Korean War

An estimate of 10 million.

"The food was hard rock candy, and they were in tin cans. Some of (the shelters) had complete hospital units in them, the MASH units they used in the Korean War. The better ones were elaborately set up, but most were basic."- Edward Reynolds "The food was hard rock candy, and they were in tin cans. Some of (the shelters) had complete hospital units in them, the MASH units they used in the Korean War. The better ones were elaborately set up, but most were basic."- Edward Reynolds

Word Wars I and II were perceived by the public as wars with a rightful cause of US participation and the veterans were greeted as heroes. But the Vietnam war was controversial in its nature and a lot of public did not support it. This had a dramatic effect on veterans public image, who were not held in high regards as their predecessors have been.

10 won= 1 cent

100 won= 10 cents

500 won= 50 cents

1000 won= 1 dollar

10000 won= 10 dollars

50000 won= 50 dollars

in America we call it dollars in Korea they call it won

France sent approximately 3,400 men to Korea. Approximately 300 French Servicemen were killed there.

in march of 1979 they started to build it :)

North Korea is a sovereign country that shares the Korean peninsula with South Korea and is located south of China and west of Japan. It is known for its Dynastic Communist Regime over which the Kim Family (Kim Il-Sung, Kim Jong-Il, and Kim Jong-Un) has presided.

South Korea is a developed country and is classified as an emerging marke. Between the 1960s and 1990s, it had one of the world's fastest growing economies. In 2009, South Korea was the world's ninth largest exporter.

the domino theory was the theory that once something happens, it leads to a certain series of events.

in the cold war, the domino theory was the threat of the spread of communism throughout the world. once a country falls to communism, it was said that soon after, its neighbouring countries would also fall.

To build 'grass roots' support from the people of South Vietnam to overthrow their government to allow the North to unify the country. Also to wear down the United States public opinion so there would be no popular support for the war effort.

Yes.

At the time of the Second World War (WW2), Korea was a colony of Japan. As WW2 ended and Allied troops occupied Japanese-held territory, American and Russian troops secured the Korean peninsula. The conflicting political views of these parties led to the peninsula being divided into North and South Korea - a division which remains today.

The Vietnam War ended in a decisive communist victory, while the Korean War did not.

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The Korean War was not lost (technically it continues) it was stalemated.

Both sides signed armistice treaty, which means the war is still going on (you can read the orignal text; it clearly states that the war is not ended); the treaty is now overdue.

But, the result of war still shows something:

NK, which started the war, did not gain anything or lose anything

SK, did not lose its territory, so it should be the winner

US, helped SK to defeat NK, but failed to conquer entire Korean peninsula

China never declared war on US; its army was called volunteer and the goal of China was defending the border and help NK to defeat US (because US army was very close to Yalu River, NK almost lost its all territory, and China really worried US would invade China after it conquered NK)

it's a war with no winner

the leader of south Korea in 1950 was Snygman Rhee

because ussr forced north korea to be communist by army

Between 1950 and 1953 the US Selective Service inducted over 1.5 million men and another 1.3 million volunteered for the conflict. The United States did not declare war and due to the nature of the conflict the "Korean War" was technically a proxy war.

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China and the USSR along with many other communist countries, but the major one that assisted North Korea was China. The USSR supplied North Korea with Soviet tanks and planes. Soviet pilots also flew for the North Korean air force but this was kept a secret long after the end of the war.

The Korean war was caused by communist North Korea invading democratic South Korea, so it's the spread of Communism. The U.S intervened and fought communist Chinese (and Soviet) troops to end the war. So it is a part of the Cold War because it's one of the little occasions that the U.S fought communist troops.

Korea was a repeat of WWII, using the same equipment and in many cases, the same men; WWII and Korea was only separated by 5 years. Which is one of the reasons Korea is labeled the "forgotten war"...it was (and is) OVERSHADOWED by WII.

As in WWII, Korea was fought by the men for the whole duration. Both Korea and WWII for the US, lasted almost the same amount of time...about 3 yrs (WWII was about 3 1/2 yrs).

Vietnam was a bit different, a much lower intensity conflict compared to WWII & Korea; but longer...consequently, the "tour concepts." Which was for the US Army, 12 months.

If the United Nations had not stepped in, chances are South Korea would not exist.

Korea would be one, united country, which would most likely be run by the current dictator of North Korea.

Yes, North Korea was once a colony. in 1643.