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    After World War II, Korea was divided into two parts. In the Northern part of Korea, Soviet Union controlled with the Communist. North Korea, called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), wanted, to sum up, its Communist ideology with Southern part of Korea by force. Consequently, Korean War (1950-1953), initiated by North Korea, to conquest South Korea, Republic of Korea (ROK). President Kim Il Sung founded North Korea and adopted Socialism. He chose its side against the United States (U

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    The Korean War begun on the arrival of the North Korean Army troops consisted of 750.000 soldiers at the 38th parallel- the imaginary boundary between South Korea- on une 25, 1950 (History.com Staff,2009). According to (PBS, N.D.), Korean War was the first war to provide the confrontation of nuclear powers and the war also showed how hard was the difficulty of both sides to create the right decision on when to attack using the bomb at the right time. Although it might seemed to be difficult, the

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    The Cold War and The Korean War Essay

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    no event captured the tension of the infamous Cold War more than the Korean War. Fought to prevent the spread of communism in Korea, the Korean War was a bold political victory for the United States because America sent a clear message to the entire world, as it was the first military action of the Cold War, that the spread of communism will not be tolerated by the strongest military in the world, the United States. In addition, the Korean War was an economic benefit for the United States due to

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    I’m going to present about Korean War that happened between 1950 to 1953. I think Korean War was one of the important wars like Vietnam War (베트남 워) because the Korean War was actually close to the World War III if United States launched the small nuke or Soviet Union participated in the war actively. But fortunately it didn’t happened. Second page. Before the World War II, Korea was one of the Japan colonies. Fortunately Korea was separated from Japan after the World War 2. Many people celebrated

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    Following a period of two world wars over the course of 25 years, many Americans thought they had fought their last war when Japan Surrendered in 1945. They were wrong.” The idea of America being involved in yet another war was not a decision that came all that easy to President Truman. In recent events, Truman had seen many things that made him fearful of what could happen if he did not act. It would be later known that for President Truman “committing troops to Korea was the most difficult decision

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    result of a war. The Korean War took place from 1950 to 1953. Although the Korean War was not the reason for the division, it just made the split more permanent. The Cold War, however, had more to do with the split. The Cold War was an ideological war primarily between the United States, which represented capitalism, and the Soviet Union, which represented communism, through proxy wars (Soviet War in Afghanistan, Vietnam War, and Korean War). Korea was split at the closing of World War II, even before

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    increased in speed and scope” (Ali, 2017). Over the past six months, the Korean War part II has been slowly starting to take shape and threat of war could be looming in the future. The Korean War, which started 67 years ago, which has technically never ended, led to the deaths of about 600,000 North Korean and 1 million South Koreans, along with hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops (Berlinger, 2017). The legacy of the brutal war lives on in North Korea, where key pieces of propaganda are still used

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    Korean War On North Korea

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    Korean war affected almost millions of people in Korea. Other people’s inhumane actions due to their greed and manipulating their power caused unjustified deaths. Those deaths odes not worth any a penny they gained after the war. A person’s life cannot be paid with money. Those people are willing to kill because of land and resources. The Korean War not only affected both South and North Korea but it also affected many countries all over the world, especially, America. Since America played a big

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    The Battle of Kapyong was initiated by the Chinese and Korean forces that were attempting to recapture lost territory. Aware of how crucial the land was to their enemy, UN forces dug in to Kapyong Valley and prepared to cover the South Korean forces that were withdrawing from the 38th Parallel. The Canadians were located in Hill 677, and the Australians on Hill 504. The Australians bore the brunt of the first attack and were forced to withdraw, overwhelmed by the vast number of enemy troops. However

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    Pre-World War III: Korean War In this seemingly peaceful world, the Korean Peninsula has been seen as one of the hottest potatoes in the world. Many people do not acknowledge that the Korean War has not ended, but the event settled with just an armistice since the tension of the war became so intense between not only two Koreans, but other major countries such as Russia, China, and the United States. Even an armistice of the war, there still remains severe tensions in the Korean Peninsula and because

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