Comparison of the Practices and Strategies Utilized in the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Comparison of the Practices and Strategies Utilized in the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Two of the greatest battles which were fought by similar foes were

those of the Korean and Vietnamese wars. Both conflicts involved a

"communist" and "capitalist" participant(s) which had their own ideals

and reasons for why to include themselves into such conflicts. There

are also other similarities other than the opponents in these wars,

such as the military tactics and strategies which were effectuated

during this time. In both cases, the U.S. intervened forcefully

introducing large masses of militia and using a considerable amount of

armament, yet on the other hand, their enemies were supported by their

allies throughout the duration of both conflicts and succeeded

militarily against the democratic forces.

To start off with, during the Korean War, North Korea invaded the

southern sector of the country without any warning. Similarly, the

Vietcong started a revolution in Vietnam by trying to take over all of

the country without addressing the issue publicly. As a reaction to

this, the U.S. answered by interfering in both instances. In Korea,

the U.S. sent several troops along with U.N. forces in order to take

back South Korea and to establish "peace" once again. In Vietnam, the

U.S. sent its troops to fight the Vietcong's attempt to take over all

of the country and kept on introducing more of its forces until defeat

was eminent. In both cases, the U.S. forces failed to achieve their

goal since both the North Koreans and the Vietcong received priceless

aid from their supporters, the communist, which were mainly integrated

by China and Russia. With th...

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also differed from the Koreans in the sense that most of the South

Vietnamese utilized "strategic hamlet" in order to round up people who

might be opposers to the regime. By doing this, any uprisings were

stopped and effectively neutralized.

Both the Korean and the Vietnamese wars had several things in common

in terms of the practices and strategies used during these conflicts

as well as some aspects which were distinct. The two communist foes in

the wars developed guerrilla type warfare and utilized it in a very

effective matter against their enemy which lead to even more pressure

from both sides of the conflict. Both L.B. Johnson and Nixon said "I'm

not going to be the first President to lose a war," showing an example

of the extreme opposition which the Americans encountered in the Asian

wars.