I'm writing a short paper on the korean war and I need some help, thanks. 2. Did US policies in anyway incourage or facilitate the outbreak of the Korean War? 3. What are the origins and motivations beind the North Korean attack? 4. what specifically would you have recommended for US action in Korea, how could you have expect it to impact relations with the USSR? 5. How is at all should long term US national policy toward the USSR change as a result of the Korean War? (I'm aware that the USSR no longer exisit). My assignment is to pretend that I'm in the 1950's.
2007-02-06 14:36:06 · 6 answers · asked by rascal 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
As others have pointed out, Korea was partitioned following WWII, with North Korea falling under Soviet influence...
US Government DID contribute to the outbreak... US Intelligence (OSS) had been dismantled at the end of WWII, and though the clues were there... we missed the DPRK build up. Also, most of our troops were in Japan or Germany involved in the occupations.
North Korea saw the US weakness and simply figured they could take South Korea and present the world a fait-acompli.
The USSR supplied weapons and munitions to the North Koreans... and also supplied Mig-15's with SOVIET pilots... the pilots were "discharged" from the air force and then went to Korea as "independent" contractors.
The US and USSR tried to downplay the USSR's involvement... due to the mutual concern that it could explode into a wider war.
The USSR was annoyed later that the Chinese jumped in.
2007-02-07 04:32:28 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive that Korea was divided into two parts following the Japanese defeat in World War II. War broke out when North Korean and Chinese troops crossed the DMZ into South Korea. I assume their motiviation was primarily the reunification of the country.
The Soviet Union was boycotting the U.N. when the Security Council voted to authorize war, which is why they did not veto the resolution. I beleive they provided material support (e.g. MIG fighters), but did not send any troops into combat.
The Truman Doctrine is generally seen positively, in that the President clearly drew a line that told Stalin and the Communists how far they could go.
2007-02-06 14:49:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To answer the main question you pose -
Yes, Russia was involved with the Korean War. They were supporters of North Korea.
They supplied a lot of military hardware for the Communists.
2007-02-06 14:43:40 · answer #3 · answered by Living In Korea 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After Japanese surrender to the US, Russian and the US divided Korea into two parts. The Koreans themselves didn't like this, but had different ideas about how their country should be run.
2007-02-06 14:40:41 · answer #4 · answered by sunnycorre 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they sold North Korea their weapons and some Russian pilots flew thier migs against our aircraft.
2007-02-07 19:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by firetdriver_99 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
russia suppiled arms to the north korea, you can log on to the history channel and find out the whole scoop, good luck...
2007-02-06 14:45:04 · answer #6 · answered by raphael0963 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