The Korean War Between North And South Korea

The Korean War

To what extent did the U.S, USSR, and China intervene within the Korean War. The Korean War was a civil war between North and South Korea determining whether or not Korea would become a communist country or not. Soon after the conflict had started, it became international. South Korea had been supported by the United Nations while under U.S leadership and the People’s Republic of China, as well as the Soviet Union had gone to aid North Korea. This civil war started in 1950 and ended in 1953, which ended with many consequences. From the beginning of the Korean War, China, Russia, and the United States had made changing contributions to North and South Korea.

China had claimed the title as the major sponsor of North Korea by sending an abundant number of troops to Korea giving the North an advantage, however their support led to multiple consequences. To support North Korea in their time of need, the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army (PVA) sent two million soldiers in thirty-five divisions each containing ten thousand soldiers hoping that this could greatly aid the North. The PVA was a light infantry army that were insufficiently equipped with heavy equipment in order to take out vehicles, which the UN were well equipped with. With there being a large army on the North’s side, they were able to overwhelm enemy troops because of their numbers. Their strategy was to launch human wave assaults, which was in their favor because of their number, which intimidated the UN forces. (1) With Mao Zedong winning the civil war against the Chinese nationalist in 1949, he was able to send twenty thousand Korean troops who fought with them. (3) There were multiple reasons why China had joined North Korea in attempting to unify both ...

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...just exploded and atomic ending the United States monopoly on the weapon. The U.S suffered horribly after the Korean War ended because they represented South Korea when facing North Korea. 33,652 American troops died in combat and 103,288 end up becoming injured, the casualties were very expensive in economic terms. With the result of this war, the United States military suffered humiliating military setbacks. The U.S was forced to retreat from the Chinese forces, which became humiliating. (7) The U.S later became apart of the finance wars using a combination of taxes, debts, and money creation. During the Korean War, the capital taxes rose up to and average of sixty-two percent. Capital taxation is a tax on capital gains such as stocks, bonds, precious metals and properties. (8)

After the conflict, Korea is still divided to this day and is still technically at war.