POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
KOREAS PARTITION
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North Korea was fighting South Korea.
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The people in Korea were fighting one another.
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Foreign countries were using the Koreans to fight for their own interests.
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The UN tried to establish peace in Korea.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Korean War was a proxy war for the Cold War. The West-the United Kingdom and the U.S., supported by the United Nations-supported South Korea, while communist China and the Soviet Union supported North Korea.
Detailed explanation-2: -While the ROK, was backed by US and UN forces. The support that the divided Koreas received demonstrates that this war was the direct result of Cold War tensions between the USA and the USSR. Therefore making this war a proxy war between the two superpowers.
Detailed explanation-3: -It is often described as an important episode in the early Cold War, and as the first proxy war between the “Free World” and the Eastern bloc.
Detailed explanation-4: -A proxy war is described as a conflict initiated by two or more world powers, but in which those powerful countries are not personally involved. During the Cold War, the Soviet Union backed a communist government while the United States supported a nationalist government in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.