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The Korean War is one of the most well known wars due to the fact that it caused North and South Korea to split and it created allies around the world. North Korea is one of the most powerful and unpredictable countries in the world and it wants to defeat countries like South Korea and the United States. The Truman Doctrine, Policy of Containment and the Domino Theory all play a role on how the US did not want to see other countries become communist. China recently became a communist country so…

throughout the 20th century. The Korean War is a fine example of the brilliance canadian soldiers displayed during the 1950s. The war started on “June 25th, 1950, [when] the military forces of North Korea crossed the 38th Parallel into South Korea” in which South Korea viewed it as a sign of hostility. The cold war finally erupted into a proxy war, with UN forces led by US against North Korea and China. “The United Nations [including Canada] decided to fight the North Korean invasion.” Canada…

aid to West Germany and fighting for South Korea in the Korean War. After World War…

their tracks. Although there were many other times during the Cold War that the United States attempted to contain communism like the Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan, three examples are very clear. The three examples were; the Berlin Wall, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Today it is important to understand the policy of containment because it knowing that some things just need to be under control and there is some way that it can be taken care of. There is something to do to…

April 15, 2017, the North Korean government launched a missile test which failed just seconds after being deployed. The weekend of April 15 became extremely tense internationally, especially between the United States and North Korea. The United States had the fear North Korea would be testing not only ballistic missiles but conducting nuclear tests. The United States government has been on its toes speculating that North Korea will begin launching its sixth nuclear-weapons test soon. The United…

Soviet Union. This was very worrisome for all who opposed communist rule. There were many events and spans of time that shaped the cold war and caused the United States and its allies to adapt. I chose three that really stuck out to me. I chose the Korean war, the red scare, and the space race. These were only three crises but they changed the landscape of the world greatly. After World War II ended the focus shifted to maintaining peace and through these goals the United Nations were…

In 1949 the Liberal party of Australia won the federal election and Robert Menzies became Prime Minister. His tenure as Prime Minister lasted seventeen years and in that time Australia’s foreign policy and international relations with other nations becoming advanced, leading Australia into a new period of worldwide cooperation; under Menzies, Australia strengthened its ties with neighbouring pacific states, the United States and New Zealand, as well as showing commitment to working with the…

cooperated with one another, they had different opinions on the majority of topics, leaving several conferences with unanswered questions. The Yalta conference was one of those conferences that showed the dissimilar beliefs of Stalin and Roosevelt, The Korean War also proved the subtle tensions both countries had. In February of 1945, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin met once again, more than a year after the Tehran conference. They met to establish peace inside the Soviet city of Yalta, hence…

Unlike Malaya and the Philippines, Korea was a far more aggressive military strategy. Having been such a polarizing event, the Korean produced considerable concern about the escalation of a limited war, the intervention of China, and public outcry over a prolonged war. Yet, these concerns were superseded by feelings of American fearlessness and tenacity regarding the Korean War. As May writes, “…[policymakers] believed the intervention in Korea had demonstrated America’s willingness to risk war…

Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, and the United Kingdom. Pop Tarts have proven to be the most successful in the United States, but it seems to be time to try them in a new environment that will be open to the highly American snack. South Korea would be a good place to be testing the product in the Asian market.…