What is the reason for the Korean War?

Answer 1

In short, North Korea passed the 38th parallel and invaded South Korea after American soldiers had pulled out. (This was what signaled North Korea to move right in.) Stalin did not directly oppose the United States as he was not yet prepared to fight a massive war; but he indirectly aided the communist government of North Korea (by selling them overpriced equipment) :) The United States eventually pushed the North Koreans back past the 38th parallel, but this action caused China to enter the war. (The United States had told China that it had no interest in attacking China, but at the same time American planes were bombing Chinese airfields, go figure..) This ultimately led to the firing of General MacArthur, who was threatening to spearhead right into China; which was causing a panic in Washington.

Answer 2

The Korean War was a proxy war between the United States and its allies versus the Communist bloc as well as a domestic civil war within the Korean Peninsula.

The following are the main reasons of the war:

1. Ideological Differences: Communist North versus Democratic South. Each thought that the other was out to exterminate it. Ideological differences was the root of the problem.

2. Territorial and Soverignty: North Korean leader Kim Il Sung in 1950 wanted to unite the entire Korean Peninsula under his sole communist rule. He was the antagonist when he brought his troops beyond the 38th parallel and attacked the South.

3. Foreign Intervention: The Korean War was the only war after WWII that involved so many countries. It was also the first time the UN acted militarily. When the war was intervened by the Coalition troops, it brought in the Chinese army on the Communists' side, hence escalating the war. Also, according to discrete sources, the North Korean leader would not have acted against the South without support from Stalin and Mao Tse Tung.

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Answer 3

1. The US desired to protect their financial interests in SE Asia particularily in Japan
2. The USSR believed we would not go to that great of lengths todefend this interest due to te massiv amount of distance and they truly believed we did not belong there in that area of influence.
3. We left South Korea and the North Koreans invaded South Korea by crossing over the 38th parallel.
4. In a counter offensive we pushed the North Koreans back to their own borders beyond the 38th parallel.
5. The USSR sent them war equipment for the North Korean objective but not troops.
6. The Chinese did send troops when we got too close to their borders and pushed us back beyond the 38th parallel.
7. The war continued in a battle of stalemates until the cease fire was drawn up in June 1953.The Korean War was an extension of the Cold War between theUSSR an he US with the emphasis of placement in Asia instead of Europe.

Answer 4

The North wanted to make the South communist and the South wanted to make the North democratic and they both wanted to make the other part of the whole that was Korea before World War 2 and the Japanese occupation of Korea. The US was there to keep the Russians and Later the Chinese from turning the country communist and more importantly Chinese. The Chinese were there to keep the US from planting a permanent military footing out side their boarder. The Koreans mainly just wanted their country whole once more. It was a civil war with other countries involved. the US just happened to be one of them. Strategically South Korea serves as a buffer zone against China attacking Japan. That is mostly what the U S receiveed from fighting in that war.The Chinese have a similar buffer in North Korea.

I hope this helped a bit, intention wise.

Answer 5

hi!!
First the Japneese occupied strategically important parts of Korea in the early days of the Russo-Japanese War (February, 1904) as part of their early emergence as an imperialist power.
The Japanese occupied the peninsula against the wishes of the Korean government, gradually expanded their control over local institutions and finally annexed Korea in August, 1910.
Korea remained a Japanese colony until the end of World War II in 1945. On August 6, 1945, the Soviet Union, in keeping with a commitment asked for by the United States government, declared war on the Japanese Empire and on August 8, 1945, began an attack on the northern part of the Korean peninsula.
As agreed on with the U.S., the USSR halted its troops at the 38th parallel. President Harry S. Truman ordered the landing of U.S. troops in the south.
The Korean War, occurring between June 25, 1950 and a ceasefire on July 27, 1953, was a war fought in Korea that was divided by the post-World War II Soviet and American occupation zones, with large-scale participation by other countries. The war began with the invasion of capitalist South Korea by forces in communist North Korea in 1950 and ended as a stalemate between the two sides in 1953.

In China, the conflict was known as the War to Resist America and Aid Korea , but is today commonly called the "Korean War"

Answer 6

Korean War

War from 1950 to 1953 between North Korea (supported by China) and South Korea , aided by the United Nations (the troops were mainly US). North Korean forces invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950, and the Security Council of the United Nations, owing to a walk - out by the USSR, voted to oppose them. The North Koreans held most of the South when US reinforcements arrived in September 1950 and forced their way through to the North Korean border with China. The Chinese retaliated, pushing them back to the original boundary by October 1950 ; truce negotiations began in 1951, although the war did not end until 1953.

By September 1950 the North Koreans had overrun most of the South, with the UN forces holding a small area, the Pusan perimeter, in the southeast. The course of the war changed after the surprise landing of US troops later the same month at Inchon on South Korea's northwest coast. The troops, led by General Douglas MacArthur , fought their way through North Korea to the Chinese border in little over a month. On 25 October 1950 Chinese troops attacked across the Yalu River, driving the UN forces below the 38th parallel . Truce talks began in July 1951, and the war ended two years later, with the restoration of the original boundary on the 38th parallel.

The 1951 armistice was the first incidence of the two Cold War superpowers, the USA and the USSR, fighting for control over other countries. Although the USSR was not directly involved in the Korean War, it supplied arms to the communist Chinese government in order to support communism in North Korean. For both sides the Korean War demonstrated their determination to protect countries that they saw as friendly and of similar ideological intent. By saving South Korea from destruction by communist North Korea , the USA demonstrated its willingness to intervene in any part of the world. Asia was seen as a key battleground in the struggle between capitalism and democracy on the one hand, and communism on the other. The two Koreas had minimal contact until the late 1990s, and their border remained the most heavily militarized in the world

Answer 7

During the cold war the united states had a policy of containment. We wanted to keep communism from spreading and the Korean war was just one effect of this policy.

Answer 8

The Communist regime in North Korea, supported by the Russians and Chinese, thought that there was an opportunity to extend their hegemony over the entire Korean peninsula.

Answer 9

Short answer...the state department expressed interest in protection of Japan after WW2...the North Koreans/Chinese/Russians thought that Korea was outside our sphere of influence....people within Truman's cabinet and defense department convinced Truman it was the right course of action...glad we did the Koreans have been good friends to the US and a beacon of democracy

Answer 10

The North wanted the reunification of the peninsula under the banner of Communism, the South didn't.