WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Learn about the war that enmeshed the United States in a battle against communism in Southeast Asia for more than twenty years.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Korean War begins This division resulted in the formation of two countries: communist North Korea (supported by the Soviets) and South Korea (supported by the United States).

Detailed explanation-3: -Great Britain, Canada, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Colombia, Ethiopia, South Africa, New Zealand, Türkiye, Greece, Thailand, Philippines and Luxembourg sent fighting units. Norway, Sweden, Denmark, India, Italy contributed military hospitals and field ambulances to the cause.

Detailed explanation-4: -The basic idea was that the American’s needed to prevent the first domino from falling (country turning to communism) in order to prevent the spread of communism. As such, historians now argue that the United States used the Domino Theory to justify its involvement in Korea, just as it did in the later Vietnam War.

Detailed explanation-5: -On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered the Korean War. The U.S. supported the Republic of Korea (commonly called South Korea), in repelling an invasion from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (commonly called North Korea). The Korean War was a conflict that emerged after World War II.