Consequences and outcomes of the Korean war
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- Created on: 02-06-17 15:38
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- Consequences and Outcomes of the Korean War
- Korea
- Losses
- Failed to unite Korea - border remained at the 38th parallel - where it was before the fighting
- South and North heavily bombed
- North suffered greater damage
- Despite the ceasefire, Korea remained in a state of war, without a peace treaty and technically is still at war today
- Half of housing and the transport network were destroyed
- 80% of industrial and government buildings destroye.
- 1/10 civilians died
- 1.3 million civilian and military casualties
- Gains
- Nothing
- Losses
- USA
- Losses
- Government spent $60 billion on weapons in 1952
- 30,000 casualties
- Failed to "save" North Korea from communism
- Gains
- South Korea "saved" from communism
- Containment of Communism in Asia
- They became even more determined to stop communism spreading
- Losses
- China
- Gains
- Achieved a closer relationship with the USSR, who were also communist
- Showed the world that China could be a major military power
- Losses
- Failed to "win" South Korea as communist
- Over 500,000 casualties
- Being at war with America stopped political and trade links with them for almost 25 years
- Gains
- USSR
- Losses
- Failed to unite Korea as communist
- Heightened tensions with the USA in the cold war
- Forced USSR into expensive arms race with the USA
- Gains
- Achieved a closer relationship with China, who were also Communist
- Losses
- UN
- Losses
- Some argued the war was controlled by the USA, not the UN
- UN seen as a puppet of the USA
- US provided troops and weapons, and the commander was from the US and taking orders from the US president
- UN failed to unite Korea and hold free elections
- Over 30,000 casualties
- Mostly American
- Only able to act due to the absense of the USSR in the security council
- Some argued the war was controlled by the USA, not the UN
- Gains
- Role of the UN was strengthened
- Respect was gained as they took quick and decisive action
- Fulfilled aim to use combined forces to stop aggression
- League of nations (UN's predecessor) had failed to do this in the build up to WW2
- USSR returned to various UN organisations
- Role of the UN was strengthened
- Losses
- Key Outcomes
- Failed to unite Korea
- Role of UN strengthened
- North Korea didn't take over South Korea
- Victory for the USA
- Failure for USSR
- Showed influence the USA had over the UN
- Failed to resolve any differences between USA and USSR
- Korea
- Containment of Communism in Asia
- They became even more determined to stop communism spreading
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