Korean war
The Korean War is a war that isn't typically talked about as much as others. It should be because it could have been the start of WWIII. The "Spread of Red" was a very common fear found in the American people. It started in Russia, then moved on to China, then Korea, the next victim would most likely have been Japan. This Causes a lot of fear because after Japan comes the United States, and it didn't help that our largest enemy was communist.
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Spread of the redMao Zedong established the people's republic of China, a communist government. This lead to panic in the US because it was the fear of the “spread of red”. The USSR was boycotting the UN at the time so they didn’t vote against the United States going in to help the Koreans without starting war themselves. It was already a continuous problem in the USSR that was continuing to overtake and spread the red.The goal was to prevent communism from spreading more than it already was through China and other areas.
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during the warKorea becomes divided into two sections at the 38th parallel. North Korea becomes communist because they are touching China and because of China’s influence on them. On the other side South Korea, is not communist because of their influence by the US and their determination to not change. The US was worried for South Korea because of the domino effect. North Korea attacks first and almost wipes out all of Korea taking it over with communism. The United States finally comes in at the bottom of Korea just in time when there was only a small amount of land left near the South East region.
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Douglas MAcArthur Douglas MacArthur was the general at the time who basically lead the US into war. As a result of him stepping in the US fights back and pushes North Korea all the way to the boarder of China. MacArthur told Truman that he wanted to Nuke China to win for Korea and wipe China out of communism. Truman said no because it might start a 3rd world war and he was already responsible for nuking Japan. Later, China gets involved and helps North Korea, from there they push back South Korea to the 38th parallel which is where it all started.
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