The korean war
The korean warTHE KOREAN WAR
In 1950-1953 South Korea was invaded by North Korea which began a Civil war. The Untied States was in the “forgotten war” and was against the North because it was a communist country. Many soldiers fought and lost their lives. To most Americans the Korean War was labeled the “forgotten war” simply because it was in between the time of two major wars, World War II and the Vietnam War. One reason why it was forgotten was because of it’s time in American history. It came after a World War which stopped a lot of thing that were happening over in Europe. It stopped the reign of Hitler, Hirohito and Mussolini. It also stopped communism from ruling the western world. World War II took place from September 1939 to September 1945. Just 5 short years after this great World War the Korean War began. World War II had a certain purpose that was accomplished during the War. Korea had a purpose that was to reunite the Koreas that purpose was lost after the war started. Unlike in World War II the United States was victorious on what it was sent out to do but in the Korean War they were not able to get what they wanted so it was labeled a failure by most Americans. The Vietnam War was another factor in it’s place of history that affected it. This war started 11 years after Korea was over. This war lasted from 1964 to 1973. This was a long war where a lot of soldiers lost their lives. While this war was going on back over in the United States people were protesting the war. These protests took a lot of attention off of the Korean War. The reason why it took attention off of the Korean war was because this war scared the whole generation of the time. This war was very similar to the Korean war in many ways such as they were both failures and many soldiers lost their lives for no reason. Unlike Korea this war had no purpose at all that would have helped the United states in anyway. The media during this war was high and overshadowed the Korean War. Next some background on the war itself is necessary to help you understand it better: The Korean War affected the lives of all Americans , yet little is known beyond the jokes of M*A*S*H (which by the way, was not even originaly planned to be about the korean war) . There are many reasons why all these Americans who were affected by the war just wanted to forget about it. The Korean War just did not arouse Americans like World War II did. Korea only gave the American people a brief shelf in History books. The loss of the Korean War gave the Americans no hero’s to remember or song to sing. Little did come out of this...
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