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Comparing and Contrasting the Korean and Vietnam Wars

Basics

Korean War: After the Japanese left Korea after WWII, there was a power vacumm and two people stepped up to fill it. There was Kim Il Sung from North Korea and there was Syngman Rhee from South Korea. The country of Korea was divided along the 38th Parallel.

Vietnam War: After the irst indochina war started the Vietnam war AKA the second indochina war. this war lasted from 1954-1975. This battle was fought over comunism, North being for and south being against it.

Context

Korea and Vietnam:

What else was going on in the US.

The US was in the middle of the arms race and space race with Russia.

What else is going on in the world

Right now the world is recovering from world war 2

Types of wafare and weppons were used

They used gurrilla warfare and ambush.

They used bombs mahcine guns and old ww2 weapons. Later in the war Vietnam updated its weapons to make them more modern by useing ak-47's.

Everyone Who Was Involved

Korean War: The Soviet Union backed North Korea while the USA supported South Korea. The leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, was a communist dictator and he would often have his political enemies executed. Syngman Rhee had fled Korea during Japanese occupation and came back to be in charge of South Korea. He was also a dictator, but he was anti-communist and just not as bad as Kim Il Sung overall.

Vietnam War:

The US and south Vienam against North vietnam which was heavily backed up by the Soviet Union and china

North vietnam belived in communism while South did not.

People Involved

Outcomes

Korean War: After several years of fighting, it became apparent that everyone involved was tired of the war. On July 27, 1953, the Korean War officially ended and the country remained divided along the 38th parallel to this day.

Outcomes

Vietnam War: North vietnam won suffering over a million casualties on there side and several hundred thousand on the other side

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