the country and Russian forces took the north. The very first and main reason we entered the war in Korea was because John Foster Dulles‚ the future Secretary of State under Dwight Eisenhower‚ said that
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What caused the Korean War? The Korean War started in 1950 and took place in a time that was very known to war. The war ending in a peace treaty singing between USA and North Korea‚ the South Koreans never actually signed for peace. This is often said by the North Koreans as an excuse to carry on the so called war by having army troops all along the border. This may not be a surprise to many due to North Koreas well known extremism and overall lack of connection the rest of the world. This is an
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The Korean and Vietnam war are very similar in that both were the US’s attempt to fight communism by waging war in a distant third world country. Both wars were unpopular in the US and both led to a lack of victory. In fact‚ remarkable similarities exist between the Korean War and the Vietnam War; from the US support of a dictatorial and corrupt anti-communist regime to its conception of communism as a monolithic entity‚ under which all communist nations were necessarily allies‚ rather than individuals
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Explain the causes of the Korean War The Korean War began in 1950 when Communist North Korea crossed the 38th parallel into Capitalist South Korea‚ however‚ it was not just an ordinary civil war‚ it involved 3 of the world’s biggest superpowers of the time‚ USA‚ China and Russia. Ultimately‚ their fight was indirectly played out in this small country. However‚ the main causes of the war can be debated. The cause of the war can be traced back to 1945 when the war ended and Korea was split between
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Korean War The Korean War was another episode in the Cold War starting June 25‚ 1950 and ending only three years later on June 27‚ 1953. The fighting began when North Korea crossed the 38th parallel‚ the boundary between the Soviet Union’s Republic of Korea to the north and pro-Western Republic of Korea to the South. A main influence on this invasion of the south was the Soviet Union. They had a large interest in sending a message to the United Nations‚ and more specifically The United States.
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