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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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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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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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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For example, after studying the Vietnam War you can have students go to two opposite sides of the room. One side who feels the Vietnam War was necessary to keep communism from spreading and one side who felt the U.S. should not have risked U.S. lives for foreign affairs. ... For example, the United States" current tensions with North Korea and their build up of nuclear weapons. You could relate this to our history of the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the spread of communism, and the nuclear race with the USSR. ...

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The Soviet Union and United State's space race was at its pinnacle; one of the most significant wars during the Cold War, the Korean War was finally reached its end; both nations were equipped with devastating atomic bombs. ... Finally, in 1959, the Soviet Union launched another satellite, the Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the moon.2 The Korean War The Korean War, as a side effect of the Cold War has started on June 25, 1950. ... In the views of the Americans, this war was extremely crucial for the Korean War as this war intensifies, there was a fair chance of this war becoming a...

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China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. China has been Communist since 1949, Cuba since 1961, Laos since 1975, North Korea since 1948, and Vietnam since 1976. ... This was one of the causes of the Cold War. ... Eventually the countries went to war. ... Nobody really knows how the war ended or who won. ...

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The Vietnam War, unlike the Korean War and World War II, was the war that US television brought images of devastation, suffering and tragedy of Vietnamese people to the Americans every night. ... From there, the war protest began. ... The Legislative composed of anti-war elective officials handcuffed the Executive by laws which progressively made President Nixon lose power in the war. ... The war also left behind a painful America. ... This war also ended the agreement with the foreign policy of the Cold War and made many Americans more concerned about other actions of their government oversea...

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Why did this war ever start? ... An example of this is the "Korean War-. Families that lived all over Korea were separated from each other when the war first started. Korea was separated into North and South Korea. ... What does war solve? ...

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We could no longer depend on Britain for our defence, and the Cold war between U.S.S.R and the United States was threatening a global nuclear war. ... The Korean war began in 1950, and carried on until 1953. The UNO security council agreed to send aid to South Korea. ... Subsequently, the UNO and South Korean troops and the Chinese and North Korean armies came to a stalemate. An Armistice agreement was reached between North and South Korea in 1953, and Korea was divided along a cease fire line. ...

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How did this war start? What was the United States involvement in the war? ... The Vietnamese War, as defined to me in the New Standard Encyclopedia, was " an undeclared war for the control of South Vietnam, starting in 1957 and ending in 1975." ... By the end of 1965, there were 181,000 American troops along with troops sent by South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. ... By the end of 1972, both the United States and South Korea had ended their ground combat role in South Vietnam and a peace agreement was signed. ...

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The Vietnam War was between the of 1957-1975. ... The Vietnam War was the longest war the United States had ever participated in. ... The Vietnamese Communists called the war "a war of national liberation." ... The war had many stages. ... Countries such as Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Korea and Thailand helped South Vietnam. ...

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It was not the first war to happen while television existed; both World War II and the Korean War were fought in the infant stages of television. ... By the time the Vietnam War escalated in the mid-1960s, television was ready to capture the war's images and most Americans were able to watch in their homes. ... As a result of this commentary, news coverage of the Vietnam War from 1965 to 1970 influenced the American public's opinion of the war effort. ... CBS was the news leader during the Vietnam War years. ... Before Tet, television journalists tended to describe the war as "our s...

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Iraq and Vietnam The Vietnam War was fought over 14 years and it was a lot bigger than Iraq war. ... South Korea also fought with the U.S. together with smaller groups from Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and Thailand, but the U.S. was missing Britain and who was there main partner. The Vietnam War was an awful war that affected millions of people in many different countries. Wars usually start because there is a difference in people's opinions, and the Vietnam War that was the case. ... So one of the differences between the Iraq war and the Vietnam war was valid...

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Is War Necessary? There are many reasons why a country or several countries could go to war. ... This movie a positive insight to the war through the main character. ... It was the British who instigated and prolonged the war. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ...

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If Nixon wouldn't have went behind INSERT back then the war would have been over and maybe the mission to not let communism would have worked it could have ended like Korea in a split between the country. 2. ... Three are the same that the war is bad. The first showing that no one knew why the war was going on not even the soldiers. ... The mane importance of the Vietnam war was this is the only war we lost completely. In Korea we compromised but in Vietnam we fought and lost and there was a great US casualty. ...

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., Vietnam all had different motives for their involvement in the Vietnam War in the years between 1945 and 1975. ... Even as the war increasingly destroyed the country, he remained committed to Vietnam's independence. ... Although his main focus was in Korea at the time, he believed the French were fighting for the free world in Indochina just as the United Nations was fighting for it in Korea. ... Eisenhower took over and was absolutely convinced that China would intervene in the war on the side of Ho Chi Minh against France, just as they did in North Korea against the U.S, to prevent...

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This war became known as the T.V war. Unlike the Korean War and World War Two, the American government decided not to censor it and let the press have free access. ... Many black leaders spoke out against the war saying, "They weren't going to fight in a white man's war". ... Though they had of coarse fought in Korea, the difference there was that they won. ... China did not want to trust America as they had been hostile when it came to Korea and Vietnam. ...

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This war would be the Vietnam Revolution. ... After World War II and The Korean Conflict, the last thing U.S. citizens wanted was for the government to send troops into Vietnam. ... South Vietnam was aided by a coalition of forces including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea. ... However, as they began to realize, this war was going be a long drawn out war. ... The growing anti-war movement alarmed the U.S. government, and eventually dictated the way the government ran the war. ...

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Growing up Korean in white America was different. As a child I was sometimes embarressedembarrassed to be Korean. ... Some can say Korean American, but to me I consider myself Korean because that is what I am, and what I was born to be. I am a Korean living in America, but I can also say that I am a Korean in China, no matter where I am, I will always be Korean. ... In the Korean culture, education is a priorityschool is stressed the most. ...

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Background information: Before The War The Vietnam War, well known and brought up a lot in today's world as a comparison to the current Iraq war. ... Russia at that point had already expanded its empire into Eastern Europe, Korea and Cuba. ... Being that it was the Vietcong's homeland, they were in the better position to win this war. ... That was a bad time for Richard Nixon, having to control the Vietnam War that Johnson had started. ... The Government of America, noticed how people felt about this war, and started to make instant plans for the withdraw. ...

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Remember the episodes depicting Bugs and the gang in Word War I or World War II garb and situations? ... But then came Korea and Vietnam. ... (Dudley & Bender, 1990, p. 76) The media, ever since being the puppet of the World War I and World War II government has since strived not only to cut the strings, but also to become the puppet master. ... What the press brought to the dinner table brought out the opposition to the war. ... In both cases support for the wars remained high despite mounting casualties.""...

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This war was a war that they fought in their minds and in their hearts. ... In Korea this knowledge resulted in use, to some extent, of a "point system." ... One important fact about the Vietnam War was that it was America's first true integrated war. Women have fought in all of America's wars, even though it might have been unofficial in some of the earliest wars. ... In World War II and almost every other war in United States military history, our military was ...

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This did not affect Chieko too much, as to even though Japan going to war, they were still at war with other countries. Japan was still at war with Manchuria, this caused them to also start war with China and Korea. ... Not many people would stay in hotels during times of war. ... After that he was also in the Air Force during the Korean War. Then in the 1960's helped out in the Vietnam War. ...

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