WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Communist North Korea invaded South Korea in an attempt to unify the nations. The United States attacked North Korea to remove its communist dictator.

Detailed explanation-2: -1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis was not the only time the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union almost went hot. 1962’s Cuban Missile Crisis was not the only time the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union almost went hot.

Detailed explanation-3: -In June 1950 the Cold War turns hot when American and British backed South Korea is invaded by the Russian and Chinese backed North. American technological superiority in both air and naval power lead to a blockade of North Korea but the land campaign becomes a stalemate.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -The Korean War was the first “hot” war of the Cold War. Over 55, 000 American troops were killed in the conflict. Korea was the first “limited war, ” one in which the U.S. aim was not the complete and total defeat of the enemy, but rather the “limited” goal of protecting South Korea.