The Korean War: The Cold War

As the Korean war was going on, the US’ presidential election was also coming closer, and before long, it was about time to elect a new president. One of the running candidates was a republican named Dwight D. Eisenhower. During his campaign, Eisenhower often criticized the US government’s handling of the Korean war, especially its inability to end the conflict between North and South Korea. Because of his criticism, on October 24, 1952, US president Truman challenged Eisenhower to find his own alternative solution. And in response, Eisenhower announced that if he were to get elected as president, he would go to Korea and handle the situation himself. This greatly boosted Eisenhower’s popularity and caused him to actually win the election.

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

The Korean War has often been a controversial subject. Some say that an all-out war with China would have brought Russia into the conflict, creating WWIII. Others say that if we had done it right and hit hard, Communist powers would have backed off. No one can know for sure. It has been many years since the Korean War and Communism is still a threat. Perhaps, by looking back at the past, we can find the answers to problems today.

How did General Douglas MacArthur react to the events in Korea? What was his stance on the Korean War? McAurther was determined to win. He did not see the early reverses of the war which concerned Korean and us forces into Pusan as a “second Dunkirk” and was firmly convicted that victory was still possible eventually ordering the amphibious landings at Inchon behind the front to cut off all the enemy’s supplies it was a difficult operation that worked in threatening to cut off north Korean forces attacking in the south, forcing them into retreat.

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. At its outset, South Korea had asked the United States to supply

The Korean War was a war between communism and democracy of the two separated Koreas. In 1950, the Korean War, a war supported with allies from all over the world, began when North Korea invaded the South. Canada, one of the significant allies of South Korea, was of major importance when defending the South from the communist North. Many Canadians believe that Canada's contributions during the Korean War were forgotten, while others argue that Canada’s significance in the war is commemorated. The purpose of this essay is to answer the statement; “Examine Canada’s contribution to the Korean War”. One of the key elements of Canada’s contributions was its naval force that supported the South during the Korean War. Canada’s troops included approximately

WW1 was a tremendously devastating war. This led to Hitler rising to power, then WW2, then the cold war, then the world problems we have today. However, the morning Gavrilo Princip woke up to kill the archduke of Austria-Hungary, what if he slipped down his steps? What if WW1 never happened? The chances of WW1 never happening are slimmer than slim, but it could have happened. What if it did?

Throughout the history of mankind, nationalism has played a significant role and had major impact on society. Nationalism, especially in South Korea where having a nationalistic attitude is of social norm with deep history, has a substantial influence on the culture and way of life. We have seen nationalism work in favor of the country, however we fail to take into account the devastating drawbacks of possessing this nationalistic attitude. Historical references and current situations shows that nationalism could lead to into major conflict, war. In such a globalized world such as today, certain problems are bound arise possessing this nationalistic attitude. While the majority of South Koreans are and assume that being nationalistic promotes

Throughout the whole world, Korea is the only divided nation in the world. From other countries, there are a whole lot of people who think that South and North Korea are same. Some might expect both North and South Korea as a little impoverished country ruled by a dictator, who keeps threatening to nuke the world. However, the division of Korea has been about 60 years, and this division makes those two countries distinctively different. South Korea has been a democratic country since division of Korea had happened. However, contrary to their oxymoronic state title of 'Democratic People's Republic of Korea,' the reclusive regime has neither been a democracy nor a republic, not at least in the meaning the rest of the world uses these words. North Korean, especially people who are not in the high ranked position, suffers from penury because of their brutal dictator. Likewise, about a half century was a huge time gap between two countries that made them so different. Among these features that make those two countries different, language is the most common factor to distinguish the differences.

The Korean War is widely known by name, but the actual details remain in obscurity, resulting in the sobriquet, “The Forgotten War”; however the results of the war that takes place between these two small countries lead to important roles, only to be understood by learning the events leading up to the conflict, the war itself, and the aftereffects. But before getting into the details of the war, a short lesson on how these two nations once were is adequate, even uncovering some surprising details. Throughout 918-1392, Korea was attacked by her aggressive neighbors. When China fell to the Mongols, they would turn their attention towards Korea, invading in 1231. The royal

The U.S. entered the Korean Conflict in the 1950’s. U.S. and the Soviet Union agreed to divide Korea temporarily along the 38th parallel. This became 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. On June 25, 1950, war broke out on the 38th parallel. Known as the Korean War, the battle began when about 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean People’s Army poured across the 38th parallel U.S., seeking to defend a non-communist government from invasion by communist troops. (so had the war started before that in terms of communists trying to take over????) Because in the U.S., Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin infamously hunted for communists

Firstly the Korean War was a Cold War conflict was the manifestation of the Cold war through a proxy. This moved the rivalry of the superpowers , fighting from Europe to Asia, and became a direct conflict. Syngman Rhee (South Korea) under USA’s support, was a strategist who claimed to “produce a victorious end to the wars in Korea … would swing the balance of power so strongly against the Soviet Union that it would not dare risk war with the United States”. Kim Il Sung (North Korea) was emboldened by both China and USSR and said “the liberation of the Korean people in the south is next in line”. It would seem that North Korea had plans to unify Korea and USSR supported the unification. The control the superpowers had over Korea proves

authority and wanted unification of Korea. However the extent of military force employed by North Korea soon made it clear that it

In August 1945 the aides at the State Department divided the Korean Peninsula into two halves along the 38th parallel with the Russians occupying the northern area and the United States occupying the southern area, this eventually lead to formation of two states with the southern side having the anti-communist dictator Syngman Rhee moving ahead with the support of the American government while in the north the people gained the support of Kim II Sung. The tension across the parallel was soaring and things were taking an uglier turn!

The ongoing crisis in the Korean peninsula has its root in the civil war that has not been concluded with peace treaty for the last sixty four years. Therefore it is possible to allude to some extent the lack of proper conclusion of the war helped the current statuesque in the region. And also how this war began and ended further explains why the US , RoK , DPRK and other regional powers are behaving the way they do.