Korea was 5 yrs after WWII; but the concern was WWIII.
Vietnam was some yrs after Korea; but a repeat of Korea was to be avoided.
After Vietnam, the issue, for the US, was redeeming prestige; which was accomplished with Operation Desert Storm in 1991.
Both fought against communist aggression.
Both conflicts were fueled by rivalries between global superpowers.
No. Its two completely separate conflicts. The motives for both wars are however similar, as they both relate to the cold war. Both wars started because of the wests, mostly USA, efforts to stop the spread of communism. As the Korean war was seen as a succes on USAs behalf, the Vietnam war was a complete failure.
Two hot battles of the cold war. Which was also an opportunity for both sides (Free world and communist world) to test out their new weapons (jets for example).
The Korean War. The 38th parallel is also associated with World War 2. At the Potsdam Conference the US and the Soviet Union agreed that each would invade the Korean Peninsula to defeat the Japanese there. The Soviet Union was to attack from the North and the US from the south. They would both stop at the 38th parallel.
Both fought against communist aggression.
Both wars were fought during the cold war against communist aggression. The communists lost the Korean War but won the Vietnam War. Another words the Republic of South Korea exists today; the Republic of South Vietnam does not.
Both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars were fought because of the Domino Theory. It was thought that if one country became communist, nearby nations would fall under that ideology too.
Both the Korean and the Vietnam Wars were fought because of the Domino Theory. It was thought that if one country became communist, nearby nations would fall under that ideology too.
Both wars were fought against communism.
They were both about containing communism.Both part of the cold war. Both fought against communist aggression.
Both conflicts were fueled by rivalries between global superpowers.
Both were conceived as part of the overall containment policy that dated back to the Truman administration
Either the Korean War or the Vietnam War. Both were in Asia.
Both the Korean and Vietnam wars occurred during the "cold war". This was the time after WWII that the U.S and the Soviet Union were having an arms race against each other. Another aspect of the cold war was that each country was trying to turn many other countries either communist (like Soviet Union) or democratic (like the U.S). Both the Vietnam and Korean wars were proxy wars. What this means is that they were wars where each country used a weaker country to fight "for" them. In both Vietnam and Korea , the Soviets had North Korea and North Vietnam and we had the south parts of both. Basically both wars were a way for the U.S and Russia to fight without actually declaring war against each other specifically. The U.S won the Korean War against Russia, and Russia won the Vietnam war against the U.S.
No. Its two completely separate conflicts. The motives for both wars are however similar, as they both relate to the cold war. Both wars started because of the wests, mostly USA, efforts to stop the spread of communism. As the Korean war was seen as a succes on USAs behalf, the Vietnam war was a complete failure.
President Nixon was associated with both the escalation of and end of the Vietnam War.