Korea was engaged in a civil war as an attempt to keep North Korea from thrusting its influence on South Korea. ... After the 38th was crossed putting the US and South Korean forces in the North , China threatened to send troops in to defend North Korea. ... Some people questioned whether this would evolve into World War III. ... China lost 967,000, and North Korea lost 624,000. ... Not only this, but North and South Korea were left in ruins. ...

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People have died. ... 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. ... The second phase of the Korean War was essentially the Southern unit's attack and retreat from North Korea. ... On June 25, 1950 at 4 a.m., 70,000 North Korean troops crossed the thirty-eighth parallel. ... One can only imagine the chaos not only in Seoul, which exchanged hands 4 times, but also in every major city in both North and Sou...

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This is the main reason the United States got involved in Vietnam. ... Nations like England, France and most of Europe was backing the United States and countries like China, North Korea, Cuba and Vietnam were backing the Soviet Union. The international level, at first had no effect in the Cold War, no other country or any international organization like the United Nations got involved in the Cold War. ... The one major thing that helped the United States win the Cold War was the fact that even though two of the biggest countries, China and Russia, were both Socialist, they never got alo...

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From 1946 to 1972 the USA was a major obstacle to China's objectives. ... USA and China were hostile up to the 1950's during the Korean War, as they were against each other, where China was with North Korea supporting communism and USA was preserving the integrity of South Korea (see Appendix A, Cowie H.R, (1980), Asia and Australia in World Affairs, Australia, page 100. Map showing who were supporting South Korea and North Korea in the Korean War, in June 1950), where the CCP recognised the importance of relations with their powerful communist neighbour; USSR. ... Map showing who we...

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The people and governments of the French, U.S., Vietnam all had different motives for their involvement in the Vietnam War in the years between 1945 and 1975. ... North Vietnam was for the most part involved due to their Leader Ho Chi Ming centering his core beliefs on patriotism and communism as a way to "save his country" (Harrison). ... France had lost a battle and a major chunk of its empire and that's what they were fighting for most of all. ... Nobody liked the war, but it never occurred to the people to put the blame for it on the their own leader. ... Eisenhower took over and...

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The Viet Cong and North Vietnamese launched a major invasion against the United States called the Tet offensive from January 30th to February 25th, 1968. At the Khe Sanh U.S. firebase, there was a major ground battle. ... The forces involved agreed that U.S. troops would gradually withdraw from Vietnam and all prisoners of war would be released. ... The struggle widened into a war between South Vietnam and North Vietnam and ultimately into a limited international conflict. The United States and some 40 other countries supported South Vietnam by supplying troops and munitions, and the USSR and ...

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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. ... The major national television news sources were the evening network newscasts anchored by people like Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, and David Brinkley. ... In early 1968, the North Vietnamese launched the Tet Offensive, a major incursion into South Vietnam. During the offensive, North Vietnamese troops were able to briefly occupy the U.S. embassy in Saigon. ... Many people would have had their own opinions about war without anchors such as Brink...

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• Grade Level: High School

Also the North wanted to develop a tariff. ... The South wanted and needed it and the North did not want it at all. ... Southerners compared slavery with the wage-slave system of the North. ... Rick Shroder stars as Major Charles Whittlesey, a soldier who received the coveted Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions near the close of World War I. A civilian-turned-soldier, Whittlesey proved to be a brilliant and fearless major when he and his troops found themselves surrounded by the enemy in the dense Argonne Forest. ...

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The French Revolution, opened up peoples minds to enlightenment, and World War I was the first to have battles of modern warfare. ... Originally President Kennedy did not want to get involved with the conflict in Vietnam. ... 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. ... There was an increasing sense among many people that the government was misleading the American people about a ...

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Most of the people McCarthy accused were convicted. ... The U.S. got involved with Korea and Vietnam, both communist nations, and tried to occupy and convert them with new governments. The Korean conflict ended at the 38th parallel dividing the north and the south. ... Many blacks moved to the north, Chicago in particular, to get work and escape segregation. ... Business is good in the 60's with major tax cuts and the economy took off. ...

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They were not all communist, although communists actively involved themselves in most of the "wars of liberation", forming blocs within other movements where they did not have the strength to stand alone. ... (Tonkin Annam and Cochin China were regions in the North, Central and South Vietnam. ... French troops were concentrated in fortresses in North Vietnam fighting a static war. ... To this end, Dien Bien Phu was occupied and established as a major fortress in 1953. It was a serious tactical error, being sited too far from major centres where support resources were, and the enemy's capa...

• Word Count: 4606
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: Undergraduate