Korean War

McAuthor landed forces at Inchon

Korea & Vietnam were full scaled LIMITED wars (no nukes) against communism during the cold war. Cuba was covert, with operations extending into Central and South America, led by one of Castro's most able Lieutenants (See: Che Gueverra). The only time Cuba nearly went "hot" was during the Cuban Missile Crisis of '62; and that confrontation was against the Soviet Union...not Cuba. The Soviets backed down...obviously, no nuclear war occurred.

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When WW2 ended, Korea became a divided nation. The US and Soviet Union had withdrawn most of their troops from Korea. The Soviets gambled that the US wouldn't defendSouth Korea. So The Soviets supplied North Korea with tanks, airplanes, and money in an attempt to take over the peninsula.

There are four seasons in Korea. Spring is warm, summer is hot, fall is chilly and winter is cold

haha dude no way. nice try. whoevers in mrs lansings class.u lose dude. :D

I'm not exactly sure why, but I know a bit. They divided because some people wanted communism, and the other wanted democracy, so they divided. But North Koreans are attacking south koreans, threatening S. Korea for food, for they are lacking of food while S. Koreans are one of the richest countries(well, almost, in economics, they are one of the highest), and south Korea just wants peace, so S. koreans give them the things they want, and try to become connected again, but the north korea's dictator won't take it.

The most important result of the Korean War was pushing the communist back to the 38th parallel. It also gave the United States leeway to quadruple its military spending. This was the platform for the eventual Military Industrial complex that lasted throughout the Cold War. The Korean War also marked the first time that black and white United States soldiers fought in integrated platoons.

The United States (South Korea) and the Soviet Union (North Korea)

Women aided husbands, officers, and tended to their own children. They had all of the responsibilities before exept the responsibiliteis were loaded down onto them because the man wasn't there. Women, to make extra money, did hard core labor jobs and sometimes even acted as nurses in the battle. Not only did this put a lot of stress on the family but the oldest male had to be the temporary man of the house. Wheather he could act the part or not, it was his new responibnility. The mother or women of the household took pride in their actions. Though this was a hard time and a hard life to live, most women persisted.

President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order integrating the armed services in 1948 President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order integrating the armed services in 1948.

The conflict in Korea escalated , because 1. North Korea invaded South Korea. 2. The UN became involved in the conflict in an attempt to stop war. and 3. The United States sent in troops and medical units to support South Korea.

It was 1950-1953. There is a memorial to the Korean Veterans in the Washington DC area. I did visit that as my father, who is 78, was in the Korean War. Here is the link.http://www.nab.usace.army.mil/projects/WashingtonDC/korean.html

Notably , Douglas MacArthur and Matthew Ridgeway .

No, it is north korea who are bad. South Korea is a capitalist sate like Britain and the USA. In fact, South Korea and USA are allied, and becuase the USa is a superpower, this would probably stir off the north for if they would be thinking of an attack. However, for as long as their propaganda has feeded out to us, they have not attcked South Korea since 1949, so judging by that, it is probably unlike;y that they'd attck again or at leat anytime soon. Yhh, takeing into account everything i've said, i would say that in this day and age, south korea a pretty safe place

The Korean War (1950-1953) was OVERSHADOWED by WWII. That is why it is often referred to as, "the forgotten war." Many of the US pilots, sailors, marines, and soldiers who fought in the Korean War were VETERANS of WWII. When it came to discuss their "historical" memoirs, WWII took front stage; and NOT Korea. Both WWI & the Korean War seem to have been grouped into the "neglected" areas of military historical studies. WWI, formerly called the "Great War", became overshadowed by WWII, just as the Korean War did. The Vietnam War had the "last" survivors of WWII on active duty and participating in the war. But NOT enough to overshadow it. There was a long enough time lapse between the Korean War, WWII, and Vietnam to allow the public's mindset to settle into a peaceful frame of mind; then become shattered by the "TV living room" horrors of Vietnam during the 1960's. This combined with the draft caused the protests & riots. Although protests existed during the Second World War & the Korean War, they weren't nearly at on the scale of the Vietnam War. Coupled with the above reasons, was VIETNAM had little military reserve call-ups, compared to Korea & WWII. Meaning: Vietnam was fought by conscripts; WWII & Korea were fought by reserves & conscripts. Therefore, when combined together; TV horror in the living (for the first time in US history), protests/riots, and fighting a war soley on conscripts (draftees), the Vietnam War had a bigger impact. The Korean War & WWII did NOT lower the adult age (from 21 to 18) of US citizens nor did they create ALL VOLUNTEER ARMIES (militaries), nor did those two wars remove a US President from office (Watergate); But the Vietnam War did.

Yes, he did. After defying his orders, Truman fired him.

Both sides were peaceful again, just how they were before the war!

