Consequences of the Korean War
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- Created on: 06-06-17 19:52
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- Outcomes of the Korean War
- Korea
- There was a ceasefire but no peace treaty to this day
- Around one tenth of the population died
- Half of the transport network an housing was destroyed
- 80% of Korea's government buildings and industrial building were destroyed.
- Some North Koreans were forced to live in caves due to the lack of houses
- South and especially North Korea were heavily bombed
- USA
- They had achieved their original goal of 'saving South Korea'
- America becomes more confident with their containment policy
- They didn't managed to end communism in North Korea
- 30,000 american casualties
- Spend $60 billion on weapons in 1952 alone
- They had achieved their original goal of 'saving South Korea'
- UN
- Gained respect by using combined force to counter aggression with decisive action
- Could only do so because of USSR's absence
- USSR did return eventually
- Could only do so because of USSR's absence
- Some now thought it became a puppet of the US
- Didn't reunite North and South Korea
- Gained respect by using combined force to counter aggression with decisive action
- USSR
- Achieved a closer relationship with China
- Increased cold war tensions with US
- China
- Began to appear as a major military power
- Achieved a closer relationship with USSR
- The war was very expensive for a poor country like China
- Did not manage to take over South Korea
- USSR
- Achieved a closer relationship with China
- Increased cold war tensions with US
- USSR
- Over half a million casualties
- Their new bad relationship with the US ended trade/political links for 25 years
- Korea
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