Did the Korean war contribute to the cold war if so how?

Answer 1

it increased the tension between the USSR and the West as both parties showed through the Berlin Blockade that they were firm on their stand. Stalin would not lift the blockade until Berlin was under the full control of the USSR and the USA would not stop flying supplies into Berlin until the blockade was lifted.

It was a non-violent conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Answer 2

yes. It prevented a war between east and West Germany (which would have resulted in a war between the east and west powers) as tensions were growing high in Berlin. there was huge emigration from east to west, causing problems for Ulbricht who was losing all his most skilled citizens (doctors, etc were leaving to the west). East Germany's economy was collapsing and the state was in a desperate condition (also because the USSR was draining it of all its resources). the wall ended these tensions (the west's economy was doing fine under capitalist rule and with a new currency - deutsche mark). It also emphasised the split between the east and the west.

Answer 3

The Korean War was a conflict strongly influenced by the Cold War. With CHina becoming communist in 1949, and Korea looking that way in 1950, the US foresaw a 'domino effect', in which countries would fall like dominoes to communism. The US thus joined the side of the south, while China and Russia aided the north, with the UN eventually helping the south as well. The Korean war can therefore be seen as a proxy war of the greater ideological struggle between east and west that ruled the world at the time.