The Korean War

The Korean War was a war that began on an eruption of Korean tension after
World War II, and the global tension created from the Cold War immediately afterwards.
The Korean War is widely seen as a push towards a "Warm War" in the Cold War Era.
Although the Korean War was a battle between the United Nations and South Korea
against China and North Korea, the main superpowers of the Cold War, The United
States and The Soviet Union were indirectly fighting in the Korean War through their
client states.
Up until the end of World War II, Korea was controlled by the Japanese due to
their goal of conquest in Asia, which was stopped after the surrender of Japan after the
events at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the dissolution of Japan's control on areas of the
Asian mainland, Korea was split into to two areas; North Korea, and South Korea, which
were subsequently controlled by The Soviet Union and The United States. As a direct
result of the two superpowers controlling the Koreas, both adopted their respective
ideologies, Communism and Capitalism. Following suite to the battle of Communism
versus Capitalism, the Communist North Korea invaded the Capitalist South Korea on
June 25th 1950.
Outmaneuvered and suffering immense casualties, the South Korean forces were
forced back to the Pusan perimeter. The United Nations held a vote to determine if they
were going to send troops to help South Korea, who was suffering heavy casualties. The
vote was passed and the United States and twenty other countries of the United Nations
contributed to the defense of South Korea. An amphibious UN counter-offensive
at Inchon was launched, and cut off many of the North Korean attackers. Those that
escaped envelopment and capture were forced back north all the way to the Yalu River at
the Korea-China border, or into the mountainous interior. At this moment, the Chinese
army joined forces with the North Koreans. The war was no longer to save South Korea;
it was for the goal of containing Communism.
The Korean War was now a full scale Cold War conflict, with the ideologies of
Capitalism on one side and Communism on the other. Although China had joined the
war effort with North Korea, the conflict soon reached a stalemate. The borders of both
countries were almost exactly the same as they were before the war with neither side
gaining much from the war. The fighting ended on the 27th of July 1953, when
the "Korean Armistice Agreement" was signed. The "Korean Armistice Agreement"
established a new border between the Koreas very similar to the previous one, and
created the "Korean Demilitarized Zone", a fortified buffer zone between them.
In conclusion, the Korean War was a full scale Cold War conflict with caused by
the battle of ideologies between Communism and Capitalism which showcases the
ongoing battle of these ideologies. To this day the Korean War is still ongoing with the

"Korean Armistice Agreement" still existing and keeping some form of peace between
the formerly united Koreas.