., Kim Il Sung(김일성), the president of North Korea, declared war on the South. ... Despite the allies that aided each respected side, this war was ultimately the North Koreans against the South Koreans. ... For the end of war, a peace treaty has to be discussed and agreed upon for the two countries to officially end the war and a peace treaty has still not been discussed for the 1953 Korean War Armistice Agreement so technically, the Korean War is still going on today Now that we've cleared up some confusion, we can talk about South Korea's tactics and means of victory during ...

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One of my favorite things I saw there was the Korean War memorial . ... I learned alot more and here is the summarization of all of my knowledge on the Korean War The Korean War was the result of the division of Korea. ... At the beginning of the war, before the US's evolvement, North Korea was destroying South Korea. ... Since South Korea was falling apart the US knew we had to enter the war. ... At the beginning of the war North Korea handled South Korea and the United States. ...

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Matray my knowledge of the Korean War was very limited. ... I knew that it was a war between North and South Korea both receiving outside assistance in the war. ... These views of each other formed the basic orthodox view of the Korean War; a war against communism. ... This is where much of the debate surrounding the Korean War comes up. ... The Korean War may have officially ended in 1953, but debate over the War still continues even today. ...

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Korean Armistice Agreement (1953) On July 27, 1953, the U.S, North Korea, South Korea, and the People's Republic of China agreed to an armistice, which brought the Korean War to an end. ... The U.S sent 5,720,000 troops to aid South Korea in the war. ... Before and after the war, the Soviets had firm roots in North Korea. ... He promised to end the Korean War and did exactly that. ... The Korean War gave America a very important military presence in Asia. ...

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THE KOREAN WAR" WHY DID WE FIGHT IN KOREA? ... The Korean War took place between the years of 1950 and 1953. ... After World War II, in 1945, Korea was freed from Japan. ... Dulles was in Tokyo when the Koreans staged war. ... I feel that the Korean War was a tragedy. ...

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The Korean War A cry rang out, June 24, 1950, from a small country half way around the world and America listened. Korea was engaged in a civil war as an attempt to keep North Korea from thrusting its influence on South Korea. ... The Korea War ended in an ambiguous victory, that was purchased dearly. ... These are the words engraved on a marker at the Korean War Memorial. ... (Deming, 68) To most Americans, Korea is a forgotten war. ...

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Therefore the U.S involvement in the Korean War was justified as a way to prevent the spread of Communism throughout the world. ... At this time, North and South Korea were set to have an election that would eventually reunify them sometime after World War II. ... The United Nations also felt obligated to hinder North Korea in an effort to prevent another world war. ... Stalin was supporting the invasion of South Korea because he requested to be updated on the wars progress. ... The Korean war was a tremendous part of The Cold War. ...

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Korea has earned the distinction of being called by many authors the bloodiest campaign ever fought during the Cold War. Not officially a war at all Korea was the first conflict of its kind, it changed the policy of how America would fight its future wars. American involvement in the Korean conflict was reminiscent of the countries involvement in last two world wars in that it was not prepared to fight in a full-scale conflict. ... In taking the United States to war in Korea, President Truman did two critical things that would shape the future of America's military actions. ... Statin...

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Korea and Vietnam essay Some people say Vietnam and Korean War was a bad thing for America, but I disagree to some extent. ... I understand that we lost many lives in the Vietnam and Korean wars, but we also saved a lot. ... The Vietnam and Korean War has changed our life because throughout the lectures in class I learned that since then we are more cautious about getting involved in a war. The current war we are in and the Vietnam and Korean War are similar in many ways. ... In conclusion, I still think it was a good thing for the U.S. to be involved in Vietnam and the Korean War....

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The U.S has already fought in two world wars and the possibility of a third is inconceivable. With an invasion of North Korea this third world war could come to fruition. ... On top of this, the U.N has also suggested its concern in saying that, "It would not be in our national interest, however to take action in Korea which would involve substantial risk of general war" (National Security Council, Sept. 1950). ... With countries like China desiring peaceful negotiation, to start an invasion in North Korea will lead, "To the dangerous trend toward extending the war" (Rad...

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I"m against any war, and Vietnam War is no exception. ... Just two years before that several thousands miles from Vietnam, on Korean peninsula bloody Korean War ended with July 27, 1953 cease fire agreement between communist North Korea backed by China and US along with UN. Communist expansion has been feared much by the United States, especially after the Korean War. ... In 1951 North Korea backed by communist China carried aggression against South Korea, China conquers Tibet. 1962 Cuban missile crisis bring world as close to nuclear war as never before and in 1964 China detonated it fir...

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Korea From the day when North Koreans attacked South Korea on June 25, 1950 to the day of the armistice on July 27, 1953, the events of the Korean War revealed the mass destruction, pain, and suffering Koreans had to endure. At the end of the war, more than 3 million Koreans died while millions of refugees remained homeless and displaced. ... The Korean War can be divided into three phases. ... The second phase of the Korean War was essentially the Southern unit's attack and retreat from North Korea. ... By the end of the first phase of the Korean War, 111,000 South Koreans died a...

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A war that is; but not just any war, a war between the United States and Iraq. ... War, war, war, its nothing new to the English language, yet, why is such a small, three-letter word the source of so much pain and suffering? ... The Gulf War had more than crippled the military capabilities of Iraq, and our spy satellites have not detected sufficient amounts of war facilities in Iraq (but they have in North Korea). ... Peace talks with the North Koreans have been looked upon as a solution to uneasiness between the United States. ... So the Koreans have a few nukes, is that the only reason t...

