USA HISTORY

POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959

KOREAS PARTITION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Korean conflict was considered a PROXY War because even though it was fought between North Korea and South Korea, it was really an ideological conflict supported and financed by which two Cold War enemies?
A
United States and Moscow
B
United States and the Soviet Union
C
The Soviet Union and France
D
Vietnam and Malaysia
Explanation: 

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. The Korean War ended three years later, with millions of casualties.

Detailed explanation-2: -America wanted not just to contain communism-they also wanted to prevent the domino effect. Truman was worried that if Korea fell, the next country to fall would be Japan, which was very important for American trade.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Korean conflict is an ongoing conflict based on the division of Korea between North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea) and South Korea (Republic of Korea), both of which claim to be the sole legitimate government of all of Korea.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Korean War was a civil conflict that became a proxy war between superpowers clashing over communism and democracy. Between 2 and 4 million people died, 70 percent of them civilians.

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