USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Korean War was the first military action of the Cold War. By July 1950, U.S. troops had entered the war on South Korea’s behalf. As far as U.S. officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -North Korea attacked South Korea on June 25, 1950, igniting the Korean War. Cold War assumptions governed the immediate reaction of US leaders, who instantly concluded that Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin had ordered the invasion as the first step in his plan for world conquest.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Korean War (1950-1953) began when the North Korean Communist army crossed the 38th Parallel and invaded non-Communist South Korea. As Kim Il-sung’s North Korean army, armed with Soviet tanks, quickly overran South Korea, the United States came to South Korea’s aid.