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Apr 15, 2013

Vietnam War Vs. Korean War

Korean War


DateJune 25 , 1950 End Date1953 Geographic BattlegroundKorean Peninsula Result Cease-fire armistice. Korean Demilitarized Zone established. Both gained little border territory at the 38th parallel. Reason for Going to WarThe war was a result of the political division of Korea by agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War. Important NotesThe Korean War established proxy war as one way that the nuclear superpowers indirectly conducted their rivalry in third-party countries. In the modern age, some will debate that the war has never truly ended. Victor Nations/Powers

  1. United Nations

  2. Republic of Korea

  3. United States

  4. United Kingdom

  5. Australia Opposing Nations/Powers

  6. Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

  7. People’s Republic of China

  8. Soviet Union

Casualties: Approximately 3 Millions

Vietnam War


DateNovember 1 , 1955 End DateApril 30, 1975 Geographic BattlegroundVietnam, Cambodia, Laos Result In 1975, two years after the Americans left, South Vietnam was united with the North – it was now a communist state Reason for Going to WarThe U.S. government viewed involvement in the war as a way to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam as part of their wider strategy of containment. The North Vietnamese government and Viet Cong were fighting to reunify Vietnam under communist rule. They viewed the conflict as a colonial war, fought initially against France, backed by the U.S., and later against South Vietnam, which it regarded as a U.S. puppet state Important Notes

  1. The North Vietnamese army – the NVA – massacredthousands of South Vietnamese after the Americans had left. Many people tried to flee South Vietnam (eg the “boat people”).

  2. The Vietnamese had to fight wars against Cambodia and China before their independence was secured.

  3. Vietnam was ruined – its infrastructure was destroyed, thousands of its people had been killed, and its farmland was polluted by American chemical warfare. It remains one of the poorest countries in the world. Victor Nations/Powers

  4. North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet LaoSupported by: Soviet Union China North Korea Czechoslovakia[3][4] Cuba Bulgaria[5] Opposing Nations/Powers

  5. South Vietnam United States South Korea Australia New Zealand Thailand Khmer Republic Kingdom of LaosSupported by: Philippines Spain[1] Taiwan[2]

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