KOREAN WAR
KOREAN WAR BETTER ALTERNATIVE?? IMAGE:↥↥🠕 https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/25-photographs-of-the-korean-war 🠅🠅ACKNOWLEDGED BACKGROUND: This is perhaps a 'Forgotten War'. Around 2.5 million Civilian were the casualties of the first war in Cold War era. Origins however can be traced back to the start of World War II, when Korea was a Japanese colony. After surrender of Japan, at the end of WWII, the Soviet Union and the US divided Korea into two occupation zones at the 38th parallel. The area north of the 38th Parallel, fell under Soviet control, whilst the region to the south came under US influence. China became caretaker of North Korea—since they had a common border. Some of the causes of the war include: Soviet expansion: Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe alarmed US leaders. Strategic importance: President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisors recognized the importance of Korea for peace in Asia. The 38th Parallel divided the Korean Peninsula in