It is true that most of the small arms used in WW II by US Forces were also used in Korea: however, as war always seems to, it sparked an evolution in small arms development. The Thompson Sub-machine gun, a WW II icon had ceased to be issued by 1950 and was rarely seen except when carried by special security detachments or veteran noncoms who managed to retain them after WW II. The M3 "grease gun" was a more common sight but submachine guns of the .45 caliber were already beginning to fade into history. The M1 Garand was still the main battle rifle of the infantry in both the Army and the Marine Corps, and infantry squads still relied on the BAR of WW I, as a primary squad automatic. Still, small arms were already beginning to evolve into what they are today.

The M1 Carbine had been fitted with a selector switch, giving it fully automatic fire capability, and was re-nomenclatured as the M2 Carbine. Higher capacity 30 round magazines were issued and newly developed infra-red night vision scopes were fitted more commonly to the M2 than to the Garand. The M2 wasn't exactly a stellar performer. The new magazines were unreliable and it didn't, of course, have the range and knock-down power of the Garand. However, arms experts and veterans have found that the 30 caliber carbine round was far more capable than what armchair ordnance experts gave it credit for, viewing it historically as simply a glorified side-arm for officers and rear echelon troops. Yet the light-weight carbine performed well enough in so many roles that some view it as the grandfather of the Stoner/AR 15/M-16/M-4 family of infantry small arms.

The M4A3 Sherman latest generation tank was in general use. Early WW II light tanks were side-lined in favor of the late war M-26 which was already obsolete. The Russian T-34/85 was the best tank anywhere in the world and it flatly outclassed anything the UN Forces could field. To make matters worse, the old bazookas of WW II simply bounced off their thick sloped armor. A new heavy bazooka was rushed into production but a lot of ground was lost before the new 3.5 inch bazooka could be issued and infantry troops trained in anti-tank tactics.

Perhaps our worst problem we faced in the Korean War was hastily and recklessly conducted down-sizing of the US military. Not only did it lead to the decision by the communist forces to invade Korea, but it left the ranks of the military decimated. Not just in numbers, but in experience. The UN armies of the Korean War were not armies of veterans as one might think, but mostly armies of undertrained, under supported, ill-equipped rookies. Most students of the Korean War know the famous story of the Major General who went tank hunting with a new 3.5 bazooka on his shoulder, because he was the only soldier in his command who had any experience in anti-tank warfare.

As for air forces, the only WW II prop driven fighter still in general production was the F2-G Corsair, the Corsair now being produced by Goodyear instead of Vought. The F4U-4 and 5 latest generation Corsairs were in use as was the A1 Skyraider, a WW II design that arrived too late to see WW II service. The Skyraider was an outstanding heavy single engine ground attack carrier based support aircraft that went on to serve effectively in Vietnam. Propeller driven fighter aircraft were also going the way of the dodo so they served mostly in the ground support roles. Most WW II air force types were obsolete but the P-51 Mustang, renomenclatured the F-51, saw service mostly in ground support and forward artillery control. Helicopters were in general use and students of the Korean War cringe when they hear the common refrain that Vietnam was the first helicopter war. Sure there was no vertical envelopment doctrine yet developed by Korea, but choppers were already saving lives and inserting fire teams where needed.

Korea began the jet age of air combat. Tough jets had seen limited service in the closing months of WW II, they were mostly a side show. Now the jet was center stage. The communist forces had the best jet fighter and tank of the war, but we had more of them. Their troops were more experienced and they had more of them. Our infantry and ground troop training was not up to our own WW II standards but we had better trained pilots and ultimately troops than North Korea and China. The US bore the brunt of battle for the UN forces, seeing little more than token support from the other members, but the South Korean people bore the major brunt of the war. Korea was a costly war lasting a third as long as Vietnam but costing over half the troops lost there.

It is a mistake to think of Korea as an extension of WWII. It was the beginning of the jet age, the atomic age, and the age of limited engagements. It far more resembled the modern battlefield, than it did Normandy or Guadalcanal.

Joel Lashley

Over 1,100 British servicemen were killed.

Blockade China's coast,bomb its interior and release Chiang's Nationalist forces to invade the mainland China. This was the plan that General MacArthur proposed but it had fierce debate.

Both South Korea and U.S. There are about 28,000 U.S. troops in South Korea. Most of them are in U.S. Air Force. South Korean government pays U.S. government about $700 million per year (That's about $25,000 per U.S military personnel per year). South Korea has 600,000 active duty soldiers and about 2 million reserves.

Presumably so, as North Korea is a Communist state and not a Republic

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Republic of Korea is the official name of South Korea

and North Korea is referred as Democratic People's Republic of Korea

North Korea is still a republic because it is called the Democratic (yeah right) REPUBLIC of Korea