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If Taiwan fights for independence it would most definitely be an all out war. ... The United States and North Korea have been the longest standing adversary's . Recent steps to keep North Korea's WMD under control have been difficult. ... Since post-World War II times, North Korea has been seen to have corrupt and dangerous intentions. ... Bush could relate Iran, Iraq, and North Korea to the same standards of the original "axis of evil" (Germany, Italy, Japan) of World War II. ...

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Asian Americans include Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, etc. ... Japanese Americans were also recruited from concentration camps during World War II to accept many unfilled positions in Chicago. ... By 1905 there were about 7,000 Koreans in Hawaii. In 1906 the Korean government prohibited immigration to North America. ... Most of the Chicago Koreans represent the wave of Korean immigrants under the Immigration Act of 1965, known as the Hart-Celler Act. ...

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Another area of containment was taking place in the Koreas. North Korea supported communism, however, South Korea supported capitalism. Without warning, North Korea attacked the south but President Harry Truman vowed to defend South Korea. ... Luckily, the conflict was ended with no war and compromise was achieved quickly. ... If the Soviets tried to force communist views on the US, there would have been a high chance of conflict, war, or in the worst case scenario, nuclear war....

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The Vietnam war was fought in 1955 to 1975, and the Australian military fought in it from 1962 to 1973, and at the time, it was the longest that Australia had participated in all-out war. ... There are many contributing factors for the beginning of the Vietnam War which was all linked to the Cold War. ... Communist forces in The Vietnam War were: North Vietnam, Viet Cong, Khmer Rouge, Pathet Lao, Soviet Union, China and North Korea. Anti-Communist forces were: South Vietnam, United States, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Khmer Republic and the Kingdom of Laos. ... In 1975 the wa...

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Some of these cultures include; Chinese, Koreans, and Mexicans. ... Mexican Immigrants The United States annexed half of Mexico's territory by seizing Texas in 1836 which is what launched the Mexican-American war. Since the war Mexicans have served as a primary labor force for the United States economy and the immigrants also helped Mexico's economy by foreign exchange, oil, and tourism. ... Korean Immigrants Koreans have been immigrating to North America since 1902, even though they faced a lot of hardships. ... Despite these factors Koreans continued to migrate and work i...

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Bush announced in 2002 that Iraq, North Korea and Iran made up an axis of evil. ... Now that we have won the second gulf war and liberated the Iraqi people, we have used the threat of war to prohibit North Korea and Iran from upgrading their uranium enrichment programs. It seems as if North Korea is an unpredictable country. The North Koreans seem to believe that the only way to avoid war with the U.S. and receive humanitarian aid, is by developing a nuclear arsenal. The best solution for now is to make substantial efforts to have unilateral talks with North Korea. ...

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August 6, 1945 was the day that World War II took a severe turn with the atomic bomb hitting Hiroshima. ... To the American people who were weary from the long and brutal war, such a drastic measure seemed necessary, even righteous way to end the madness that was World War II. ... Death and destruction are always a reality of war. ... The idea of North Korea possessing nuclear weapons has turned a lot of heads and stirred up a lot of controversy. ... North Korean has become more of a threat to the United States; it has become a threat to the whole world. ...

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With North Korea on the terror list, Iran enriching uranium, Russia invading Georgia, NATO fighting Afghanistan, and a war going on in Iraq; you would think that WWIII is about to begin. ... Not many days hence, a war took place in Afghanistan. A little while later, Iraq was deemed to be cooperating with terrorist, therefore making war unavoidable with the country. A few years later, Iran started enriching uranium, claiming it was for energy purposes, and North Korea was testing nuclear capable missiles. ... This is not to even mention the civil wars in Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Rwanda, Ug...

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Gunka Government 1 January 10, 2003 Is war the best answer for the United States when there are so many problems that we are already plagued by? There are an abundance of reasons for war but I do not think President Bush has attained a good enough reason to invade Iraq. ... The communist country of North Korea has withdrawn from the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty, which was signed in 1994 to hold N. Korea's nuclear facilities in exchange for energy supplies. ... Not a single person knows whether the Untied States and Iraq will go to war. ...

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The entire world was watching as the Cold War went from moments of détente, to hours at the brink of world war three. ... Tensions stayed high in the Olympics, the space race, ICBM's, the Korean and Vietnam wars. ... The real protection from this possible total war was known as MAD. ... The partnership that deteriorated and now is being rebuilt could have turned into a hot' war at anytime, and began a much more destructive world war. The cold war also had terrible effects on North Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, and many other nations. ...

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For example, the article gives some possible answers to questions such as "How could bush go to war against one tyrant because he might be developing nuclear weapons while negotiating with another who just admitted that he has them?... The author explains that north korea has not attacked anyone in 50 years while Iraq is constantly invading it's neighbors. ... The author brings up the fact that it took officials 12 days to reveal to the public North Korea's confession which shows that officials were contemplating the possibilities: "should we isolate North Korea "or just bomb it...

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Imagine the chaos and death of a nuclear war, or just one nuclear bomb. ... The UN provides a place where nations can talk over problems before going to war and making deadly mistakes. ... The year is 1950 and North communism Korea has just invaded South (Americanism) Korea. ... Korea because the evil comies are taking over from the north is bias, but saying that the UN should go into Korea to stop nuclear war is not. ... United States of America soon starts loosing the war, since the combined forces of the UN couldn't fight North Korea and China, so the USA turns to nuclear weapons. ...

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