COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Question
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The cold war continued.
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The North and South were still divided.
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Both the North and South lost many lives.
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The United States removed all of its troops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Both sides were willing to accept a ceasefire that maintained the 38th parallel boundary, but they could not agree on whether prisoners of war should be forcibly “repatriated.” (The Chinese and the North Koreans said yes; the United States said no.)
Detailed explanation-2: -Since U.S. policy toward Korea during World War II had aimed to prevent any single power’s domination of Korea, it may be reasonably concluded that the principal reason for the division was to stop the Soviet advance south of the 38th parallel.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Soviet Union also covertly supported North Korea. After three years of fighting, the war ended in a stalemate with the border between North and South Korea near where it had been at the war’s beginning.
Detailed explanation-4: -What was the stalemate in the Korean War? By 1951, after many successes and failures on both sides, the Korean War had reached a stalemate at the 38th parallel. Neither the UN forces, nor the Chinese and North Korean troops, could push the other back or gain a strategic advantage.
Detailed explanation-5: -From July 1951, until the end of hostilities the battle lines remained relatively stable and the conflict became a stalemate.