why did the us get involved in korean and vietnam during the cold war?
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Both Korea War and Vietnam War are side effects of the Cold War between the US and the USSR. ... That's why the US got involved in both wars (that had absolutely nothing to do with them in the beginning) in order to prevent the Soviets from spreading their influence.
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Differences: The Korean war was in the '50s. Vietnam War '50s-'70s (Two/Three decades, 1955–1975, while the Korean war was 3 years, if I'm correct). ... Korea ended in a draw, Vietnam ended with the U.S. leaving and Saigon, South Vietnam falling, so South Vietnam lost the war after 20 years in 1975.
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Why did the USA get involved in the war in Vietnam? USA believed that the future of US prosperity and democracy was at risk if the expansion of communism across Europe and Asia. 1954, French were driven from their colony and the US feared that communism would spread.
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Truman and his advisors found themselves under increased domestic pressure not to appear "soft" on communism abroad. Thus, when North Korean troops invaded the South, the Truman administration seized upon the opportunity to defend a noncommunist government from invasion by communist troops.
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The U.S. entered the Vietnam War in an attempt to prevent the spread of communism, but foreign policy, economic interests, national fears, and geopolitical strategies also played major roles. Learn why a country that had been barely known to most Americans came to define an era.
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Cold War. The Cold War was the tense relationship between the United States (and its allies), and the Soviet Union (the USSR and its allies) between the end of World War II and the fall of the Soviet Union. It is called the "Cold" War because the US and the USSR never actually fought each other directly.
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Traditional allies include Russia, Cuba, India and Laos. Recent BBFs are Japan and South Korea. Strategic frenemies are the US and China. Vietnam is building closer relationships with Japan, India and South Korea, while maintain balancing the relationships with the US and China to benefit from them both.
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In June 1950 communist North Korea invaded South Korea. The United States came to the aid of South Korea at the head of a United Nations force composed of more than a dozen countries. Communist China joined North Korea in the war in November 1950, unleashing a massive Chinese ground attack against American forces.
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The Korean War was caused because North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union all wanted the Korean Peninsula to be a communist area. ... It took a lot for Truman to fire General MacArthur, such as when MacArthur wanted to push into North Korea to completely defeat the communist forces there.
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On June 27, 1950, President Harry S. Truman announces that he is ordering U.S. air and naval forces to South Korea to aid the democratic nation in repulsing an invasion by communist North Korea. ... By 1949, both the United States and the USSR had withdrawn the majority of their troops from the Korean Peninsula.
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North Korea invades South Korea. June 27: America sends 35 military advisors to South Korea. June 27: North Korean troops to Seoul. Truman orders US Air Force and Navy into the conflict after the UN asks for members to aid South Korea.
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As the North Korean army pushed into Seoul, the South Korean capital, the United States readied its troops for a war against communism itself. At first, the war was a defensive one to get the communists out of South Korea, and it went badly for the Allies.
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On June 24, 1950, the North Koreans invaded South Korea. A few days later, Truman ordered U.S. troops to the aid of South Korea and convinced the United Nations (UN) to send military aid as well, in what was referred to in diplomatic circles as a “police action.”
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The war was fought between the North Vietnamese and the South Vietnamese throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. ... In general, historians have identified several different causes of the Vietnam War, including: the spread of communism during the Cold War, American containment, and European imperialism in Vietnam.
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The Korean War was caused because North Korea, China, and the Soviet Union all wanted the Korean Peninsula to be a communist area. Then North Korean troops marched into South Korea which set off the war. You just studied 9 terms!
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This had happened in Eastern Europe after 1945. China had become communist in 1949 and communists were in control of North Vietnam. The USA was afraid that communism would spread to South Vietnam and then the rest of Asia. It decided to send money, supplies and military advisers to help the South Vietnamese Government.
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Answer Expert Verified The correct answer is D. The main difference between the Vietnam War and the Korean War was that the Vietnam War resulted in an increase in territory for communist forces, but the Korean War did not.