An armistice is a formal agreement between warring parties to stop the fighting but this is not necessarily the end of a war. A key aspect of an armistice is the fact that fighting ends with no side surrendering. For the end of war, a peace treaty has to be discussed and agreed upon for the two countries to officially end the war and a peace treaty has still not been discussed for the 1953 Korean War Armistice Agreement so technically, the Korean War is still going on today.
Now that we've cleared up some confusion, we can talk about South Korea's tactics and means of victory during the war. With South Korea's alarmingly weak defense and their enemy getting closer and closer to taking over the whole peninsula, they turned to their allies for help. During the war, the South Koreans fought with the major help of the United States and other United Nation member countries. Those allies supplied their air forces and other armaments as well as sent supplies and men to the region and it was with their help that the tides began to change for the South. Air, land, and sea forces were sent to support the South Koreans but the real help came from the air force. Now with help, the South's air force was far more superior to the North's and victory fell in the hands of the South Koreans. Air attacks against the North's strongholds, sabotages to their supply lines, and the air support of ground operations helped the soldiers retake South Korea and invade North Korea. The U.S.'s strategy was mainly to use aircraft to attack the enemy's air efforts, provide support to ground forces, and to interrupt the North Korean supply chain. They also delivered personnel, supplies, and bombs by parachute and an interesting observation this museum discovered was helicopter use increased significantly in the Korean War as they were used for transportation, medical evacuation, and search and rescue.
With the South Koreans gaining more and more land each day, a lot of mixed feelings grew.
The Korean War is a war that many people will never forget. ... "Korea was the first ideological war... The Korean and Vietnam wars were the next two wars in American History. ... The Koreans began in the middle of the cold war. ... The soldiers that were fighting the war were also very unreasonable. ...
Not officially a war at all Korea was the first conflict of its kind, it changed the policy of how America would fight its future wars. American involvement in the Korean conflict was reminiscent of the countries involvement in last two world wars in that it was not prepared to fight in a full-scale conflict. ... General MacArthur was fighting to win in Korea. ... There seemed no purpose to this static war - other than to kill and wait to be killed.8 The tactics in Korea resembled many of those used during the years of Vietnam. ... Though Americans were not fighting the Koreans or the Ch...
On October 2, 1950 the South Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, while the Chinese communists threatened to enter the war if the UN crossed the 38th parallel. ... President Eisenhower, on the other hand, did not believe in using war to unify Korea. ... The armistice would have given the Republic of Korea undisputed possession of the land it initially administered prior to the outbreak of war. ... It would be mass suicide for the ROK army to fight alone - the ROKs could not conceivably succeed where the entire UN Command failed. By continuing to fight against U.S. policy the ROKs would becom...
On October 2, 1950 the South Korean army crossed the 38th parallel, while the Chinese communists threatened to enter the war if the UN crossed the 38th parallel. ... President Eisenhower, on the other hand, did not believe in using war to unify Korea. ... The armistice would have given the Republic of Korea undisputed possession of the land it initially administered prior to the outbreak of war. ... It would be mass suicide for the ROK army to fight alone - the ROKs could not conceivably succeed where the entire UN Command failed. By continuing to fight against U.S. policy the ROKs would b...
On June 25, 1950 fighting broke out along the 38th parallel, as North Korean troops pushed their way into South Korea and took the city of Seoul. ... The UN quickly organized a UN army, consisting of soldiers from 15 other countries, to move in and fight alongside the US in South Korea. Due to a multitude of reasons, the United States suddenly found themselves on the verge of a war against Communism on Korean soil. ... This internal pressure was a direct result of the intense tensions revolving around cold war era politics. ... This struck fear into the hearts of Americans, as seen in NSC-68,...
Korea and Vietnam essay Some people say Vietnam and Korean War was a bad thing for America, but I disagree to some extent. ... The two wars have changed our life because now we know how to hide, trap, surprise our enemy, and we know tactics to be successful over our enemy. I understand that we lost many lives in the Vietnam and Korean wars, but we also saved a lot. ... The current war we are in and the Vietnam and Korean War are similar in many ways. ... In the current war we are fighting, to prevent the Taliban from taking over as the government of Afghanistan. ...
During the twentieth century, conclusions of wars created the conditions for subsequent wars. ... The conclusion and consequences of World War I created many issues, which helped intensify World War II. ... To many, this war was considered a training ground for Germany to test military tactics that would be used in WWII. ... Issues such as the Polish Question, spheres of influence, the Berlin Blockade/Airlift, NATO and the Marshall Plan, which were ultimately about communism vs. democracy, lead to military conflicts such as the Korean War, the Vietnam War and the Cuban Missile Crisis. ...
As before, the Korean resistance was strong, and the rebel groups fought a continuous conflict using guerilla tactics. ... Despite resistance, Japan maintained a powerful and repressive presence in Korea until after World War II. ... The Korean War has begun. The Korean peninsula was devastated by the fighting. ... Fully one half of able-bodied Korean men were killed in the war. ...
WAR FROM THE COLD WAR TO PRESENT The end of World War II was the spawn of a new war that would continue for over fifty years: The Cold War. ... During 1950 the North Korean government sought to gain control of the divided South Korean peninsula and crossed the 38th parallel. ... The North Korean Army forced their way to the southeast corner of the peninsula. The United Nations approved the use of force headed by General MacArthur to help reestablish the South Korean territory. ... The innovations of the Korean War were the helicopter for medical evacuations, naval power for evacuati...
