Korean+War

The Korean War   The Korean War arose from conflicts between strong leaders in the North and the South Korea who both had the idea to reunify the country. Many events occuring on the 38th parallel in Korea led up to the war. One of these main events was the attempt to negotiate elections to make a government for the entirety of the country. However, these attempts were a failure and this led to North Korea invading South Korea. South Korea was encountering mass numbers of losses at the start of the war. The Americans noticed this and were not prepared to let the communist North Korea overtake the south. America, along with the aid of the United Nations, intervened to try and stop the advance of the North. After swift advances made by the South Koreans and their new found allies, China, a North Korean allied joined the fighting to equal the balance of power and almost swing it in the favour of the North Korean troops. Some people think of this war as a Civil War. However, when I think about it, the Korean War does not really seem like a Civil War. To me, a Civil War is a war fought between to armies within one country. The Korean War involved armies from both North and South Korea, but also the Soviet Union and China, allies of the north, and sixteen U.N. member countries, including Canada, as allies of the south. These sixteen countries all sent troops, under the command of the United States, to fight behind the South Korean Army. []

This war had great significance during the Cold War. It was another example of the Americans trying their best to stop the spread of communism throughout Asia and Europe. I think that the Americans had a point in trying to stop Communism from spreading, because along with the spread of communism came a greater threat of another world war. I think that Joseph Stalin was a power hungry leader. If Stalin would have been able to spread communism into Korea and Vietnam without any defense from America, the power would have went straight to his head and he would have started to try and gain more and more power over the rest of the world. However, the Americans showed the Russians that taking power over all these smaller countries would not be as easy as the Russians thought it would be. The battle in Korea showed that the American army was very powerful and would not fall to the Russians without a great battle and a large number of Russian cassualties. media type="custom" key="3986079"