USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This was the first hot war of the Cold War, and in it the United States demonstrated its continued commitment to containment (the idea that the US would ultimately defeat communism by containing its spread).

Detailed explanation-2: -The US failed its objective of preventing a communist takeover, as Vietnam ultimately unified under communist rule in 1975. The Korean and Vietnam Wars are often referred to as proxy wars because the US and the Soviet Union did not directly fight each other.

Detailed explanation-3: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Impact of the Korean War The Korean War armistice, signed on July 27, 1953, drew a new border between North Korea and South Korea, granting South Korea some additional territory and demilitarizing the zone between the two nations. A formal peace treaty was never signed. Over 2.5 million people died in the Korean War.